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Date:19-JUN-2015
Time:10:45
Type:
Silhouette image of generic P28R model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different

Piper PA-28R-201 Cherokee Arrow III
Owner/operator:Private
Registration:G-RJMS
MSN:28R-7837059
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage:Substantial
Location:Crosland Moor Airfield (EGND), Huddersfield, West Yorkshire -
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United Kingdom
Phase:Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Crosland Moor (Hill) Airfield (EGND)
Destination airport:Chichester/Goodwood Airfield, West Sussex (EGHR)
Investigating agency: AAIB
 
Narrative:
Substantially damaged (possible write off - see below) when crashed on take off from Crosland Moor 19 June 2015. Upon take-off the plane veered off the runway. Two occupants sustained minor injuries. Creased rear fuselage & wing skins suggest possible write off. According to contemporary press reports:

"Margaret and Malcolm Hill, accompanied by another married couple, had a miracle escape at Crosland Hill airfield in Huddersfield on Friday. Mr Hill, 81, twice president of The Rotary Club of Saddleworth, was flying his party to Goodwood to attend the annual general meeting of the elite Flying Rotarians.

The retired Oldham businessman has been a pilot for 42 years and regularly visits venues nationwide to attend Flying Rotarian meetings. The father of four did National Service as an engine mechanic in the Royal Air Force. His four-seater Piper Arrow aircraft was making ready for take off and was travelling at about 30 mph when the incident happened. His wife was strapped into the rear seat alongside her friend Margaret Hine whose husband Jeff sat at the front of the single-engine plane with Mr Hill.

Speaking at her home in Grasscroft, Saddleworth, after returning from hospital after being treated with injuries to her arm, Mrs Hill said: "Everything happened very quickly. We were taxiing for take off and began heading down the runway when suddenly the plane veered sharply to the left. Malcolm was wrestling with the plane’s controls, desperately trying to keep it on the runway. But despite his efforts, the plane ran down banking and demolished a stone wall before coming to a halt in a farmers field. We were all in a state shock. Luckily, in the main, we only sustained some cuts and bruises. It could have been far worse.”

The four-seater plane, which Mr Hill has owned for more than 20 years, was badly damaged. The incident came shortly before 10.45am on Friday and passers-by ran to help. Huddersfield businessman Carlton Littleford, who lives in South Crosland, was driving along Sandy Lane which runs below the airfield and stopped to help the passengers.

Mr Hill drove his injured passengers to Royal Oldham Hospital and they were released after treatment. After revisiting the crash scene, Mr Hill said ruefully: ”You could say I’ve really gone out with a bang. There is nothing really worth salvaging from the plane - it will have to go for scrap. Thankfully, it stayed upright and did not turn over otherwise there could have been very serious consequences.”

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AAIB Bulletin: 9/2015 G-RJMS EW/G2015/06/17 ACCIDENT

Aircraft Type and Registration: Piper PA-28R-201 Cherokee Arrow III, G-RJMS

No & Type of Engines: 1 Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 piston engine

Year of Manufacture: 1978 (Serial no: 28R-7837059)

Date & Time (UTC): 19 June 2015 at 0900 hrs

Location: Crosland Moor Airfield, Yorkshire

Type of Flight: Private

Persons on Board: Crew - 1 Passengers - 3

Injuries: Crew - None Passengers - 2 (Minor)

Nature of Damage: Damaged beyond economic repair

Commander’s Licence: Private Pilot’s Licence

Commander’s Age: 82 years

Commander’s Flying Experience: 1,880 hours (of which 1,285 were on type)

Last 90 days - 10 hours

Last 28 days - 5 hours

Information Source: Aircraft Accident Report Form submitted by the pilot

Synopsis:
During take-off, the aircraft developed a swing to the left which the pilot was unable to correct with the use of rudder.
The aircraft left the runway, ran down an embankment and through a stone wall before coming to rest.
The cause of the loss of directional control has not been established.
History of the flight:
The pilot was taking off on tarmac Runway 25 and the wind was from the northwest at 12 kt.
This runway has an uphill slope and the pilot stated that he lined up on the left of the runway “so as to point as near to the wind direction as possible”.
However, as he opened the throttle and released the brakes, the aircraft developed a swing to the left which he was unable to correct using right rudder.
The left wingtip contacted some bushes bordering the runway which increased the yaw such that the aircraft left the runway, ran down an embankment and through a stone wall before coming to rest in a field with all three landing gears collapsed.
The occupants evacuated the aircraft normally with some minor bruising to the rear seat passengers who had only been provided with lap belts.
The AAIB has been provided with photographs which appear to show propeller contact marks on the runway, close to where the take-off roll commenced, which the pilot believes may be evidence that the nose landing gear retracted and compromised his ability to steer the aircraft.
However, the marks appear very faint and do not persist for the rest of the ground run.
Contact with the runway by a propeller under high power would be expected to leave the more characteristic deep propeller slash marks.
No work has been done to establish the condition of the nose landing gear in order to confirm or refute this possible scenario
 
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