ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189418
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| Date: | Saturday 18 February 2006 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Schweizer 269C-1(300C) |
| Owner/operator: | Dragon Helicopters Ltd |
| Registration: | G-CCJE |
| MSN: | 0148 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-G1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sheffield City Airport, Sheffield, South Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sheffield City Airport, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (SZD/EGSY) |
| Sheffield City Airport, Sheffield, South Yorkshire (SZD/EGSY) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 18-02-2006 at Sheffield City Airport, Sheffield, South Yorkshire: Skids dug in on landing and helicopter rolled onto side. No injury to 2 Persons On Board (Instructor and Pilot Under Training). According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Following an uneventful flight, the commander was demonstrating an auto-rotation to a student PPL who had recently purchased a similar type of helicopter. He entered the flare with a relatively high rate of descent, which he was unable to arrest by raising the collective lever. As the helicopter landed, the skids dug in to the relatively soft ground, causing it to roll on to its right side.
Examination of the helicopter, its engine in particular, failed to find any pre-accident defects. The helicopter had been flying close to its maximum permitted weight and, after leaving the helicopter, the commander noted from the wind sock that the approach had been made with a tailwind component".
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-CCJE was cancelled by the CAA on 10-08-2006 as "Destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423035640f0b61342000aed/Schweizer_269C-1__G-CCJE_07-06.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=CCJE
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=34
4. Schweizer 269C-1 G-CCJE at Duxford 23/09/2003: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001211577.html
5. "Air Yorkshire" April 2006 p.19: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/AY%20April%202006.pdf
6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/helihub/4361023052
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2016 16:22 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 21-Aug-2016 16:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Sep-2019 15:25 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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