Written answers
Tuesday, 2 November 2004
Department of Transport
Air Accident Investigations
9:00 pm
John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 347: To ask 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]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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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. |
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