ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 263808
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 November 2020 |
| Time: | 10:20 UTC |
| Type: |  RotorWay Exec 90 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BVTV |
| MSN: | 5243/6599 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Engine model: | Rotorway RI 162 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Landmead Farm Airfield, 3 miles NNE of Wantage, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Landmead Farm Airfield, Oxfordshire |
| Landmead Farm Airfield, Oxfordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AAIB investigation to Rotorway Executive 90, G-BVTV, 4 November 2020: Dynamic rollover during landing, Landmead Farm Airfield, Oxfordshire, 4 November 2020. The AAIB Final Report was published on 10 June 2021, and the following is an excerpt from it:
"The pilot prepared the helicopter for flight with the intention of conducting some circuits. The weather was good, with a light and variable wind from the west. After lifting into the hover, he checked the temperatures and pressures were acceptable, and then hover taxied across the airfield. En route the pilot performed some practice manoeuvres in the low hover.
He then taxied to the south side of the airfield with the intention of joining the circuit, but decided to adjust his headset prior to departure. The pilot touched down on flat ground, but reported that the helicopter felt as though it was touching down on sloping ground, and it continued to roll over to the left. The pilot was unable to counter this before the rotor blades touched the ground and the helicopter came to rest on its left side.
The pilot was able to exit the aircraft without assistance and suffered only minor injuries.There were no witnesses to the accident."
=Damage to airframe=
Main rotor blades destroyed and rotor mast bent; damage to the fuselage and landing gear. The damage sustained was presumably severe enough to render the airframe as a "write off (damaged beyond economic repair)", as the Registration G-BVTV was cancelled by the CAA on 26 May 2021 as "destroyed"
Landmead Farm is located East of the A338, about 1 nautical mile South East of Garford, North East of East Hanney, roughly 3 nautical miles North North-East of Wantage. It is also known at "Garford Airfield"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60c1cd098fa8f57ce3773bce/Rotorway_Executive_90_G-BVTV_06-21.pdf
2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/95512093@N05/48835489007
3. G-BVTV various photos 2007-2019: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-BVTV
4. https://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Rotorway-Executive-90/5595147/L
5. http://www.ukairfieldguide.net/airfields/Landmead-Farm
6. https://mapcarta.com/N7288825570
Media:
Rotorway Executive 90 on its side at Landmead Farm Airfield 4 Nov 2020 (bottom right picture):
AAIB June Bulletin now published: https://t.co/Nw2AZ26ZRj pic.twitter.com/62KNvzhOxx
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) June 10, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jun-2021 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Jun-2021 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2021 20:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2021 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Jun-2021 20:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2021 15:30 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Accident report] |
| 28-Jul-2021 15:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Category] |
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