ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187785
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| Date: | Saturday 20 April 1996 |
| Time: | 14:55 UTC |
| Type: | Air Command 532 Elite |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BOVP |
| MSN: | PFA G/04-112 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Long Marston Airfield, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Long Marston (EGBL) |
| Long Marston (EGBL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed in the crash. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"....The gyroplane returned some 20 minutes later, heading south, at a height variously estimated as between 1,000 and 2,000 feet agl; the wind at 2,000 feet was about 220 degrees at 15 knots. It was reported to have been flying slowly when it entered a right turn which continued through 360 degrees back to the starting point. It was then that observers noticed that the rotor appeared to be turning very slowly; it was possible to discern the individual blades.
The subsequent manoeuvre was variously described but the gyroplane appears to have descended, rotated to the right for 2 or 3 turns and then tumbled to an almost inverted attitude. A witness from a group flying model aircraft heard a "metallic bang"; this was also described by another as "like a starting pistol". He saw the gyroplane tilt initially about 45 degrees to the right and as it fell, the tilt appeared to increase to 90 degrees; it was difficult to determine precisely when the bang occurred but the witness thought it may have been at the point of, or shortly after the initial tilt to the right.
A flying instructor who had just taken off in a microlight saw the gyroplane pass on his right side, going vertically downward in an almost inverted but stable attitude with the rotor blades bent upwards towards the body; he was climbing through about 400 to 500 feet agl at the time. The gyroplane struck the asphalt perimeter track in the south west corner of the airfield."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f85fed915d13740006bd/dft_avsafety_pdf_501128.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BOVP
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20160306080043/http://gyroaccidents.blogspot.co.uk:80/2012/10/gyrocopter-accidents-2012.html
4. http://sportflyingforum.com/accidents.php
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 June 1989 | G-BOJG | Private | 1 | Bredon Hill, Pershore, Worcestershire | |
w/o |
| 2 March 1991 | G-BPFW | Private | 1 | Melbourne Airfield, near Pocklington, North Humberside | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2016 18:11 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 01-Jul-2017 14:47 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Plane category] |
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