ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17921
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1989 |
| Time: | 11:50 |
| Type: | Air Command 532 Commander Elite |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BOJG |
| MSN: | PFA G/04-112 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bredon Hill, Pershore, Worcestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Coventry Airport (CVT/EGBE) |
| Long Marston, Warwickshire (EGBL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fatal crash 22-06-1989 due to structural failure in flight (rudder detached, propeller disintegrated) en route from Coventry to Long Marston, 22/6/1989. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"At 10:55 hours the aircraft took off and completed two circuits and landings before leaving the Coventry Airport Air Traffic Control Zone and heading south westwards towards Stoneleigh at 11:10 hours. Whilst en route the aircraft was seen by several witnesses to be flying normally.
In the Bredons Norton and Bredon Hill areas witnesses saw a gyroplane flying northwards at about 300 to 400 feet above ground level flying straight and level. Remarks were made by the witnesses about the engine noise level. Then the engine noise was heard to fade away or stop, and the nose of the gyroplane was seen to pitch down. At least one 'bang' or 'crack' was heard, and the rudder was seen to become detached.
A light coloured flash was also reported, and is thought to be connected to the disintegration of the propeller. The gyroplane then descended very steeply, and crashed into a small copse of trees on the west facing slopes of Bredon Hill, 13 nautical miles south west of Long Marston. The pilot was killed immediately by the multiple injuries he sustained on impact. There was no fire".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-BOJG was cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" on 13-02-1990
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ed7eed915d137400018f/Air_Command_532_Commander_Elite__G-BOJG_10-89.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BOJG
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 March 1991 | G-BPFW | Private | 1 | Melbourne Airfield, near Pocklington, North Humberside | |
w/o |
| 20 April 1996 | G-BOVP | Private | 1 | Long Marston Airfield, Warwickshire | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Oct-2012 17:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2016 15:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 02-Feb-2016 16:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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