ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184734
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| Date: | Thursday 1 November 1990 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: | Mainair Sports Gemini Flash IIA |
| Owner/operator: | Robert Edward Price |
| Registration: | G-MWEI |
| MSN: | 779-0290-7-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ½ nm north east of Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire |
| Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 01-11-1990 when crashed into trees on approach to land at the aircraft owner's private airstrip at Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. Aircraft came down ½ nautical miles north east of the airstrip, and the pilot (the sole person on board) was killed.
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "trike destroyed and wing severely damaged". As a result, the registration G-MWEI was cancelled by the CAA, but only belatedly, almost six years later, on 07-08-1996
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422eac9ed915d1371000027/Mainair_Sports_Gemini_Flash_IIA__G-MWEI_12-90.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleobury_Mortimer
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2016 17:22 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 28-Aug-2022 15:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Category] |
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