ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 121988
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| Date: | Thursday 28 April 2011 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-52 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | RA-3585K |
| MSN: | 9011107 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | Ivchenko M14P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ulting Lane, Langford, near Maldon, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | North Weald Airfield, Essex (EGSX) |
| North Weald Airfield, Essex (EGSX) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a tail chase, the aircraft entered an inverted spin at approximately 1,800 ft agl, probably because of unintentional pro-spin positioning of the flying controls. Although the spin ceased after three turns, the aircraft impacted the surface of a lake during the ensuing dive. According to contemporary press reports:
"The bodies of two men have been found in a light aircraft that crashed into a lake in Essex. The plane crashed into the lake at Ulting Lane in Langford, near Maldon, at about 1300 BST. It was lifted from the water during the evening with the bodies of the pilot and passenger still in it.
The plane, a Russian-built Yak 52, was reported to have been flying in formation with two other aircraft shortly before the crash. Emergency services were called by a member of the public and found the two-seater aircraft in the lake with its tail about 10 feet (3 metres) under water.
Two people are believed to have been on board the aircraft. It appears that no-one has survived. Police have been trying to confirm who was on board in order to contact relatives. Teams from the Essex Police marine unit and Essex County Fire and Rescue Service used boats to search the private fishing lake. Metropolitan Police divers also took part in the operation.
Assistant divisional officer Dave Barritt, incident commander for the fire service, said initial reports suggested three vintage light aircraft were flying in formation over the area before one of them came down in the lake, possibly after clipping a tree.
The planes are a common sight in the skies above Essex ahead of a series of air shows this summer. "A crash investigation will be carried out but we have found some debris at the side of the lake and the plane is completely submerged so it appears that the aircraft clipped the trees before ditching into the lake," said Mr Barritt.
The aircraft, an aerobatics trainer, was in the middle of the lake, which was "murky" and deep, he added. It had taken off from North Weald airfield in Essex earlier on Thursday with two other planes, which returned safely to the airfield.
Derek Macnab, acting chief executive of Epping Forest District Council, which owns the airfield, said it appeared the plane had not been based there. "Nevertheless, the crew will be well known to many people at North Weald," he said. "I would like to express my deepest sympathies to everyone involved in what looks to be a terrible tragedy."
An Essex Police spokesman said: "Two people are believed to have been on board the aircraft. It appears that no-one has survived. "The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been notified and will be attending."
A later press report named the two killed as "Instructor Simon Hulme, 33, and his 43-year-old student, Spencer Bennett", The AAIB investigation identified several factors relevant to the accident, including operation of the aircraft, the type of flight instruments fitted to it and the manner in which the activity was conducted.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ee81e5274a1314000209/Yak-52_RA-3585K_09-12.pdf
2. http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/update-essex-two-dead-after-plane-crash-near-maldon-1-878365
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13228734
4. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3554181/Two-dead-as-plane-dives-into-lake.html
5. http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2012/12/yakovlev-yak-52-ra-3585k-plane-crash.html
6. http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&p=203886
7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13296503
8. RA-3585K, Yakovlev Yak-52 at Headcorn 23-04-2011, just 5 days before the accident: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andymarks/5647473440
9. http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/essex-plane-crash-which-claimed-lives-of-two-men-was-an-accident-inquest-1-1745123
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2011 10:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Apr-2011 14:03 | John Baker | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source] |
| 28-Apr-2011 16:48 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 28-Apr-2011 16:51 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2011 07:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2011 13:13 | John Baker | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2011 01:31 | John Baker | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 22-Jun-2011 00:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 26-Aug-2011 14:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2012 07:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2012 17:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2012 17:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2013 09:00 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code] |
| 23-May-2013 22:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 08-Jun-2013 17:43 | TB | Updated [Embed code] |
| 29-Nov-2016 15:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2016 15:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2016 15:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature] |
| 29-Nov-2016 15:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 29-Nov-2016 15:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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