Date:	Saturday 6 July 2019
Time:	day
Type:	Robinson R22 Beta
Owner/operator:	HeliAir Ltd
Registration:	G-WINR
MSN:	1709
Year of manufacture:	1991
Engine model:	Lycoming O-360-J2A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Taxi
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Wycombe Air Park (EGTB)
Destination airport:	Wycombe Air Park (EGTB)

Narrative:
6 July 2019: Robinson R22 Beta G-WINR; Significantly damaged in a hover taxi while manoeuvring during a training sortie at Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Record-only Investigation, published on 13 February 2020, and the following is the summary from the AAIB Report:

"The student pilot accidentally shut down the engine by moving the mixture lever rather than the carburettor heat. Autorotation into a field was successful, but the helicopter rolled onto its side after touchdown due to uneven ground"

Damage Sustained to Airframe
Per the AAIB report: Not Stated. However, the helicopter rolled over onto its side, so the damage was probably significant. Presumably repaired and returned to service after the incident at Princes Risborough on 6 July 2019, as the airframe had accumulated a total of 5,589 flying hours as at 4 July 2019. The next entry on the aircraft's record card was on 19 January 2023 when the registration G-WINR was cancelled (and the airframe de-registered) as "Transferred to another country or authority - FRANCE"

Princes Risborough is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) south of Aylesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north west of High Wycombe

1. AAIB Record Only Report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-november-december-2019/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-november-december-2019
2. AAIB Bulletin February 2020: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f69d7368fa8f50769c0607f/AAIB_Bulletin_2-2020_Hi_res.pdf
3. https://www.helis.com/database/cn/32491/
4. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-WINR.html
5. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-BTHG.html
6. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/EI-CFE.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_Risborough

Built 1991. First registered in the UK as G-BTHG on 8 March 1991 to Skyline Helicopters. Registration G-BTHG cancelled 3 April 1991 when re-registered in Ireland as EC-CFE. Registration G-BTHG restored 18 January 2010 to HeliAir Ltd., but quickly cancelled again (on 24 February 2010) when returned to Ireland (presumably as EI-CFE again)

Returned to HeliAir Ltd again on 4 March 2010, this time with a new registration G-WINR. Presumably repaired and returned to service after the incident at Princes Risborough on 6 July 2019, as the airframe had accumulated a total of 5,589 flying hours as at 4 July 2019. The next entry on the aircraft\\'s record card was on 19 January 2023 when the registration G-WINR was cancelled (and the airframe de-registered) as "Transferred to another country or authority - FRANCE"

G-WINR: Robinson R22 Beta at Wellesbourne Mountford, Warwickshire (EGBW) 21 April 2018

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Sep-2024 13:38	Dr. John Smith	Added
20-Sep-2024 05:53	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, ]