ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186322
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| Date: | Friday 6 December 1991 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Montgomerie-Bensen B8M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BPMG |
| MSN: | PFA G/01A-1115 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Crail Airfield, Balcomie Road, Crail, Fife -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Crail Airfield, Fife, Scotland |
| Crail Airfield, Fife, Scotland | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Withdrawn from use after being written off (damaged beyond repair) following a high-speed taxiing accident on 6 December 1991 at Crail Airfield, Balcomie Road, Crail, Fife, Scotland, when the aircraft became unintentionally airborne during "fast taxiing", went out of control, and landed heavily. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"On 6 December 1991 the pilot, watched by a colleague, carried out a series of 'main wheel only' taxiing tests along the disused tarmac runway at Crail Airfield. This involved taxiing with sufficient speed in order to raise the nose wheel off the ground, and balancing the aircraft on the main wheels alone
The pilot reported that, during one such test run, the aircraft became inadvertently airborne, and, with insufficient runway available in order to land straight ahead, he decided to fly a tight right hand circuit at 70 feet, in order to land back on the runway.
At a height of some 20 feet, whilst approaching the runway, the aircraft became unstable, descended suddenly, and veered to the right, causing the rotor blades to strike the runway. The aircraft came to rest on its right hand side with the pilot suffering a broken leg."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "damage to main rotors, propeller and airframe". As a result, the aircraft was withdrawn from use, and the registration G-BPMH was cancelled by the CAA some 18 months later, on 18 May 1992
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f6e1ed915d1374000609/Montgomery_Bensen__G-BPMG_03-92.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Crail_(HMS_Jackdaw)#Current_use
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2016 18:45 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 10-Apr-2016 18:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2022 02:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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