ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22616
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| Date: | Saturday 30 August 2008 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: |  Enstrom 280FX Shark |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BYSW |
| MSN: | 2026 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-F1AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hay Tor, Dartmoor, Devon -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Plymouth (Roborough) Airport, plymouth, Devon (EGHD) |
| Dunkeswell, Honiton, Devon (EGTU) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 30-08-2008 when crashed at Hay Tor, Dartmoor, Devon (at approximate Coordinates: 50°34′48″N 3°45′21″W). The accident seems to have been weather related, and the pilot - the sole person on board - sustained only minor injuries. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot was intending to conduct a late morning flight from Plymouth to Dunkeswell and had obtained a weather forecast from Plymouth ATC. However, the Met Form 215 he obtained was issued that morning, but was only valid from 14:00 hours. The pilot also contacted Dunkeswell for their actual weather conditions. Based on this information, and that the top of Dartmoor was clearly visible from Plymouth, the pilot departed with the opinion that the weather conditions were suitable for the flight.
As the flight progressed across Dartmoor, he was forced to make several deviations to keep clear of low patches of stratus cloud. At approximately 11:20 hours, the pilot attempted a precautionary landing due to a lowering cloud base and reduced visibility. The landing site appeared to be shallow heather but was in fact deep gorse bushes. The helicopter sank into the bushes and rolled to the left, damaging the rotor blades and left door.
The pilot, who was uninjured, carried out the shut down checks and vacated the helicopter through the right door."
Nature of Damage sustained to the airframe: Per the AIB report "Damage to all rotor blades and to left side of fuselage". The damage was enough to render the airframe as "beyond economic repair", as the registration G-BYSW was cancelled by the CAA on 05-12-2009 as "Destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eeaced915d1371000209/Enstrom_280FX_Shark__G-BYSW_11-08.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=BYSW
3. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2661271/Pilot-crashes-helicopter-on-Dartmoor-and-walks-away-with-a-graze.html
4, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7589907.stm
5. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=49540
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7589754.stm
7. https://www.scotsman.com/news/helicopter-crash-1-1436904
8. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000407397.html
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haytor
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Aug-2008 14:36 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Sep-2008 03:23 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2008 09:40 | JINX | Updated |
| 24-Nov-2012 13:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2013 15:31 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2013 15:32 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Oct-2016 19:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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