ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184028
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| Date: | Sunday 7 May 1989 |
| Time: | 15:35 |
| Type: | Gemini Flash IIA |
| Owner/operator: | Mainair Sports Ltd |
| Registration: | G-MTUW |
| MSN: | 655-188-5-W4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Meltham Cop Hill, Kirklees, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Crosland Moor Airfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (EGND) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 7 May 1989 when crashed near Meltham Cop Hill, Kirklees, four and a half miles south-west of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, killing the pilot (the sole person on board). G-MTUW was said by the AAIB report as being one of the Prototype Gemini Flash IIA microlights, and, at the time of the crash, was being test flown, prior to leaving for France for a promotional sales tour. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The aircraft took off from Crosland Moor, immediately entered a steep climb, and headed towards a local hill known at Meltham Cop. It was thereafter observed by several witnesses to carry out steep turns, before pulling up into a steep 'wing over' manoeuvre. The engine power was heard to reduce in the ensuing dive, but was re-applied as the aircraft pulled up in a second steep manouevre to a height of about 800 feet agl
The engine noise faded again, but this time, from an attitude of approximately 80 degrees nose up, the aircraft pitched forward violently, and, as the nose dropped through the vertical, the wings were seen to start to fold up, and the sail material was heard to flap
At the same time, three pieces of the aircraft's wooden propeller were seen to detach and fall away. After two descending spirals, the wings were seen to fold completely, and the aircraft descended vertically to the ground. Witnesses quickly went to the accident scene, but the pilot had been killed by the impact forces."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report, "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-MTUW was cancelled one month later, on 1 June 1989 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ed6740f0b61342000163/Gemini_Flash_2_Alpha__G-MTUW_09-89.pdf
2. CAA; https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/
3. https://www.doogal.co.uk/ShowMap.php?postcode=HD9%205AL
4. https://www.themountainguide.co.uk/england/meltham-cop.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2016 19:19 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 27-Aug-2022 01:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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