ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31506
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| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1987 |
| Time: | 11:15 LT |
| Type: |  Bell 47G-4A |
| Owner/operator: | Land Air Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BERJ |
| MSN: | 7512 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lower Heathcote Farm, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Lower Heathcote Farm, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off 28 June 1987 when crashed whilst involved in crop-spraying/aerial top dressing operations at Lower Heathcote Farm, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. According to the following summary from the official AAIB report into he accident:
"As the helicopter approached the southernmost corner of the field, a sharp right turn was initiated, during which, the pilot reports, a decay in rotor rpm occurred; the pilot was unable to prevent the aircraft sinking into a field of rape-seed crops, and tipping over onto its nose, and the rotors impacted into the crop. He suggests that the problem could have been caused by the down-draught from nearby trees, and that there was no engine malfunction.
G-BERJ was damage beyond economical repair, but the pilot only suffered scratches and bruises due to shattering of the canopy 'bubble'. There was no fire"
Registration G-BERJ cancelled by the CAA on 26 October 1990 (over three years later) as aircraft "destroyed" and "Addressee Status: Gone Away"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/bell-47g-4a-g-berj-28-june-1987
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14542
Media:
Bell 47G-4A G-BERJ (date and place unknown):
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Jun-2014 20:49 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, Damage] |
| 25-Feb-2015 19:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature] |
| 25-Feb-2015 20:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2015 20:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Feb-2015 21:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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