ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184291
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 December 1994 |
| Time: | 11:15 |
| Type: |  Robinson R-22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Robert Charles Hields t/a Hields Aviation |
| Registration: | G-DELB |
| MSN: | 0799 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sherburn-in-Elmet Aerodrome, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield (EGCJ) |
| Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield (EGCJ) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex-N26461 (US Registry); US registration cancelled 29-4-1988. Re-registered in the UK as G-DELB on 18-5-1988. Written off (damaged beyond repair) 27-12-1994 when crashed (landed hard and overturned) during engine off auto rotation practice at Sherburn-in-Elmet Aerodrome, New Lennerton Lane, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds, North Yorkshire. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The instructor had completed a series of practice auto-rotations, and was recovering to Sherburn-in-Elmet airfield. The instructor established auto rotation, and was making a westerly approach to the upwind end of Runway 29. At 300 feet QFE, he closed the throttle to demonstrate an engine-off landing; the instructor noted the engine rpm as 104% and the IAS (Indicated Air Speed) as being 65 knots.
A normal run-on landing was made, and the aircraft made a straight track across the grass. After a ground roll of 110 feet, the aircraft went off the end of the grass part of the airstrip and into a flat field. The surface of the flat field was wet soil (not grass) and G-DELB came to an abrupt stop, tipped onto its nose, and rolled to the right."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-DELB was cancelled by the CAA on 24-4-1995
However, G-DELB still survives, having been acquired in November 1997 and placed on static display at the Aeroventure (South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum) at Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ef3540f0b6134200022b/Robinson_R22_Beta__G-DELB_03-95.pdf
2 CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=DELB
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=14595
4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wickenden1967/14973272018
5. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/r22_0501-1000_29.html
6. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=26461
7. https://www.southyorkshireaircraftmuseum.org.uk/
8. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=19249.0
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherburn-in-Elmet_Airfield#Post-war_operations
Media:
G-DELB Robinson R-22 Beta at the South Yorkshire Aviation Museum,(AeroVenture) Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 24 July 2016:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2016 23:46 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 01-Jun-2016 22:07 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2016 22:09 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2016 22:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Jun-2016 22:19 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2022 23:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category] |
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