ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62114
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 April 1995 |
| Time: | 10:05 |
| Type: |  Westland-Bell 47G-4A |
| Owner/operator: | East Midlands Helicopters |
| Registration: | G-OEMH |
| MSN: | WA716 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leicester Airport, Stoughton, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Costock, near Loughborough |
| Leicester Airport (EGBG) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 19-4-1995: Student pilot lost control in hovering practice at Leicester Airport. Aircraft crashed. Substantial damage to airframe. No injuries to the two persons on board (instructor and student pilot). According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Student commenced normal lift off with instructor when aircraft dropped quickly to the ground, rotated and rolled left, and Main Rotor Blades contacted ground. Instructor unable to fully regain control but aircraft was stopped from rolling over. Prior to flight, student who had completed 13 hours of training had been advised that inadequate Left hand yaw pedal being used when collective being raised".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "substantial damage to airframe and rotors". Aircraft not repaired, and the registration G-OEMH was cancelled by the CAA on 24-11-1995 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ec4140f0b613460000e9/Bell_47G-4A__G-OEMH_06-95.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=OEMH
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14751
4. http://www.ukserials.com/prodlists.php?type=1458
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 17-Aug-2010 15:29 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Oct-2011 07:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2012 14:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2012 15:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2013 19:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2014 19:49 | TB | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Nov-2014 14:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-Jun-2016 13:09 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2016 13:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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