ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 316869
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| Date: | Monday 20 February 2023 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | electric powered model aircraft glider |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | unregistered |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire |
| Pulloxhill, Bedfordshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Electric powered model aircraft glider written off (damaged beyond repair) in a flying accident at Pulloxhil, Bedfordshire 20 February 2023. The incident was also the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only report, dated 13 July 2023 and the following is the summary from that report...
"Whilst on its second flight of the day the pilot lost control of the model glider, it entered a descending right turn and struck the roof of a unit in a nearby business park. There was minor damage to the building’s roof; the model glider was destroyed".
Sources:
1. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-april-may-2023/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-april-may-2023
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulloxhill
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2023 08:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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