ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58920
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| Date: | Monday 9 March 2009 |
| Time: | 15:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Rotorsport UK MT-03 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-RIFS |
| MSN: | RSUK/MT-03/0 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Long Marston Airfield, Campden Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Long Marston, Warwickshire (EGBL) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gyroplane crew arrested for colliding with a person on the ground during the take-off run with fatal results. It was later alleged in Birmingham Crown Court that the pilot had deliberately flown his aircraft at the person on the ground, and positioned the rotating blades so as to strike him and inflict fatal injuries.
On March 17, 2010, the murder/manslaughter charge was dismissed:
"A gyrocopter pilot has been found not guilty of killing a hunt supporter who was struck by the machine's propeller. Bryan Griffiths, 55, was acquitted of the manslaughter by gross negligence of Warwickshire Hunt member Trevor Morse at Long Marston airfield in March 2009.
Birmingham Crown Court heard Mr Morse, 48, refused to move as the craft neared him and died instantly when struck. Mr Griffiths, of Wiltshire Close, Bedworth, had been monitoring the hunt and stopped at the airfield to refuel. The court was told Mr. Morse, a committee member of the Warwickshire Hunt, had driven to the airfield with another hunt supporter to confront Mr. Griffiths."
Sources:
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/7934804.stm
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/coventry_warwickshire/7933734.stm
3. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2010/03/12/pilot-who-killed-hunt-supporter-with-propellor-blade-had-poor-attitude-92746-26017914/
4. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=RIFS
5. https://www.gasco.org.uk/safety-information/accident-data/fatals-2009.aspx
6. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/365357-gyrocopter-involved-murder-charge-11.html
7. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1258694/Animal-rights-enthusiast-cleared-killing-hunt-supporter-gyrocopter-blade.html#ixzz0iVpidrPQ
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 2011 | G-RSMT | Private | 0 | Rykneld Street/Fine Lane**, Fradley, Lichfield, Staffordshire | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Mar-2009 09:00 | slowkid | Added |
| 10-Mar-2009 11:30 | slowkid | Updated |
| 11-Mar-2009 00:02 | JINX | Updated |
| 12-Mar-2010 03:17 | slowkid | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Nov-2014 19:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2016 23:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2016 23:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2022 17:33 | PolandMoment | Updated [Narrative] |
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