ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179432
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 September 2015 |
| Time: | 16:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Enstrom 480B |
| Owner/operator: | Raw Sports Ltd |
| Registration: | G-IGHH |
| MSN: | 5034 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C20W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Church Farm, Station Road, Aldbury, near Tring, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Tring, Hertfordshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter crashed in a field at Church Farm, on Station Road, Aldbury, near Tring, Hertfordshire, after an apparent wire strike into overhead power cables shortly after take off. Having lifted vertically to about 30 feet agl, to clear a barn that was directly in front, the helicopter was flown forward, followed,by a right turn. The pilot then descended the helicopter slightly to accelerate.
At this point he saw, about 80 metres ahead, some power cables which had become visible against the sky as the helicopter descended. The pilot attempted to turn right and climb over the cables but the helicopter’s left skid caught the cables, causing the helicopter to roll upright and nose down before the cable snapped
The pilot, who was the only person travelling in the aircraft, suffered minor injuries including a cut to the head before being taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital as a precaution. A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said: “We sent a hazardous area response vehicle, an ambulance, a rapid response vehicle and an ambulance officer.”
Both police and fire services rushed to the scene and Station Road was closed from the junction of Northfield Road while the teams dealt with the incident. Hertfordshire Police confirmed the road was re-opened at 9.25pm. Some parts of the village were left without electricity until the early hours of this morning due to the involvement of power lines.A spokesman for UK Power Networks said: “The crash interrupted electricity supplies to 1,465 customers. Our engineers restored power to the majority by 5.05pm, and to the rest in stages, with the final three restored at 10.08am today.”
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft Destroyed". As a result, the registration G-IGHH was cancelled by trhe CAA on 17-06-2016 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/56975a47ed915d468c00001d/Enstrom_480_G-IGHH_01-16.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=IGHH
3. https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/in-pictures-helicopter-crash-landed-into-powerlines-1-6949121
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34206084
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3229347/Miracle-escape-helicopter-pilot-crashes-power-cables-lands-upside-field-walks-away-minor-injuries.html
6. https://www.mix96.co.uk/news/local/1726417/helicopter-crash-near-tring/
7. https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/in-pictures-helicopter-crash-landed-into-powerlines-1-6949121
Media:
Picture of incident attended by Tring, @BerkhamstedFire, @HEMELFIRE & St Albans in Aldbury, Tring yesterday pic.twitter.com/1Cj75WSiOH
— Herts Fire Control (@HertsFRSControl) September 10, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2015 19:56 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Sep-2015 10:51 | rotorspot | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 10-Sep-2015 16:54 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2015 01:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Sep-2015 01:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2016 16:47 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2016 16:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2020 07:52 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
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