ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167341
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 March 1984 |
| Time: | 17:10 LT |
| Type: | Gemini Striker |
| Owner/operator: | Stephen Ronald Pitt & Susan Warburton (regd. owners) |
| Registration: | G-MMWW |
| MSN: | 217-71283 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near A57 Leigh Road, Boothstown, Worsley, Manchester -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Boothstown, Worsley, Manchester |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off 14.3.84: crashed into a field adjacent to North West Microlight Flying Field, off the A57 Leigh Road, at Boothstown, Worsley, Manchester. During a demonstration flight, the wings folded, and the aircraft plunged into the ground, in a steep nose down attitude, killing both persons on board. The cause of the crash was attributed to a structural failure in flight, due to incorrect assembly of the rigging wires
Registration G-MMWW was belatedly cancelled by the CAA on 4.2.92 as both addressees had the status of "gone away". (It is possible that both the registered owners were the two fatalities).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5423003d40f0b61346000aff/Gemini_Striker_microlight_G-MMWW_06-84.pdf
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-MJXC.pdf
3. https://checkmypostcode.uk/m281le#.Yv1d-ajP1mE
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jun-2014 00:39 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Nov-2015 01:31 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2022 21:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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