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| Date: | Saturday 3 August 2013 |
| Time: | 21:10 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350B Ecureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Staske Construction Ltd |
| Registration: | G-JESI |
| MSN: | 1205 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Engine model: | Turbomeca Arriel 1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire |
| Manchester Barton (EGCB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter had been airborne for approximately 25 minutes on a private flight from a private site near Milton Keynes to Manchester when the pilot became aware of an acrid burning smell in the cockpit. This was accompanied by smoke emanating from behind the lower left side of the instrument panel. Flames appeared and the smoke worsened so the pilot took immediate action to land in a field and vacate the helicopter, which was then destroyed by the subsequent fire.
NOTE: The Leicestershire Police report differs from the AAIB in the crash location, giving it as "near the MIRA" (Motor Industries Research Association) "test track off the A5 at Hinckley"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/as350b-ecureuil-g-jesi-3-august-2013
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.flickr.com/p/d2cdlj
4. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/AS350B%20Ecureuil,%20G-JESI%2012-13.pdf
5. http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2013-08-04/helicopter-fire-pilot-lands-safely/
6. http://www.npas.police.uk/where/?area=all&date=2013-08
7. http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2013/2013.semaine.32.pdf
8. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Helicopter-forces-pilot-land-field/story-19611273-detail/story.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 2006 | G-JESI | Cabair | 0 | Dunkerrin, Co Offaly |  |
non |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2014 05:10 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Oct-2014 20:29 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Embed code, ] |
| 23-Sep-2016 18:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, ] |
| 23-Sep-2016 18:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 25-Sep-2016 13:58 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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