ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156809
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 July 1999 |
| Time: | 17:07 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Great Northern Helicopters Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-VCJH |
| MSN: | 1569 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wycombe Air Park, Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wycombe Air Park, Booker (EGTB) |
| Wycombe Air Park, Booker (EGTB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged 13.07.1999 when crashed (rolled over) on take off from Wycombe Air Park, Booker, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, at the start of a solo training flight. No injuries reported to the pilot (the sole person on board). According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report:
"The student pilot prepared to take off into a hover and positioned the cyclic forward and to the left to compensate for the fact that he was solo and did not have the added weight of the instructor in the left hand seat.
As he increased power and lifted to the two feet hover he realised that he had over compensated for the weight distribution. In order to recover the situation he applied right cyclic but over corrected allowing the helicopter to drift to the right and descend. The right skid then contacted the ground causing the helicopter to roll over coming to rest on its right side. The pilot switched off the ignition master switch and vacated the cabin, sustaining only minor injuries"
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Substantial Damage". As a result, the registration G-VCJH was cancelled by the CAA on 13.11.1999. However, presumably rebuilt, as the registration G-VCJH was restored to a new owner on 1.5.2007. Sold on seven times between 01.05.2007 and 26.01.2016, and still currently registered with its eighth owner from new
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542300d6e5274a1317000ae7/dft_avsafety_pdf_502511.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=VCJH
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1875
4. http://www.pbase.com/image/158222391
5. G-VCJH Robinson R22 Beta at Retford Gamston 09.04.2016: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132337785@N03/25770236304
Media:
Robinson R22 G-VCJH at Wellesbourne-Mountford, 09/02/14:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2013 01:47 | JINX | Added |
| 20-Jun-2013 05:21 | JINX | Updated [Time] |
| 21-May-2014 19:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2014 17:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2016 10:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2016 10:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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