ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174762
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| Date: | Friday 12 June 1998 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 |
| Owner/operator: | Fleet Street Travel Ltd |
| Registration: | G-OTYA |
| MSN: | 0984 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Luton, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Luton Airport, Befordshire (LTN/EGGW) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12 June 1998 when made a MAYDAY call, followed by a heavy/forced landing into a field near Luton, Bedfordshire, due to fuel supply problems which caused engine failure. It appeared that a number of Robinson R22 helicopters had not had the fuel pipe modified to prevent the pipe from the fuel tank to the engine "kinking" and collapsing, which cut off the fuel supply to the engine. The same issue also caused the crash of Robinson R22 G-OSEE on 17 May 1998. Loss of engine power on Robinson Helicopters has on previous occasions resulted in a loss of rotor RPM with catastrophic consequences
According to the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The pilot reported that during normal cruise flight he noticed that the fuel quantity gauges indicated a very low fuel quantity in the aircraft auxiliary fuel tank, but the aircraft main fuel tank indication remained at or nearly full. Two or three minutes later, when the auxiliary fuel tank reached empty, the engine misfired and then stopped. Following autorotation and a heavy landing the pilot removed the fuel filler caps and heard a 'whooshing' intake of air to the main fuel tank. The auxiliary tank appeared to contain minimum fuel, whereas there was a significant quantity of fuel remaining in the main tank".
The AAIB report confimred that G-OTYA sustained "substantial" damage; as a result the registration was cancelled by the CAA on 9 December 1998 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/robinson-r22-g-otya-12-june-1998
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmenvtra/275/275ap28.htm
4. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=1885
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Mar-2015 18:01 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 26-Mar-2015 15:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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