ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65723
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| Date: | Sunday 14 June 2009 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CKHT |
| MSN: | 259G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sutton Courtenay, near Drayton, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aston Down, Gloucestershire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Ex D-1139, then BGA 5111; to G-CKHT 31.08.2006. The glider collided in mid air with RAF Tutor aircraft G-BYXR on 14.06.2009. The occupants of the Tutor were fatally injured, the glider crashed inverted into a field at Sutton Countenay, near Drayton, Oxfordshire.
The pilot of the glider - named in a BBC report as Albert Freeborn, aged 29, from Porchester, Hampshire, parachuted to safety
Registration G-CKHT cancelled by the CAA on 22.03.2010
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/summary-aar-5-2010-grob-g115e-tutor-g-byxr-and-standard-cirrus-glider-g-ckht-14-june-2009
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
3. https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/glider-pilot-parachutes-to-safety-following-double-death-crash-1-1233818
4. http://www.aviationbanter.com/showthread.php?t=96945
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/8099551.stm
6. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/stdcir.htm
7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-17017612
8. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100575/Glider-pilot-Albert-Freeborn-parachuted-earth-fatal-mid-air-collision-RAF-aircraft.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2009 03:04 | slowkid | Added |
| 15-Jun-2009 03:58 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 15-Jun-2009 05:09 | JINX | Updated |
| 15-Jun-2009 06:02 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 15-Jun-2009 06:03 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 15-Jun-2009 06:25 | Taildragger | Updated |
| 15-Jun-2009 06:31 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 15-Jun-2009 21:06 | looper | Updated |
| 29-Nov-2009 09:09 | Alpine Flight | Updated |
| 15-Oct-2012 12:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2014 00:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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