ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 82713
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| Date: | Sunday 27 December 2009 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: |  Mainair Blade 912S |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | EI-EHR |
| MSN: | 1296-0801 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Shinrone, Co. Offaly -
 Ireland
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shinrone |
| Shinrone | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The microlight aircraft, with two occupants on board, was returning to land at a private airstrip following a short local flight. The light conditions were fading rapidly as the sun set. The aircraft struck an overhead telephone cable running alongside the boundary wall of the airstrip field, and impacted into the field some 20 metres (m) inside the wall. The two occupants were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. There was no fire.
Contributory Causes:
- The Pilot’s lack of overall flying experience, and his lack of experience of approaches to RWY 04 at the airstrip.
- The rapidly fading light impaired the Pilot’s judgement of his clearance above the cables.
- The Pilot was making a low approach to RWY 04, as he thought that he had seen a person walking alongside the runway near its mid-point.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.aaiu.ie/AAIUviewitem.asp?id=12794&lang=ENG&loc=1652]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2010 13:41 | harro | Added |
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