ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181244
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| Date: | Thursday 9 August 1984 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Mainair Gemini Sprint |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MMSF |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Field at the side of Kirkbride Aerodrome, Cumbria -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Kirkbride Airfield, Kirkbride, Cumbria |
| Kirkbride Airfield, Kirkbride, Cumbria | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Written off 9/8/1984 when crashed into a field at the side of Kirkbride Aerodrome. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The instructor was demonstrating a practice forced landing from the downwind position. He misjudged the approach, and the aircraft was destroyed on impact with a fence to the left of the runway. The student pilot was unhurt, but the instructor suffered a broken wrist, having been saved from more serious injury by the fibreglass cockpit moulding"
Damage sustained to airframe: As confirmed by the AAIB report, the aircraft was "destroyed".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f8f0ed915d1374000707/Gemini_Sprint_Microlight_G-MMSF_04-85.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2015 18:50 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
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