ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17903
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 13-MAR-1989 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Agusta-Bell AB 206 |
| Operator: | Alan Mann Helicopters |
| Registration: | G-TPTR |
| C/n / msn: | 8587 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | MIRA Test Track, Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Photo/air-to-air |
| Departure airport: | Nuneaton, Warwickshire |
Ex-G-LOCK: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed at Nuneaton, Warwickshire on 13/3/1989. Helicopter was engaged in air-to-ground filming of a vehicle at the MIRA Test Track when it went out of control whilst hovering and then moving slowly sideways at a low altitude. G-TPTR sank heavily at low altitude, rolled over onto its left hand side, and was damaged beyond repair in the impact.
Registration G-TPTR cancelled by the CAA as "destroyed" on 09/10/1989; wreckage donated to the International Helicopter Museum at Weston-super-Mare
Sources:
http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/443466-alan-mann-helicopters-nostalgia-thread-9.html
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/may_1989/augusta_bell_206b__g_tptr.cfm
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=TPTR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Dec-2012 15:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2013 15:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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