ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21816
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| Date: | Thursday 20 July 1995 |
| Time: | 19:30 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom F-28A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BALT |
| MSN: | 123 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Flint Cottage, South Mimms, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20-7-1995: Tipped over in a forced/precautionary landing at Flint Cottage, South Mimms, Hertfordshire. Main Rotor Blades damaged. No injuries to the sole POB. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident
"In transit, at 500 feet AGL, sudden severe vibration experienced through cyclic control. Pilot decided to land as soon as possible and headed for nearby site where he had landed often in past. On approach at approx 20 feet AGL aircraft turned, dropped rapidly and landed heavily initially tilted to right before coming to rest on its left side.
Pilot considered severity of cyclic vibration may have caused him to rush landing which was made into long grass. Pilot considered two possibilities for vibration; bird strike or loosening of rotor leading edge protective tape. No evidence of former and, although leading edge tape had become detached, he felt this could have been result of severe disruption of blades on impact. No engineering examination made".
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Damage to right skid, main rotor blades damaged beyond repair". The damage must have deemed the airframe as "beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-BALT was cancelled by the CAA almost one year later, on 1-7-1996.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1 AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422ed9eed915d1371000187/Enstrom_F-28A__G-BALT_09-95.pdf
2, CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BALT
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2008 23:23 | Fusko | Added |
| 20-Oct-2008 10:51 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 30-Apr-2013 15:36 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2013 21:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2013 14:42 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2015 23:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2016 16:56 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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