ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189502
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 August 2016 |
| Time: | 10:24 LT |
| Type: | HAV Airlander 10 |
| Owner/operator: | Hybrid Air Vehicles |
| Registration: | G-PHRG |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Engine model: | Technify Centurion C4.0 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Cardington Airfield, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Cardington Airfield, Bedfordshire |
| Cardington Airfield, Bedfordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The prototype was damaged during a landing incident on its second, 100 minute, UK test flight. Damage was apparent to flight deck. Early press reports of striking a power lines were denied but subsequent investigation did show a mooring line contacted a cable. The crew were uninjured.
At the end of the test flight the aircraft could not be secured to its mooring mast because of a fault in winching apparatus at the mast. The aircraft departed again while the issue was investigated. As it did so the mooring line, which had been secured temporarily, fell free until it hung to its full 47-metre length below the aircraft. The second approach therefore had to be higher than ideal, which resulted in the aircraft arriving over the landing site at an excessive height.
The test pilot attempted to manoeuvre the aircraft in order to bring the mooring line within reach of the ground crew, but in so doing, it unexpectedly adopted an exaggerated nose down attitude and began to descend. The pilot was unable to affect a recovery before the aircraft struck the ground, causing damage to the cabin flight deck area.
Nature of damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to cabin flight deck area".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/58a32b0fe5274a040d000032/HAV_Airlander_10_G-PHRG_03-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=PHRG
3. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/index.html
4. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/24/worlds-biggest-aircraft-crashes-bedfordshire-airlander-10?CMP=twt_gu
5. https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/news-and-media/news/airlander-media-statement-24th-august-2016
6. https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/news-and-media/news/airlander-media-statement-25th-august-2016
7. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-hav-makes-plans-to-return-airlander-10-to-429230/
8. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hav-details-airlander-updates-as-accident-details-pu-435041/
Media:
Airlander takes a 'nose dive' on landing https://t.co/Uw73AW2xNM pic.twitter.com/v71z9Ef6Fl
— BBC Three Counties (@BBC3CR) August 24, 2016
Airlander takes nose dive on landing https://t.co/lKCeILr3oy via @BBCNews pic.twitter.com/cZWjuo29ov
— Rupa Haria (@rupaharia) August 24, 2016
They're assessing damage to the world's biggest aircraft after a bumpy landing. https://t.co/iDz81nQdIH pic.twitter.com/BN3QB5wSRA
— David Koenig (@airlinewriter) August 24, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2016 12:13 | Aerossurance | Added |
| 24-Aug-2016 12:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2016 12:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2016 14:03 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2016 15:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location] |
| 24-Aug-2016 17:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code] |
| 24-Aug-2016 17:56 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Damage] |
| 25-Aug-2016 07:55 | harro | Updated [Damage] |
| 25-Aug-2016 15:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2016 22:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2016 09:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Mar-2017 17:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2017 21:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2017 21:33 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Mar-2017 21:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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