ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186242
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| Date: | Friday 2 August 1991 |
| Time: | 16:37 |
| Type: |  Robinson R-22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Delta Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BRMO |
| MSN: | 1125 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clement's Farm, Brickendon, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Stapleford Tawney, Essex (EGSX) |
| Earls Colne, Essex (EGSR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 2-8-1991 in a heavy landing at Clement's Farm, Brickendon, Hertfordshire. Pilot was engaged on a solo navigation exercise between Staplesford Tawney, Essex (EGSX) and Earls Colne, also in Essex (EGSR) - a distance of 26 miles. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"TAIL ROTOR STRUCK POWER CABLES DURING PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE BEING LOST & CONSEQUENT FUEL SHORTAGE. A/C DESTROYED. NO INJURIES. STUDENT PILOT BECAME UNSURE OF POSITION & LOW ON FUEL DURING SOLO NAVIGATION EXERCISE. AFTER CONTACTING HIS INSTRUCTOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS DECIDED UPON. PILOT OVERFLEW SELECTED FIELD & PICKED A LANDING SITE WELL AWAY FROM POWER CABLES ALONG ITS EASTERN SIDE. HE MADE HIS APPROACH FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH A GAP IN A LINE OF TREES, TURNED RIGHT & MOVED TO HIS SELECTED SITE. DURING A SUBSEQUENT TURN INTO WIND THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK ANOTHER SET OF POWER CABLES THAT HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN NOTICED. THE A/C LANDED HEAVILY BUT REMAINED UPRIGHT ON ITS SKIDS.
AFTER THE ACCIDENT PILOT STATED THAT POLES SUPPORTING THE CABLES HE STRUCK WERE CONCEALED BY TREES & CABLES THEMSELVES BLENDED INTO BACKGROUND.
CAA CLOSURE:STUDENT PILOT & SUPERVISING INSTRUCTOR INTERVIEWED.APPROPRIATE ADVICE GIVEN TO STUDENT."
Damage sustained to airframe: "Aircraft destroyed in heavy landing". As a result, the registration G-BRMO was cancelled by the CAA on 22-4-1992 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f5f3e5274a131400057d/Robinson_R22_Beta__G-BRMO_10-91.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BRMO
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14656
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BRMO.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2016 22:16 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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