ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 171987
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| Date: | Saturday 6 December 2014 |
| Time: | 10:55 |
| Type: |  Team Mini-Max |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MYRG |
| MSN: | PFA 186-1189 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 447 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 1 field away from Northrepps Airfield, 3 miles SSE of Cromer, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Northrepps Airfield, Cromer, Norfolk |
| Northrepps Airfield, Cromer, Norfolk | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Team Minimax G-MYRG just crashed one field short of Northrepps Airfield, North Walsham Road, Northrepps, 3 miles South South East of Cromer, Norfolk and turned over. Seems a write off sadly but pilot ok just minor scratches. Engine failure believed to be the cause. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Whilst overhead at Northrepps Airfield after a local flight, the engine suddenly stopped. The pilot states that he misjudged the glide performance of the aircraft with a stationary propeller and, in attempting to land on the runway, feared he would not be able to clear some power lines which ran across the approach
He therefore force-landed the aircraft in a field of sugar beet but, as soon as a bar which stretched between the two landing gear wheels entered the crop, the aircraft flipped inverted. The pilot was uninjured but required the help of members of the local flying club to right the aircraft before he could evacuate from it.
The cause of the engine stopping was found to be a lack of fuel which manifested itself when the aircraft attitude changed. The pilot admits that unfamiliarity with the aircraft type and its fuel consumption combined with overestimating its glide performance with a stationary propeller by about 300 feet per minute were the main causal factors in the accident".
Damage sustained to airframe: Minor damage to rudder and windscreen broken
This accident was the second time that G-MYRG had crashed in less than a year: it had previously crashed on 1 March 2014 at Easterton Airfield, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/550151cbe5274a1414000018/Team_Minimax_G-MYRG_03-15.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/airfields/conversations/messages/71465
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-31871462
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2014 20:57 | FERRYAIR | Added |
| 07-Dec-2014 00:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2015 07:23 | humbersider steve | Updated [Cn] |
| 06-Jan-2015 07:33 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 18-Jan-2015 18:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2015 20:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-May-2015 20:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2015 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Oct-2015 20:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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