ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 316523
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| Date: | Thursday 6 July 2023 |
| Time: | c. 17:10 |
| Type: |  Grumman FM-2 Wildcat (General Motors built) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-KINL |
| MSN: | 5744 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Heveningham Hall, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Duxford |
| Heveningham Hall, Suffolk | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Grumman FM-2 Wildcat (General Motors built), registration G-KINL, sustained substantial damage when it overturned during a landing attempt at Heveningham Hall, Suffolk.
The pilot was seriously injured.
The Grumman Wildcat was recently restored to flying condition at Duxford as Royal Navy AX733 "K" and made its first post restoration flight at 12 October 2022.
Sources:
1. https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23639228.pictures-heveningham-hall-plane-crash-suffolk/~
2. https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23639167.man-airlifted-hospital-plane-crash-suffolk-hall/
3. https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/southwold/man-seriously-injured-after-aircraft-crash-9320487/
4. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/23639167.man-airlifted-hospital-plane-crash-suffolk-hall/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heveningham_Hall
6. https://www.suffolk.police.uk/news/latest-news/halesworth-light-aircraft-crash
7. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-aaib-has-sent-a-team-to-suffolk
Ex G-CHPN, N49JC, N70637, N20HA, N68760, US Navy: BuNo 86690
https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/wonderful-wildcat (photo)
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2023 18:13 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Jul-2023 18:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 06-Jul-2023 19:28 | harro | Updated |
| 06-Jul-2023 22:08 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 07-Jul-2023 04:49 | norfolkjohn | Updated |
| 07-Jul-2023 14:12 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 07-Jul-2023 19:23 | 4Holer | Updated |
| 10-Jul-2023 00:27 | Captain Adam | Updated |
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