ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180369
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| Date: | Thursday 16 November 1995 |
| Time: | 13:02 |
| Type: |  Robinson R-22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-XIIX |
| MSN: | 0736 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Blackpool Airport, Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stapleford, Essex (EGSX) |
| Blackpool, Lancashire (EGNH) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged 16/11/1995 when rolled over on landing at Blackpool Airport, Squires Gate, Blackpool, Lancashire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"At the conclusion of a flight from Stapleford to Blackpool, which included a short stop at Cranfield due to bad weather, the pilot was making an approach to the helicopter landing area. After reducing the collective lever to 17 inches of manifold pressure, the engine began to surge violently causing the helicopter to yaw. The altitude at this time was 350 feet and the pilot elected to carry out an autorotation
On touchdown the helicopter skidded for approximately 10 feet before the right-hand skid dug into the soft ground and the helicopter rolled over. The pilot evacuated without injury.
A feature of R22 engine management is that, should carburettor heat be selected to full and the collective be reduced almost immediately afterwards, engine symptoms similar to those described are liable to occur".
Damage sustained to airframe: Extensive damage to tail boom, rotors and cabin. The owner of G-XIIX had only acquired the Robinson R22 on 7/11/1995, nine days before it crashed. Due to the damage sustained, the registration G-XIIX was cancelled by the CAA on 15/2/1996
However...the registration G-XIIX was restored on 2/9/1996 to Helitech (Luton) Ltd of Luton, only for it to be cancelled again three years later, on 16/11/1999. G-XIIX seems to have spent some time in the early 2000s mounted on top of a column as a display aircraft/"gate guardian" at Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire. It was, in effect, an advertising hoarding for Cabair, with that company's telephone number displayed prominently on the boom.
It was finally taken down from its display pole on 17/8/2012 and removed to a location in Essex for use as a simulator/static display airframe with Essex Helicopters; for this role, it wore the "fake" markings "G-IRDM". Ironically, as a static display/training airframe, this helicopter is once again based at Stapleford, Essex, from when it began its accident flight!
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f748ed915d137100064f/Robinson_R22_Beta__G-XIIX_01-96.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/34643/
4. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/r22_0501-1000_29.html
5. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=3593
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2015 12:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 14-Oct-2015 12:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2015 12:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2015 12:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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