ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170288
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 June 2014 |
| Time: | 16:18 LT |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW 20 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-LYSA |
| MSN: | 20054 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Hill Airfield, Broadhembury near Honiton. Devon -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Broadhembury near Honiton. Devon |
| Broadhembury near Honiton. Devon | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A 70-year-old man has died after a glider crash in East Devon, police have confirmed today.
The man, from Somerset, was pronounced dead on the scene after the glider he was on board crash landed in Broadhembury near Honiton, Devon. Police and ambulance crews were called to Devon and Somerset Gliding Club at 5.20pm following the incident involving a single seater glider.
The man was the only person on board and was pronounced dead on arrival. A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Next of kin have been notified. CID attended the scene and the Air Accidents Investigation branch has been informed."
Unofficial reports named the glider pilot killed as Ernest Perrin (see link #4)
UPDATE; The official AAIB report into the accident has now been published. According to the summary...
" The glider was making an approach to the landing site and was witnessed flying at a near constant low height along much of the field. The glider then entered a steep right turn at the upwind end of the field, during which the nose dropped. The glider struck the ground in a steep nose down attitude, probably as a result of stalling during the turn. The pilot was fatally injured.
It was considered that the pilot probably made an error of substitution by operating the landing gear lever rather than the airbrake. As a result of this accident, the BGA re-issued a Safety Alert letter to owners of this type of glider to inform them of the risks of using the wrong control whilst attempting to operate the airbrake lever".
(G-LYSA is ex-BGA.2371, EI-167 and EI-GLR). Built 1978, first registered as G-LYSA 26 March 2010: registration G-LYSA cancelled by the CAA 11 February 2015 as "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://twitter.com/aaibgovuk/status/479344482551607299
2. https://www.devonlive.com/Man-70-dies-glider-crash-near-Honiton/story-21282914-detail/story.html
3. http://www.midweekherald.co.uk/news/man-dies-after-glider-crash-lands-near-honiton-1-3650660
4. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/542259-ernest-perrin-rip.html
5. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/General%20Aviation%20Report%20-%20%20June%202014.pdf
6. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/55532901ed915d15d8000051/Schleicher_ASW_20_L_G-LYSA_05-15.pdf
7. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
8. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/asw201.htm
Media:
The AAIB has deployed a team to investigate an accident involving a glider near Honiton, Devon.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) June 18, 2014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2014 23:56 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 18-Dec-2014 16:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2015 01:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2015 15:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 12-Feb-2016 00:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
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