Air Accident Investigations.

Tuesday, 2 November 2004

Questions (282)

John Curran

Question:

347 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of incidents that have occurred at Weston Aerodrome, Lucan, County Dublin; if any have been reported to the Irish Aviation Authority or to his Department over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26833/04]

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Minister for Transport (Mr. Cullen)

The following is a list of all accidents and incidents, as such events are defined in SI 205 of 1997, which occurred at or near Weston Aerodrome, Lucan, County Dublin, since October 1999 and which were reported to the air accident investigation unit of my Department. The Deputy may note that the reports of these events that are of a serious nature can be found on the web site of the air accident investigation unit, www.aaiu.ie, with the exception of the more recent events which are still under investigation.

Date	Type of Event	Aircraft type	Nature of event
22/01/2000	Incident	Aerospatiale MS880B	Engine stoppage on the ground during a touch-and-go.
11/04/2001	Accident	Robinson R22B	While practising an autorotation, the aircraft landed heavily and the main rotor stuck the tail boom, severing the tail rotor section of the tail boom.
21/05/2001	Accident	Piper PA28	Aircraft landed long and struck hedge at end of runway.
24/07/2001	Accident	Yakolev Yak 52	Aircraft landed with undercarriage retracted.
07/09/2001	Incident	Cessna C172	Aircraft on ground was blown over by helicopter arriving from UK.
26/04/2002	Accident	Piper PA28-180	Aircraft over-ran the end of runway and came to rest on a minor public road.
31/03/2003	Incident	Bell B206	Helicopter landed heavily; landing skid partially severed.
23/11/2003	Accident	Piper PA32-300	Aircraft landed, in error, on taxiway under construction. Right undercarriage sheared off.
21/02/2004	Accident	Schweizer 269C	Main rotor blades struck the ground in a turn while practising a downwind turn and flare quick-stop during an instructional flight.
23/05/2004	Incident	Cessna C172	Take-off abandoned due to power loss.
16/06/2004	Incident	Brittan Norman BN-2A Islander	Aircraft’s RH aileron struck refuelling pump.
06/08/2004	Incident	Schweizer 269C-1	Loss of tail rotor control due to technical failure.
09/09/2004	Incident	Piper PA23	Aircraft experienced control, engine and hydraulic problems while en-route from UK. Pilot had to take evasive action to avoid a kite encountered on final approach to Runway 25 at Weston. Aircraft subsequently landed without further incident.