ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183842
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| Date: | Monday 14 November 1988 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Ford Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BOXS |
| MSN: | 300007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sywell Aerodrome, Hall Farm, Sywell, Northamptonshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire (EGBK) |
| Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire (EGBK) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex-OY-HAL (Danish registry) 1970-79, then SE-HKB (Swedish registry) 1979-88. UK registration as G-BOXS from 1/8/1988. Written off (damaged beyond economic repair) 14/11/1988 when struck the ground, bounced, and flew backwards into a hedge near Sywell Aerodrome, Hall Farm, Sywell, Northamptonshire during forced landing/autorotation practice.
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Substantial damage to the landing gear and cabin floor. Tail boom severed. Main rotor blade damaged beyond repair. Transmission shock loaded". As a result, the registration G-BOXS was cancelled by the CAA on 12/4/1989 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f831ed915d13740006a7/Hughes_269C__G-BOXES_01-89.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BOXS
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14571
4. http://www.oy-reg.dk/register/2781.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2016 21:39 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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