ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 188796
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| Date: | Thursday 21 July 2016 |
| Time: | 11:57 LT |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASG 29E |
| Owner/operator: | Lasham Gliding Club |
| Registration: | G-VLCC |
| MSN: | 29511 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Engine model: | Solo Type 2350 two-stroke |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Southwood Farm, Bradley, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lasham Airfield, Alton, Hampshire (QLA/EGHL) |
| Lasham Airfield, Alton, Hampshire (QLA/EGHL) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The glider, equipped with a small back-up engine, crashed in a field at Southwood Farm, in Preston Candover, near Bradley (approximately 5 miles south of Basingstoke, Hampshire). A Hampshire police spokeswoman said: "Kay Draper, 60, of Marlborough, Wiltshire, died when the glider she was piloting came down in a field in Southwood Farm Lane, near the village of Bradley. She was pronounced dead at the scene."
UPDATE: The official AAIB report into the accident was published on 13-04-2017, and the following is the summary from that report...
"Following a launch by aerotow, there was a period of soaring flight before the pilot apparently started the glider’s sustainer engine for practice, as pre-planned. Shortly afterwards the glider was seen descending steeply toward the ground, which it struck at a speed in excess of 100 knots. There was no evidence of any technical failure.
The pilot was an experienced glider pilot and seemed fit and well before the flight. However, it is possible that the pilot was incapacitated during the latter stages of flight and the pathologist could not rule out the possibility that she might have lost consciousness, as a result of a cardiac problem owing to a family history and reports of heart palpitations about two weeks prior to the flight."
Registration G-VLCC formally cancelled by the CAA on 18-10-2016 as "destroyed"
NOTE: The AAIB report (see link #1) lists the crash location as "Moundsmere, near Basingstoke, Hampshire" (which does not tie in with contemporary press reports)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/58c91411ed915d603800015c/Schleicher_ASW_27-18E__ASG_29E__glider_G-VLCC_03-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=VLCC
3. http://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/14634730.UPDATE__Paramedics__firefighters_and_police_on_scene_after_glider_crash_near_Basingstoke/
4. http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2016-07-21/update-investigation-launched-after-glider-crashes-into-corn-field/
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-36859773
6. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/21/pensioner-pilot-dies-after-glider-crashes-into-field/
7. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/14634567.UPDATE__Paramedics__police_and_firefighters_on_scene_after_glider_crash/
8. http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/woman-killed-in-glider-crash-named-by-police-1-7489590
Media:
Fatal accident to Schleicher ASW 27-18E glider on private flight, 21 July https://t.co/6jYJsJESQu
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) April 13, 2017
The AAIB is sending a team to investigate an accident involving a glider near Bradley in Hampshire.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) July 21, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jul-2016 14:43 | Anon. | Added |
| 21-Jul-2016 14:44 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2016 15:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2016 15:18 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code] |
| 21-Jul-2016 16:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2016 16:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Jul-2016 23:05 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2016 15:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2016 20:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2016 02:49 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Jul-2016 16:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2016 10:46 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 07-Oct-2016 13:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Oct-2016 13:42 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2016 13:53 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage] |
| 18-Apr-2017 16:39 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 18-Apr-2017 16:48 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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