ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174194
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| Date: | Friday 7 April 2006 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Heli Air Ltd |
| Registration: | G-OPAL |
| MSN: | 535 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wycombe Air Park, Booker, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| 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 |
07/04/2006: Robinson R22B G-OPAL crashed at Wycombe Air Park (Booker), Buckinghamshire. An instructor and his student were conducting a basic helicopter training flight when water droplets began to accumulate on the outside of the windscreens in light drizzle. This gradually reduced the pilots’ vision through the windscreens and the instructor decided to fly a circuit in an attempt to clear the droplets. During the transition into the circuit the instructor was monitoring the relative position of another aircraft. Whilst doing so he resisted the student’s attempts to raise the collective control lever, and he may even have lowered it slightly. This was in order to prevent entry into the ‘avoid area’ of the height-velocity envelope. The landing gear struck the ground and the helicopter crashed. G-OPAL sustained Extensive damage to landing gear, fuselage and main rotor blades
15/11/2006: Registration G-OPAL cancelled by CAA.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/542303a040f0b61342000b0d/Robinson_R22_Beta__G-OPAL.pdf
2. CAA; https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=OPAL
3. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/r22_0501-1000_29.html
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=28
5. http://www.helitorque.com/portal/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1400&view=next
6. Robinson R22 G-OPAL at Wycombe Air Park, Booker, 18-03-2006: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000013092.html
7. https://www.flickr.com/photos/helihub/4359365239
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2015 18:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-Aug-2016 22:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Aug-2016 22:09 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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