ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266607
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Date: | Tuesday 10 August 2021 |
Time: | c. 10:30 LT |
Type: | Rotorsport UK MTOSport |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | G-PALT |
MSN: | RSUK/MTOS/063 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Beccles Airfield (EGSM), Ellough, Suffolk -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Beccles Airport (EGSM) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:On 10 August 2021, a gyrocopter (Rotorsport UK MTOSport G-PALT) crashed upon takeoff at approximately 10:30 hours at Beccles Airfield (EGSM), Ellough, Suffolk. The pilot was injured and taken to hospital by air ambulance.. A witness told BBC Radio Suffolk the gyrocopter "flipped and dipped" and was on its side when it "ground to a halt".
UPDATE: The incident was also the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only investigation, published on 14 October 2021 and the following is the summary from that...
"10 Aug 2021
RotorSport UK MTOsport
G-PALT
Beccles Airfield, Suffolk
The pilot reported that on takeoff the gyroplane suffered a retreating blade stall causing it to tip over onto its left side. It was extensively damaged and he suffered rib and lower leg injuries".
Sources:
1.
https://www.suffolktoday.co.uk/east-suffolk/beccles/fire-crews-called-to-gyrocopter-crash-at-airfield/ 2.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/aircraft-crashes-after-taking-off-in-ellough-8223894 3.
https://www.becclesandbungayjournal.co.uk/news/beccles-airfield-gyrocopter-crashes-after-take-off-8225054 4.
https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/beccles/person-hospitalised-following-aircraft-crash-9211253/ 5.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58160648 6.
https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/1ccfdc9624f63829e4e5d67f710d4ad4-Light-aircraft-crashes-just-after-takeoff 7.
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/abpic-media-eu-production/pictures/full_size_0420/1634880-large.jpg (photo)
8.
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001316707.html 9.
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001637629.html 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beccles_Airfield 11. AAIB Correspondence-only investigation:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-july-august-2021/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-july-august-2021 Media:
G-PALT RotorSport UK MTO Sport at Sywell, Northamptonshire 1/9/2018:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Aug-2021 11:04 |
gerard57 |
Added |
10-Aug-2021 16:29 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
10-Aug-2021 17:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
10-Aug-2021 17:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
11-Aug-2021 10:45 |
Aerossurance |
Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
12-Aug-2021 20:55 |
Iceman 29 |
Updated [Embed code] |
16-Oct-2021 21:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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