ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174356
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| Date: | Sunday 5 December 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Practavia Sprite |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BDDB |
| MSN: | PFA 1391 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thorpe Willoughby, near Selby, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Sherburn-in-Elmet (EGCJ) North Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 5 December 1976 when crashed at Thorpe Willoughby, near Selby, North Yorkshire, whilst on a test flight, killing the pilot (sole person on board). According to a contemporary report in Yorkshire Air news (January 1977):
"Sprite G-DBBD crashed on December 5th, in a field near Thorpe Willoughby, Selby. The aircraft was of metal construction, and was on a test flight, piloted by K.M.Woodhams. After having departed from Sherburn-in-Elmet, it crashed half an hour later. The wreckage was scattered over the fields, but the bulk of it came to rest in a ditch. The Sprite was owner by H.P.Burril"
Registration G-BDDB (belatedly) cancelled by the CAA on 15 August 1984, almost eight years later, as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BDDB.pdf
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977
3. http://www.laa-archive.org.uk/results.php?q=Practavia%20Sprite%20&fields=model&page=0&sort=most_popular&ft=&limit=10
4. https://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?short=gtJh7D
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorpe_Willoughby
6, Air Yorkshire January 1977: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/32778518/AY%20January%20and%20February%201977.pdf
Media:
G-BDDB (cn PFA 1391) at Northampton - Sywell (ORM / EGBK) July 4, 1976:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2015 22:15 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Aug-2015 22:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date] |
| 16-Aug-2015 22:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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