ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 183999
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| Date: | Monday 24 April 1989 |
| Time: | 15:05 |
| Type: | Gemini Flash IIA |
| Owner/operator: | Robert Findlow (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | G-MTYZ |
| MSN: | 647-688-6-W4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Balne, near Selby, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Walden Stubbs, 9 miles South of Selby, North yorkshire |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 24-04-1989 when crashed at Balne, near Selby, North Yorkshire. Both persons on board were killed. According to the following extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"A witness to the east of the crash site heard a bang, looked up to see a 'V-Shaped' microlight spiralling to the ground. Two other witnesses had their attention drawn to the aircraft by the sound of a very sharp increase in engine RPM. One of these heard a brief 'chug'-chug' sound, and saw the aircraft spiral to the ground. The other witness saw the aircraft in a steep dive, before it entered a spiral descent, and was then lost to sight. Both occupants were killed by impact forces, but there was no fire."
Damage sustained to aiframe: Per the AAIB report, "aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-MTYZ was cancelled by the CAA four months later, on 30-08-1989 as "destroyed"
The reported crash location of Balne is a village and civil parish in the Selby District of North Yorkshire in England, south of Selby. The parish is bound to the north-east by the East Riding of Yorkshire and to the south by the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB; https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ecbfed915d1371000119/Gemini_Flash_2A_microlight__G-MTYZ_09-89.pdf
2. CAA: https://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-register/g-info/search-g-info/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balne
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2016 19:35 | Dr.John Smith | Added |
| 28-Jan-2016 21:46 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2022 01:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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