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| Date: | Monday 22 July 2019 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Rotorsport UK MTOSport |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-HATB |
| MSN: | RSUK/MTOS/061 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rochester Airport (RCS/EGTO) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rochester Airport (RCS/EGTO) |
| Rochester Airport (RCS/EGTO) |
22 July 2019: RotorSport UK MTOSport G-HATB written off (damaged beyond economic repair) in a takeoff accident at Rochester Airport, Rochester, Medway, Kent. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Record-only Investigation, published on 14 November 2019, and the following is the summary from the AAIB Report:
"The aircraft tipped onto its side during takeoff" [from Rochester Airport, Rochester, Medway, Kent]
Damage Sustained to airframe
Per the AAIB Report: Not stated. However, the damage must have been severe enough to render the airframe as "damaged beyond economic repair", as the registration G-HATB was cancelled by the CAA (with the airframe de-registered) on 24 February 2020 (217 days later) as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
G-HATB was built 2015, first registered as G-HATB on 7 October 2015. Had only one owner throughout, accumulating a total of 52 flying hours on the airframe as at 3 December 2018.
Rochester Airport (IATA: RCS, ICAO: EGTO) also known as Rochester Airfield, is a small airstrip located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Rochester in South East England, with the River Medway 1.5 NM (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) from the end of runway 34, 3.4 mi (5.5 km) from Chatham and its Historic Dockyard and the Medway area
Sources:
1. AAIB Record Only Investigation: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-july-august-2019/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-july-august-2019
2.AAIB Bulletin October 2019 p.74: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f68a342e90e072b91d3961c/AAIB_Bulletin_10-2019_Hi_Res.pdf
3. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-HATB.html
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester_Airport_(Kent)
Location
Media:
G-HATB RotorSport UK MTO Sport @ Rochester 24/08/2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2024 07:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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