ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 344811
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 August 2023 |
| Time: | c. 15:05 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk 26B |
| Owner/operator: | Molly Rose Group |
| Registration: | G-CLHJ |
| MSN: | LAA 324-15249 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | SW of Enstone Airfield (EGTN), Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Enstone Airfield (EGTN) |
| Enstone Airfield (EGTN) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On August 22, 2023, at about 1505 local time, an amateur built Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk 26B replica, G-CLHJ, was destroyed when it impacted farm field terrain southwest of Enstone Airfield (EGTN), West Oxfordshire.
The sole pilot onboard was fatally injured.
Photos from the scene show that the airplane came to the rest upright in an open field and was mostly intact, the right wing was impact damaged and separated, the left wing remained attached to the fuselage. The aft section remained attached to the fuselage and sustained minimal damage. The cockpit/nose section was thermally damaged.
Sources:
1. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/23603359/plane-crash-plummets-ground/
2. https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/spitfire-involved-in-crash-at-enstone-airfield-police-confirm-light-aircraft-incident-b4022-closed-4264986
3. https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/pilot-dies-after-spitfire-crashes-into-field-outside-oxford/
4. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12438527/Retired-banker-68-dies-horror-crash-flying-beloved-replica-Spitfire-Oxfordshire.html
5. https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2023-08-25/aircraft-wreckage-removed-after-crash-in-which-pilot-died
6. https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2023/august/21-08-2023/update-on-light-aircraft-crash--west-oxfordshire/
7. https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23743392.tributes-pilot-killed-oxfordshire-plane-crash/
8. https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/654367-spitfire-down-enstone.html
9. https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/23740377.live-updates-scene-oxfordshire-plane-crash/
Location
Media:
We have sent a team of inspectors to Enstone, Oxfordshire where we are investigating an accident involving a light aircraft which occurred yesterday. https://t.co/2QPsjksPWk
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) August 23, 2023
Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26B ‘LZ-N’ (G-CLHJ) c/n LAA 324-15249. Built 2019: Carries the codes originally worn by Spitfire I ‘R6800’ flown by Squadron Leader Rupert Leigh of 66 squadron, Royal Air Force, in September 1940. Enstone Aerodrome, Oxfordshire, UK 10th June 2021Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug-2023 18:37 | Geno | Added |
| 23-Aug-2023 07:05 | harro | Updated |
| 23-Aug-2023 07:39 | Aerossurance | Updated |
| 24-Aug-2023 06:14 | harro | Updated |
| 24-Aug-2023 07:34 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 25-Aug-2023 18:53 | Captain Adam | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2023 07:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 01-Sep-2023 07:24 | harro | Updated |
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