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| Date: | Tuesday 10 January 2012 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: |  Westland SA 341G Gazelle |
| Owner/operator: | Cropspray Ltd |
| Registration: | G-WDEV |
| MSN: | WA/1098 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Astazou IIIA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salisbury, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bath, Somerset |
| Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed on woodland next to Stephenson Road on the Churchfields Industrial Estate, Salisbury, Wiltshire after engine lost power. The pilot and two passengers sustained minor injuries. According to the following extract from the final AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot reported a power loss and uncontrolled descent into trees while manoeuvring at slow speed and low height over a remote landing site".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ec8b40f0b6134600010f/SA341G_Gazelle_1_G-WDEV_08-12.pdf
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/9461923.Helicopter_crash_at_Churchfields/
https://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/hurt-helicopter-crash/story-14380525-detail/story.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2012 06:12 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Jan-2012 06:57 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Jan-2012 02:52 | aegir | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2012 11:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2013 10:05 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2013 16:47 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-May-2013 12:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jun-2013 16:56 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Sep-2015 03:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2016 20:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2016 20:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2018 09:40 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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