ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187372
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| Date: | Saturday 21 August 1993 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Hiller UH-12E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-DMCH |
| MSN: | 5155 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hallbeck Farm, Black Combe, near Millom, Cumbria -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Hallbeck Farm, Black Combe, near Millom, Cumbria |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed by fire) 21-8-1993 when wrecked in a force landing at Hallbeck Farm, Black Combe, near Millom, Cumbria, during agricultural operations. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"On 21st August 1993 at the end of a spraying run, at full power, two loud bangs heard and immediate loss of power. Forced landing attempted in gully where ground was flatter than hillside being sprayed. Helicopter landed heavily and rolled onto its side. Fire after impact. Engine power loss attributed to gradual and insidious carburettor icing followed by sudden release of ice. Helicopter had history of unreliable & fluctuating carburettor air temperature indications, and appeared to require more carburettor heat than normal for type. The aircraft struck the ground on the lower slopes of Black Combe, at Hallbeck Farm, near Millom.
Pilot - Mr Antony Reader Wickham Crosse-Upcott, aged 68 was able to vacate the aircraft through the shattered 'bubble' canopy, and was assisted from the burning wreckage by a group of farm workers. The wreckage was totally burnt out."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "helicopter destroyed by post-accident fire". As a result, the registration G-DMCH was cancelled by the CAA on 24-11-1993
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422efa940f0b613460002cb/Hiller_UH-12E__G-DMCH_11-93.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=DMCH
3. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/lakes/dmch.html
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14712
5. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/419023-rotary-nostalgia-thread-46.html#post6777933
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2016 19:59 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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