ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 177093
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| Date: | Friday 19 June 2015 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-201 Cherokee Arrow III |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-RJMS |
| MSN: | 28R-7837059 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Crosland Moor Airfield (EGND), Huddersfield, West Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Crosland Moor (Hill) Airfield (EGND) |
| Chichester/Goodwood Airfield, West Suusex (EGHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Substantially damaged (possible write off - see below) when crashed on take off from Crosland Moor 19 June 2015. Upon takeoff the plane veered off the runway. Two occupants sustained minor injuries. Creased rear fuselage & wing skins suggest possible write off. According to contemporary press reports:
"Margaret and Malcolm Hill, accompanied by another married couple, had a miracle escape at Crosland Hill airfield in Huddersfield on Friday. Mr Hill, 81, twice president of The Rotary Club of Saddleworth, was flying his party to Goodwood to attend the annual general meeting of the elite Flying Rotarians.
The retired Oldham businessman has been a pilot for 42 years and regularly visits venues nationwide to attend Flying Rotarian meetings. The father of four did National Service as an engine mechanic in the Royal Air Force. His four-seater Piper Arrow aircraft was making ready for take off and was travelling at about 30 mph when the incident happened.His wife was strapped into the rear seat alongside her friend Margaret Hine whose husband Jeff sat at the front of the single-engine plane with Mr Hill.
Speaking at her home in Grasscroft, Saddleworth, after returning from hospital after being treated with injuries to her arm, Mrs Hill said: "Everything happened very quickly. We were taxi-ing for take off and began heading down the runway when suddenly the plane veered sharply to the left. Malcolm was wrestling with the plane’s controls, desperately trying to keep it on the runway. But despite his efforts, the plane ran down banking and demolished a stone wall before coming to a halt in a farmers field. We were all in a state shock. Luckily, in the main, we only sustained some cuts and bruises. It could have been far worse.”
The four-seater plane, which Mr Hill has owned for more than 20 years, was badly damaged. The incident came shortly before 10.45am on Friday and passers-by ran to help. Huddersfield businessman Carlton Littleford, who lives in South Crosland, was driving along Sandy Lane which runs below the airfield and stopped to help the passengers.
Mr Hill drove his injured passengers to Royal Oldham Hospital and they were released after treatment. After revisiting the crash scene, Mr Hill said ruefully: ”You could say I’ve really gone out with a bang. There is nothing really worth salvaging from the plane - it will have to go for scrap. Thankfully, it stayed upright and did not turn over otherwise there could have been very serious consequences.”
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/55f12de940f0b61526000005/Piper_PA-28R-201_Cherokee_Arrow_III_G-RJMS_09-15.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/video-two-hurt-light-aircraft-9490713
4. https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/crosland-hill-crash-pilot-relives-9501239
5. https://www.airplane-pictures.net/registration.php?p=G-RJMS
Images:
Sleap Airfield (EGCV), Harmer Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. - 28th July 2007
Media:
Two hurt in light aircraft crash at Crosland Hill http://t.co/rNChso39gQ pic.twitter.com/0PaJKTHjIZ
— Huddersfield News (@Examiner) June 19, 2015Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2015 16:05 | gerard57 | Added |
| 19-Jun-2015 16:06 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 19-Jun-2015 16:06 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Jun-2015 16:42 | Geno | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Embed code] |
| 20-Jun-2015 06:18 | sharla82 | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2015 14:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2015 02:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2020 11:42 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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