ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 301517
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| Date: | Sunday 8 March 1981 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Salisbury Gliding Club |
| Registration: | VP-YVG |
| MSN: | 18-7942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Over Warren Hills, Salisbury -
 Zimbabwe
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | |
While towing a Blanik glider in a thermal over Warren Hills Airfield, another aircraft hit and severed the tow line. The Super Cub crashed and the pilot was killed, the Blanik landed safely and its two occupants were uninjured.
Sources:
1. Air Britain Archives.
2. https://orafs1.rssing.com/chan-11353596/all_p3.html
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