ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174316
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1999 |
| Time: | 10:28 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-INTC |
| MSN: | 1243 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Halfpenny Green Airport, Bobbington, Stourbridge, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire (EGBO) |
| Halfpenny Green, Staffordshire (EGBO) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on 5 January 1999 at Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport (EGBO), Bobbington, Staffordshire. No injuries sustained to the two persons on board (instructor and pilot under training). According to the following extract from the AAIB report into the accident:
"The student pilot was practising engine-off landings under the supervision of an instructor. Having successfully completed several landings, the student was given a simulated engine failure at 150 feet agl. During the subsequent recovery, the rotor RPM fell to 90%, within normal limits for the exercise, and given the headwind of 25 kt, the student fully expected the rotor RPM to recover during the landing flare.
However as the student initiated the flare, the wind speed reduced significantly and the helicopter sank rapidly causing him to instinctively raise the collective lever further reducing the rotor RPM. The instructor took control but was unable to prevent a heavy landing.
Because of the high landing forces and the, by now, low rotor speed the main rotor drooped and severed the tail boom whereupon the helicopter yawed to the left and rolled over coming to rest on its right side. The crew were able to evacuate the aircraft through the shattered windshield without injury".
The AAIB report confirmed that G-INTC sustained "substantial" damage; as a result the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 11 February 1999 as "destroyed".
However, according to a report (see link #4 below) the remains of G-INTC ended up in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, and were converted into a grounded simulator.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ec0b40f0b613420000cb/dft_avsafety_pdf_501627.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=INTC
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1881
4. https://www.craig-parsons.com/tag/helicopter/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2015 01:02 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 30-Jun-2016 00:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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