ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137119
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| Date: | Sunday 3 July 2011 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: |  Rotorsport UK MT-03 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-RSMT |
| MSN: | RSUK/MT-03/0 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rykneld Street/Fine Lane**, Fradley, Lichfield, Staffordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Roddige Airfield, Lichfield, Staffordshire |
| Otherton Airfield, Penkridge, Staffordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that shortly after take off the aircraft did not climb as expected and, with the aircraft in level flight and throttle fully open, the aircraft did not accelerate as expected. The pilot subsequently made a forced landing onto a road and the rotor impacted the ground.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said the gyro-copter clipped power cables on the way down. The pilot, who had managed to get out, was flown to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Extensive damage was caused to the back of the aircraft.
Per the AAIB report, the damage sustained was to the following: Nose wheel, fuselage, airframe, mast, rotor, propeller, rudder and fuel tanks. Also, according to a report dated November 2014: "Not much left of this MT03 now. A few bits live on. The stripped out Cockpit section, minus the Pylon, Tail Boom, Under Carriage and engine mount, lives on as a scout project Simulator somewhere. I still have the exhaust stubs, a couple of Instruments, The U/C one piece Leg and the Spats. All are for sale".
**Note that contemporary press reports (see link #3 and #4) state that G-RSMT came down at Rykneld Street, Fradley; however, the official final AAIB report (link #1) gives the crash location as "Fine Lane, Fradley", which is a road off Rykneld Street, and several hundred metres somewhat to the east.
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Nose wheel, fuselage, airframe, mast, rotor, propeller, rudder and fuel tanks" were damaged. As confirmed above, the aircraft was deemed to have been damaged beyond repair, and broken up for parts: the registration G-RSMT was cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" on 17-11-2011
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fc9de5274a1314000869/Rotorsport_UK_MT-03__G-RSMT_09-11.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=RSMT
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-14009340
4. https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2011/07/03/gyrocopter-pilot-airlifted-to-hospital-after-crash-landing-near-lichfield/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 2009 | G-RIFS | Private | 0 | Long Marston Airfield, Campden Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire | |
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| Mid-air collision | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2011 00:32 | saf7670 | Added |
| 09-Sep-2011 06:01 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 15-Sep-2012 16:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2015 00:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2015 01:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2015 01:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 27-Aug-2015 22:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2015 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2016 19:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Dec-2016 19:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2016 19:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Dec-2016 19:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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