ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 282663
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| Date: | Sunday 12 June 2022 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3 DT |
| Owner/operator: | Cambridge Gliding Club |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gransden Lodge Airfield, Little Gransden, Sandy, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Gransden Lodge Airfield, Little Gransden, Sandy, Bedfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Schempp-Hirth Nimbus 3 DT: Substantially damaged 12 June 2022 at Gransden Lodge Airfield, Longstowe Rd, Little Gransden, Sandy, Bedfordshire. The glider landed hard during the landing. The cockpit roof was destroyed and the tail unit damaged. According to a rough translation from German into English of the BFU Germany report (see link #1 for the original German text):
"Event: Accident without injuries
Date, time: 06/12/2022, 03:00 p.m. (local)
City, State: Grandsen, United Kingdom
Damage to the aircraft: severely damaged
Source: investigation by the foreign authority
File number: BFU22-0495-DX
The glider touched down hard on landing. The cockpit roof was destroyed and the tail unit damaged. The BFU supports the investigation as the aircraft was designed/manufactured in Germany.
Aircraft: Glider
Pattern: Nimbus 3 DT
Operating mode: General Aviation - Private Sightseeing - Local Sightseeing"
Gransden Lodge Airfield is a former wartime airfield located 10.1 mi (16.3 km) west of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The Cambridge University Gliding Club (now Cambridge Gliding Centre) moved to Gransden Lodge in October 1991, having previously shared Duxford Airfield with the Imperial War Museum Duxford.
Sources:
1. BFU Ferman: BFU22-0495-DX: https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2022/Bulletin2022-06.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Gliding_Centre
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gransden_Lodge_Airfield
4. https://www.camgliding.uk/about/arriving-at-gransden-lodge-by-air/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep-2022 09:31 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Oct-2022 21:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 02-Oct-2022 21:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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