ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155703
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| Date: | Sunday 9 September 1984 |
| Time: | 14:40 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom F-28A-UK |
| Owner/operator: | GCS Leisure Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BCFP |
| MSN: | 196 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Theale, Reading, Berkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Reading, Berkshire |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 9/9/1984: Auto-rotation in a field after engine lost power at 700 feet. Caught by gust of wind on landing and rolled over.
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to main rotor blade and aircraft nose sufficient to make the helicopter uneconomic to repair". As a result the registration G-BCFP was cancelled by the CAA on 10/11/1986 (just over two years later) as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ff6fe5274a1317000a3b/Enstrom_F28A_G-BCFP_03-85.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14488
4. http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/enstrom.php
5. http://cloudancer1.tripod.com/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2013 20:13 | TB | Added |
| 17-May-2013 17:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2013 16:11 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2015 14:45 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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