ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184783
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| Date: | Saturday 1 December 1990 |
| Time: | 15:43 |
| Type: | Air Command 532 Elite |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BOVN |
| MSN: | PFA G/04-109 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lannock Hill, near Letchworth, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Gravely, near Stevenage, Hertfordshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 01-12-1990 when crashed at Lannock Hill, near Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Both persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"Shortly before 15:45 hours, G-BOVN was observed to take off from Gravely, near Stevenage, and climb towards Lannock Hill. The take off appeared to be normal, and the gyroplane levelled off at a height estimated to be 500 feet agl. Eyewitnesses observed the gyroplane flying over Lannock Hill, turning to the left in apparently level flight, before it was seen to have pitched nose down and to be descending steeply towards the ground.
The aircraft then struck the ground and both occupants received fatal injuries from an impact that was judged to be non-survivable. The emergency services were contacted, and were on site by 16:05 hours."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-BOVN was cancelled by the CAA on 06-03-1991 as "destroyed" and "Addressee status: Deceased". (One of the two crew fatalities was the registered owner of G-BOVN)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f0eded915d137400034b/Air_Command_532_Elite__G-BOVN_04-91.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/
3. G-BOVN at Cranfield, Bedfordshire July 1989 [photo]: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1276467
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2016 21:23 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 28-Aug-2022 15:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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