Date:	Thursday 25 May 2023
Time:	15:46
Type:	Campbell Super Cricket
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-AXVM
MSN:	CA-329
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	near Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport, Staffordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Halfpenny Green Airport (EGBO)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The engine of the Campbell Super Cricket gyroplane cut out at around 1,400 ft. During the subsequent forced landing in a field the rotor blades suffered damage.

Campbell produced 33 Crickets between 1969 and 1971, beginning with an interim prototype and then a full prototype, which first flew on 7th August 1969. Campbell Super Cricket G-AXVM was first registered on 1 January 1970

1. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/pilot-taken-hospital-after-aircraft-27020165
2. AAIB Correspondence-only Report dated 10 August 2023: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-may-june-2023/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-may-june-2023
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverhampton_Airport
4. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AXVM-1.pdf
5. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AXVM-2.pdf
6. https://helimuseum.com/heli.php?ident=cricket-1
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layzell_Cricket

Campbell Cricket G-AXVM at Sywell, Northamptonshire on 31-8-2013 G-AXVM Campbell Cricket at Old Warden 21/05/2022; note the "James Bond" "Little Nellie" modifications (an attempt to make the airframe resemble to Wallis WA-116 in the Film "You Only Live Twice")

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
30-May-2023 15:01	gerard57	Added
30-May-2023 15:01	gerard57	Updated
30-May-2023 16:50	Dr. John Smith	Updated
30-May-2023 16:51	harro	Updated
12-Aug-2023 06:11	Dr. John Smith	Updated
12-Aug-2023 06:12	harro	Updated