ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33345
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| Date: | Saturday 25 June 1983 |
| Time: | 10:10 LT |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | Bond Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BBBA |
| MSN: | 2175 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Barton Stapleford, 10 miles SW of Lincoln, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Barton Stapleford, Lincolnshire |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) 25.6.83 when crashed near Barton Stapleford, North Kesteven, 10 miles south-west of Lincoln, Lincolnshire during agricultural (crop spraying/topdressing) operations.
The pilot was doing his final spraying run of the day alongside an 11 kilovolt power line, and failed to see a spur that ran from this power line to the farm via a pole, which was some distance away. The helicopter collided with the wires, which damaged the control rods, causing the aircraft to climb out of control, and then fall into the field
As the AAIB report confirmed, G-BBBA was "damaged beyond economical repair". Despite this, sold on to new owners in Grantham, Lincolnshire on 24.9.86, presumably for spares recovery, and the registration G-BBBA was finally cancelled by the CAA on 7.12.87 as "destroyed".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Hiller%20UH%2012E%20G-BBBA%2010-83.pdf
2. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14388
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
4. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/CAF_Hiller_details.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleford,_Lincolnshire
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 September 1986 | G-BBBA | private | 0 | Driffield, East Yorkshire | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Jun-2014 18:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2014 20:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Oct-2015 03:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2015 03:04 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location] |
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