ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 171783
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Date: | Wednesday 28 March 1990 |
Time: | 18:20 |
Type: | Hughes 269B |
Owner/operator: | LRC Mail Order Ltd |
Registration: | G-AVZC |
MSN: | 450189 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Hemingbrough, near Selby, North Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Crosland Moor Airfield (EGND) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28-03-1990 when wrecked in a heavy/forced landing at Hemingbrough, near Selby, North Yorkshire. According to the subsequent AAIB report into the accident "the helicopter was being flown at 700 feet, when there was a grinding noise from the rear, and engine rpm fell to zero; a heavy landing ensued". A subsequent strip down of the engine revealed that the connecting rod No.4 in the engine had penetrated the crankcase, and the the engine had partially seized.
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report the helicopter was "beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-AVZC was cancelled by the CAA on 16-07-1990
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. AAIB:
https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ef26ed915d137100023f/Hughes_269B__G-AVZC_07-90.pdf 2. CAA:
https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=AVZC 3.
http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14613 4.
http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=The_Avengers_(TV_Series)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Dec-2014 00:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
13-Feb-2016 20:04 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
13-Feb-2016 20:05 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
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