ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302566
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| Date: | Monday 5 September 2022 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Druine D.31A Turbulent |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ARLZ |
| MSN: | RAE/578 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Little Gransden Airfield, Fullers Hill, SE of St Neots, Cambs. -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Little Gransden Airfield, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Druine D.31A Turbulent G-ARLZ: Substantially damaged in a forced landing shortly after take off from Little Gransden Airfield, Fullers Hill, 5 Nautical Miles southeast of St Neots, Cambridgeshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only investigation, and the following is the summary from the report...
"The aircraft suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff which resulted in the aircraft making a heavy landing in a stubble field."
G-ARLZ was built in 1961 (first registered 7 April 1961 - see link #2) and at the time of the above incident was with its 17th owner from new.
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence-only investigation: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-september-october-2022/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-september-october-2022
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARLZ-1.pdf
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-ARLZ-2.pdf
4. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-arlz
5. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10098708
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Gransden_Airfield
Media:
G-ARLZ at the PFA Rally 2003, Kemble, Gloucestershire July 2003:
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