ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71828
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 11-JUL-1989 |
| Time: | 12:35 local |
| Type: |  Schweizer 269C (300C) |
| Operator: | The Helicopter Flight, Oxford Air Training School |
| Registration: | G-BOCO |
| C/n / msn: | S.1284 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | NW of Kidlington Airfield, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kidlington Aerodrome, Oxfordshire (OXF/EGTK) |
Crashed NW of Kidlington Airfield. Aircraft pitched forward whilst hovering at very low altitude (approx 2 or 3 feet agl); the front skids hit the ground, and due to the momentum of the aircraft, it overturned. Registration G-BOCO cancelled by CAA as aircraft "destroyed" 6/11/1989
Sources:
The History of Oxford Airport
Geoff Phillips
Bookmarque Publishing 1996
ISBN 1-870519-31-0
British Civil Aircraft Registers 1919-1999
Compiled by Michael Austen
Air Britain (Historians) Ltd 1999
ISBN 0 85130 281 5
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=BOCO
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/september_1989/schweizer_269c__g_boco.cfm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2010 10:45 | John Baker | Added |
| 08-Oct-2012 09:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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