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| Date: | Saturday 4 June 2011 |
| Time: | 16:53 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter EC 120B Colibri |
| Owner/operator: | EBG Helicopters |
| Registration: | G-FEDA |
| MSN: | 1129 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arrius 2F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Redhill Airport (KRH/EGKR) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Redhill Airport (KRH/EGKR) |
| Redhill Airport (KRH/EGKR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off 04-06-2011: Control was lost during a turn whilst hover taxiing in gusting wind conditions. The right skid contacted the ground, causing the helicopter to roll onto its side. The three person on board (pilot and two passengers) sustained minor injuries. According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The helicopter was hover taxiing towards its allocated landing pad beside a hangar. The wind at the time was described as north-easterly at 9 knots, gusting to 21 knots. The pilot stated that as he approached the landing pad he applied left yaw pedal to turn left. The helicopter responded but continued to turn beyond the desired heading.
The pilot applied right pedal in an attempt to stop the turn, but the helicopter continued to rotate at an increasing rate until control was lost. The right skid contacted the ground, causing the helicopter to roll onto its right side and the main rotors to strike the ground.
When the helicopter came to rest, the pilot applied the rotor brake and fuel shutoff lever before jettisoning the
front left door and assisting his passengers."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "General damage to fuselage; main blades, tail section,
skids and floats all detached". As a result, the damage was severe enough to render the airframe as "destroyed", and the registration G-FEDA was cancelled as such on 08-02-2012
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f85ced915d13740006bb/EC120B_Colibri__G-FEDA_09-11.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=FEDA
3. http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=74912
4. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/453581-helicopter-down-redhill.html
5. http://helihub.com/2011/06/04/04-jun-11-g-feda-eurocopter-ec120b-redhill-uk/
6. https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/helicopter-blown-over-redhill-aerodrome-4815013_
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Jun-2011 15:24 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Jun-2011 15:42 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 09-Sep-2011 05:55 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2012 14:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Oct-2012 17:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2013 03:24 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2016 00:23 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2016 00:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Phase, ] |
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