ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176375
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| Date: | Sunday 24 May 2015 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: | Spacek SD-1 Minisport |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CIMA |
| MSN: | 012 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Melbourn Airstrip, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Melbourn, Cambridgeshire |
| Sandy, Bedfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 24 May 2015 the aircraft force landed to open field terrain near the Melbourn Strip, in Cambridgeshire, shortly after takeoff. The airplane sustained unreported damage and there were no reported injuries. According to contemporary press reports:
"A pilot successfully crash landed a light aircraft - and miraculously escaped without injury. Cambridgeshire police were called by the pilot at 10.10am yesterday to a field near the Melbourn bypass.
Inspector Nick Percival said although the plane crash happened near Duxford, it had nothing to do with the two-day VE Anniversary Air Show at IWM Duxford which was in full swing.
"A light aircraft crash landed yesterday morning," he said. "The fire service attended but it was not in any way connected to Duxford airshow. The pilot contacted the emergency services, there were no injuries.The plane was damaged but nobody else injured and no property was damaged."
He added it was thought the pilot has taken off then had to swiftly land the plane after identifying a problem, which caused the damage. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed one crew from Linton attended after receiving a call from police at 10.18am about a fuel leak.
"The light aircraft was made safe, and all persons were accounted for," she said. Crews returned to their stations after an hour she added. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said they had been made aware of the crash
Aircraft presumably written off (damaged beyond economical repair), as the registration G-CIMA was cancelled by the CAA on 27 July 2015 as "destroyed"
Sources:
1. https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Pilot-crash-lands-light-aircraft-near-Melbourn/story-26568091-detail/story.html
2. https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-duxford_
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1486779/
5. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SD1Minisport/conversations/topics/67
6. http://sdplanes.co.uk/
7, http://www.caa.co.uk/Aircraft-registration/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2015 18:20 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Jun-2015 06:06 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 17-Jun-2015 06:07 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2015 19:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2015 19:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Aug-2015 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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