ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189070
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 July 2004 |
| Time: | 11:54 |
| Type: | Hybred 44XLR |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MTJP |
| MSN: | 25687/27 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dixons Hill Road, Welham Green, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hunsdon Airfield, Off Drury Lane, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire |
| Plaistowes Farm, St. Albans, Hertfordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Robinson R22 helicopter (G-LIDS) departed Elstree Aerodrome with an instructor who was the aircraft commander and a student who was receiving a trial lesson. A microlight aircraft (Hybred 44XLR G-MTJP) with a pilot and his friend were carrying out a local private flight returning from Hunsdon to Plaistowes Farm near St Albans. Both aircraft were operating under VFR in good VMC when they collided at about 1,200 feet above Welham Green, near Hatfield, Hertfordshire.
The microlight suffered severe structural damage and descended out of control into a wooded area, fatally injuring both persons on board. A contemporary series of BBC news reports (links #3,'#4, #5) named the two fatalities as "Sgt Ian Alexander, 44, from Hemel Hempstead and P.C. Andy Morton, 41, a father-of-three from Cranfield, Bedfordshire: both died of multiple injuries, and both served with the road traffic policing unit of Hertfordshire Police". The helicopter instructor received a serious injury to his left foot and despite some structural damage to the helicopter, he was able to perform a successful emergency landing in a crop field. Both occupants of the helicopter survived the accident.
Nature of damage to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-MTJP was cancelled by the CAA on 31-03-2005
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fa90ed915d13740007ab/G-LIDS_and_G-MTJP_4-05.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=MTJP
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/3870629.stm
4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/4286580.stm
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/4290678.stm
6. https://www.northmymms.uk/july04/aircrash3.shtml
7. http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/more-news/hemel-hempstead-police-officer-killed-in-air-crash-1-1211811
8. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/136598-mid-air-over-hertfordshire.html
9. https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/pc-killed-in-mid-air-crash-1-1101573
10. http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/air-crash-officer-laid-to-rest-1-100773
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2016 15:24 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 04-Aug-2016 15:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2016 15:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location] |
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