ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186402
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| Date: | Sunday 14 August 1994 |
| Time: | 13:30 |
| Type: |  Robinson R-22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Crest Engineering Ltd |
| Registration: | G-OPAC |
| MSN: | 1008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Northchurch Farm, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Northchurch Farm, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire |
| Leavesden Airport, Hertfordshire (EGTI) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14-8-1994 when collided with overhead power cables and crashed at Northchurch Farm, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. The pilot (the sole person on board) survived, although he sustained serious back injuries and a broken arm. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Struck power cables on take off. Substantial impact damage to aircraft. One serious injury. Aircraft lifted into hover, wind 12-14 knots, visibility good, loud bang as aircraft accelerated. Aircraft yawed right, cyclic no effect. Aircraft dropped vertically, bounced on Left-Hand skid and came to rest on its Left-Hand side. 11 kvA power cables which crossed take off path at approximately 28 feet agl had wrapped around swash plate assembly, pitch links had severed. Both rotor blades suffered upward bending and slash marks evident from contact with power cables"
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-OPAC was cancelled by the CAA on 23-11-1994 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Leavesden Aerodrome By Grant Peerless & Richard Riding p.1997 at https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=isbn:1445610345
2. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f363e5274a1317000483/Robinson_R22_Beta__G-OPAC_11-94.pdf
3. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=OPAC
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14735
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2016 22:00 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 29-May-2016 22:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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