ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67667
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| Date: | Sunday 9 July 1972 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Schleicher K 7 Rhönadler |
| Owner/operator: | Yorkshire Gliding Club |
| Registration: | BGA 1589 |
| MSN: | 576 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sutton Bank, Thirsk, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sutton Bank, Thirsk, North Yorkshire |
| Sutton Bank, Thirsk, North Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This glider was given it's certificate of airworthiness in March 1970 and was initially registered in Germany as D-7083. On 9th July 1972 this glider crashed at Sutton Bank, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, after striking a ridge, the pilot is not thought to have been injured. According to a contemporary report ("Yorkshire Air News", August 1972):
"A glider crashed. and was written off shortly after take-off from $utton Bank on Sunday 9th July. The glider encountered difficulty shortly after take off and tried unsuccessfully to return to the airfield, but it hit the cliff edge".
Following this mishap it appears to have been written off as "damaged beyond economic repair"
Sources:
1. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/61-80/1589.html
2. Yorkshire Air News (August 1972): http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1972%2008.PDF
3. Yorkshire Air News (October 1972): http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1972%2010.PDF
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/k7.htm
5. http://alles-mit-links.ch/Wordpress/?page_id=394&kennzeichenland=BGA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2011 10:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2012 16:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2015 14:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2016 21:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Sep-2020 18:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 10-Sep-2020 18:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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