ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 86787
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| Date: | Monday 27 March 2000 |
| Time: | 15:33 |
| Type: |  Robinson R-22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-RUSO |
| MSN: | 1387 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-B2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thruxton Airfield, near Andover, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Thruxton Airfield, Andover, Hampshire (EGHO) |
| Thruxton Airfield, Andover, Hampshire (EGHO) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27-3-2000 when crashed at Thruxton Airfield, near Andover, Hampshire. A/c crashed onto side from hover. No injuries to 2 Persons On Board (instructor and pilot under training). According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Having completed the general handling element of their exercise, an instructor and his student returned to the airfield in order to practice landings and take offs to the hover. The weather was fine with a visibility of 7 km but with a moderate wind of 030 degrees/15 to 20 knots.
The student had been hovering the helicopter for some 5 to 10 minutes and had successfully completed two landings and takeoffs. The helicopter was then established in a stable 8 feet hover into wind. Suddenly, it started to yaw quickly to the left. The instructor took control, and applied right pedal to oppose the yaw. The helicopter started to drift to the right, descended and struck the ground before rolling onto its right side. In doing so, the rotor blades severed the tail boom with one blade coming to rest 80 metres from the main structure.
The uninjured instructor and student, who were both wearing lap and diagonal seat belts, vacated the helicopter through the left main door. The chief flying instructor assessed the cause of the accident as being due to the student's loss of control and the late intervention of the relatively inexperienced instructor."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Substantial damage to cockpit, rotor head and blades. Tail boom
severed". As a result, the registration G-RUSO was cancelled by the CAA on 8-6-2000 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fdfc40f0b613460009f5/dft_avsafety_pdf_501652.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=RUSO
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1870
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2010 18:22 | angels one five | Added |
| 21-Aug-2011 19:02 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2013 01:19 | JINX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jul-2016 20:20 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 07-Jul-2016 21:06 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date] |
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