ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 196191
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| Date: | Sunday 18 June 2017 |
| Time: | 12:01 UTC |
| Type: | RotorSport UK Cavalon |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-GERN |
| MSN: | RSUK/CVLN/020 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 914UL-01 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mud banks at Stoke Creek, Hoo Peninsula, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stoke Microlight Airfield, Middle Stoke, Rochester, Kent |
| Little Gransden, Bedfordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) following a forced landing, due to loss of power on takeoff, Stoke Microlight Airfield, Middle Stoke, Rochester, Kent, on 18 June 2017. According to the following except from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The gyroplane was parked overnight between two polytunnel hangars at Stoke Microlight Airfield, Kent. On the day of the accident the pilot planned a flight with a passenger to Little Gransden Airfield, Bedfordshire. They arrived at the airfield late morning and the pilot prepared the gyroplane for flight. He dipped the fuel tank and confirmed there was 35 litres of fuel on board remaining from a flight the previous day.
It was an unusually warm day in southern England with ambient temperatures in excess of 30 degrees C recorded in some areas. During the pre-flight checks the pilot observed the on-board temperature gauge was indicating 35.5 degrees C.
On completion of all of the pre-flight checks the pilot started the engine, checked the radio was working and taxied to the holding area for Runway 24. The pilot and the passenger were both wearing Active Noise Reduction (ANR) headsets.
After waiting at the holding point for other aircraft to depart the pilot lined up, pre-rotated the rotor to 220 rpm, set full power and started the takeoff. Everything appeared normal as the gyroplane lifted off and climbed to a height approaching the end of the runway that he estimated was 120 feet to 150 feet aal.
The pilot then noticed a sudden and rapid loss of height with a decreasing airspeed. He rejected the option of lowering the nose to accelerate, because there was insufficient height and decided to land immediately on an area of tidal mud bank between two mooring jetties.
The gyroplane landed upright but the rotor blades struck a moored boat and the aircraft tipped over into the mud. The pilot and his passenger, who were wearing full four-point harnesses, but not helmets, were able to release themselves from the aircraft and did not sustain any significant injury. The aircraft was recovered before it was covered by the incoming tide."
Nature of damage sustained to the airframe: Per the AAIB report "substantial" damage was sustained. The damage was presumably substantial enough to render the aircraft "damaged beyond economic repair", as the registration G-GERN was cancelled by the CAA on 8 September 2014 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/59e9f80a40f0b61ab3d08864/Rotorsport_UK_Cavalon_G-GERN_11-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Rotorsport-UK-Cavalon/3928125
4. http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/micro-helicopter-crashes-in-creek-127441/
Media:
Ultralight helicopter crashes at Stoke Creek on the Hoo Peninsula, UK https://t.co/yrUGueBoq5 pic.twitter.com/85I77ZxxbN
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 19 juin 2017
Micro helicopter crashes in creek https://t.co/8dCR56bvsm pic.twitter.com/vNzNx0Psfg
— Medway Messenger (@MedwayMessenger) June 18, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2017 19:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Jun-2017 19:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 18-Jun-2017 23:31 | Geno | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 19-Jun-2017 06:07 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 19-Jun-2017 10:39 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2017 18:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2017 05:50 | BEEVEETEE | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 12-Nov-2017 16:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 16:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 16:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2023 09:32 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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