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Date: | Sunday 24 April 2005 |
Time: | 10:10 . |
Type: | Robinson R22 Beta II |
Owner/operator: | Hields Aviation (G-INFO) |
Registration: | G-CDBG |
MSN: | 3682 |
Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Sherburn in Elmet Airfield (EGCJ), Yorkshire, -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Following engine start up, when parked at the refuelling area, the rotor blades collided with the rotor blades of Robinson R44, G-OLOW which was standing next to it and had also just started up its engine.
Both helicopters suffered substantial damage to their rotor blades and the engines were shock loaded.
Sources:
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports - AAIB Bulletin No: 9/2005 Ref: EW/G2005/04/19
Images:
Manchester- Barton City Airport (EGCB) Lancashire, UK -16th November 2007
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jul-2020 13:56 |
Peter Clarke |
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