ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18873
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| Date: | Thursday 11 March 1971 |
| Time: | 14:45 LT |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | Management Aviation Limited |
| Registration: | G-ASIH |
| MSN: | 2192 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shinnel Head, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Shinnel Head, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 11/3/1971 when crashed at Shinnel Head, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft was engaged on fertiliser spreading operations over a grass covered hillside. Whilst flying at about 40 feet and 35 knots it pitched sharply nose-up to a near vertical attitude, went out of control and crashed, injuring the pilot.
The report concludes that the accident was due to a loss of control caused by the longitudinal cyclic control push rod becoming detached from the wobble plate because the retaining bolt fell out after its securing nut had come off."
The injured pilot was named in the AAIB accident report as Captain Norman Moffatt MacLeod, aged 27; he sustained slight burn injuries when the box of matches in his trouser pocket ignited. Registration G-ASIH cancelled by the CAA 6/12/71 as "PWFU" ("Permanently Withdrawn From Use")
Dumped pod (minus boom) at Bourn by January 1972, still there by June 1979.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422fadf40f0b61346000873/14-1971_G-ASIH.pdf
2. CAA Registration: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ASIH.pdf
3. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/49748/
4. https://www.na3t.org/air/photo/LA01403-2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Aug-2012 15:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2015 21:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2020 16:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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