ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201460
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| Date: | Saturday 18 November 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | HAV Airlander 10 |
| Owner/operator: | Hybrid Air Vehicles |
| Registration: | G-PHRG |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Cardington Airfield, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The airship broke free from its mooring mast, triggering a safety system which deflates the envelope. It came to rest at the edge of the airfield.
A member of HAV staff sustained minor injuries and was taken to hospital for assessment as a precaution. She has since been discharged. A separate member of staff also sustained minor injuries while dealing with the aftermath of the incident.
Classified as un-reportable by AAIB.
The internal investigation showed that it was possible to insert the mast locking safety pins in an incorrect position without obvious indications of this being the case, and that this had occurred on completion of Airlander’s test flight on 17 November 2017. This resulted in the aircraft being attached to the mooring mast in an undetected unlocked condition, allowing it to detach from the mooring mast in the light winds experienced on the morning of 18 November 2017.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-42037832
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/18/worlds-longest-aircraft-airlander-10-collapses-in-uk
https://www.facebook.com/HybridAirVehicles/posts/1605838832787781
https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/news-and-media/news/aaib-completes-investigations-into-mooring-mast-detachment
Media:
#Airlander 10 latest:
— Four Counties News (@Heart4CNews) November 18, 2017
Emergency services in #Bedfordshire have been called to Cardington after the Airlander A10 airship's become loose from its mooring and collapsed close-by in the field.
One woman has suffered minor injuries.#HeartNews pic.twitter.com/GEK1f0gVpY
#Airlander has died 😢anyone know what happened? pic.twitter.com/0kYdWKHRkr
— Mark Jefferies (@airdisplays) November 18, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2017 17:51 | Andrew Simmonds | Added |
| 18-Nov-2017 17:55 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2017 19:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2017 19:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2017 22:21 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Jul-2018 15:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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