ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 72120
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| Date: | Thursday 13 April 2006 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Enstrom 280C Shark |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BXEE |
| MSN: | 1117 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-E1AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sandtoft Airfield, near Belton, North Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Sandtoft Airfield, Belton, Lincolnshire (EGCF) |
| Sandtoft Airfield, Belton, Lincolnshire (EGCF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 13-04-2006 when crashed whilst hover-taxying at Sandtoft Airfield, near Belton, North Lincolnshire. No injuries reported to the two persons on board (instructor and pilot under training). Accoarding to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The instructor was taxiing the aircraft at a height of about 5 feet above grass, when he over-pitched the main rotor blades. He lowered the collective, and applied full power, whilst attempting to complete a run-on landing.
The instructor stated that due to a lack of available tail rotor thrust, he was unable to keep the aircraft straight, and despite applying full left yaw pedal, the aircraft ran along the ground to the right. The left skid then caught the ground, rolling the helicopter onto its left side and stalling the engine.
Both the instructor and student were wearing four-point harnesses and were uninjured. They were able to vacate the aircraft, unaided, through the right door."
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Substantial damage to tail, cabin, main rotors and tail rotor". As a result, the registration G-BXEE was cancelled by the CAA on 31/05/2006 as "Permanently withdrawn from use". However, the helicopter was largely intact, and by February 2008 was on static display with a private owner at Haddington, East Lothian (east of Edinburgh) (see links #3 & #4)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f3b040f0b61342000437/Enstrom_280C_Shark__G-BXEE_08-06.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=BXEE
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/eggwhisks/10713382056
4. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/285197-g-bxee.html
5. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=41
6. http://aviationphotogallery.co.uk/fof07/d07_0728016.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jan-2010 10:28 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 26-Apr-2013 18:05 | TB | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2013 20:42 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-May-2013 17:33 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2013 14:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-May-2013 14:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-May-2013 14:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2013 14:07 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2013 14:08 | TB | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 21-Aug-2016 22:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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