ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155706
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| Date: | Saturday 22 June 2002 |
| Time: | 12:32 |
| Type: |  Enstrom F-28A-UK |
| Owner/operator: | Stephenson Marine Co Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BBXO |
| MSN: | 181 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-C1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Runway 06, Goodwood Aerodrome, Chichester, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Goodwood Aerodrome, Chichester, West Sussex (EGHR) |
| Goodwood Aerodrome, Chichester, West Sussex (EGHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 22-6-2002 when crashed at Goodwood Aerodrome, Chichester, West Sussex, due to loss of control during spot turn. Tail rotor struck ground, aircraft pitched forward and landed heavily. No injury to the pilot (the sole Person On Board). According to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report:
"The student pilot had been carrying out 1.4 hours of circuit consolidation training, flying solo from the threshold of Runway 32. The weather was good with a surface wind of 240/18 knots. Having completed his circuits, the pilot hover taxied back to the parking area, initially parallel to Runway 32 and then following the south side of Runway 06, which effectively placed the helicopter downwind. The pilot made a spot turn to the right in order to turn the helicopter into wind before landing.
Whilst carrying out the spot turn, he allowed the rotor RPM to decay and despite fully opening the throttle, the aircraft lost lift and sank from a height of approximately 5 to 6 feet. The tail rotor struck the ground and the aircraft pitched forward landing heavily on the right skid landing gear, which collapsed causing the main rotor blades to make contact with the ground.
When the motion had ceased, the pilot carried out the emergency shut down drills and vacated the aircraft through the normal left side door exit. The Airfield Rescue and Fire Fighting Service arrived within two minutes.
The pilot concluded that in carrying out the spot turn he had allowed the rotor RPM to decay and in an effort to remain airborne, he had over-pitched the helicopter's main rotor blades."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to right side of fuselage, main and tail rotors". The damage was presumably enough to render the airframe as "beyond economical repair". Although G-BBXO was sold on to a new owner in Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 22-10-2002, that was presumably for spares recovery only, as the registration G-BBXO was finally cancelled by the CAA a month later, on 21-11-2002 as "Permanently withdrawn from use". According to some published sources, G-BBXO had accumulated over 10,000 flying hours by 2002, and was therefore "fatigue life expired",
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fb47ed915d1374000801/dft_avsafety_pdf_502075.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BBXO
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=3421
4. http://www.aviafora.com/forums/forum/helicopter-fora/nostalgia/1282-the-enchanting-enstrom#post4811
5. http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/enstrom.php
6. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?PHPSESSID=df4b20674b6f1ff70960960b5aee51fe&topic=18920.0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2013 20:18 | TB | Added |
| 13-May-2013 16:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2013 16:52 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2016 18:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2022 00:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative, Category] |
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