ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224784
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| Date: | Saturday 4 May 2019 |
| Time: | 14:16 UTC |
| Type: |  Rolladen-Schneider LS7 |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the G-CFMY Group |
| Registration: | G-CFMY |
| MSN: | 7004 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3nm south of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Talgarth Airfield, Talgarth, Brecon, South Wales |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was flying his glider on a cross-country flight from Talgarth Airfield in South Wales towards Snowdonia National Park. When the pilot did not return a search was launched. On 4 May 2019, the pilot attended the group briefing at 0900 hrs. The airfield records showed that he launched in G-CFMY at 10:13 hrs with an aerotow and was released at 1,100 ft agl (2,000 ft amsl). A friend who helped with the launch reported that the pilot was well rested and well briefed before launch. He watched the glider take off, then climb in the local area before seeing it depart to the north-east.
The pilot took several photographs during the flight using his mobile phone. The last photograph was taken at 14:01 hours. When the pilot did not return to Talgarth the alarm was raised. The Distress and Diversion cell (D&D) were informed at 17:17 hours. The local police were able to track the pilot’s mobile phone and determine its approximate position. The coastguard helicopter launched at 18:28 hrs, located the glider at 18:46 hrs and landed on site at 18: 49 hrs.
The glider was within 300 metres of the location provided by the police. The helicopter crew found the deceased pilot still strapped into the glider. The glider and deceased pilot were found in a field 3 nautical miles south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. A post-mortem examination of the pilot found he had suffered a heart attack in flight which would have either rendered him unconscious or been fatal.
Nature of damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB final report, G-CFMY was "destroyed"; G-CFMY was ex-BGA 3381
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/body-discovered-after-glider-crashes-16230628
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48170049
3. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/blaenau-ffestiniog-glider-death-confirmed-16230634
4. https://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/news/17620448.body-recovered-after-glider-crash-in-blaenau-ffestiniog/
5. https://www.north-wales.police.uk/news-and-appeals/body-recovered-following-glider-incident?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialSignIn
6. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-current-field-investigations/air-accidents-investigation-branch-current-field-investigations
Images:
Photo: AAIB
Media:
Rolladen-Schneider LS7, pilot suffered a heart attack in-flighthttps://t.co/rWyP29U5n7 pic.twitter.com/atkFP4I5v8
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) 7 November 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-May-2019 06:00 | swat | Added |
| 06-May-2019 10:40 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2019 23:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2019 18:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 24-Jul-2019 11:24 | sharla82 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, Embed code] |
| 24-Jul-2019 11:24 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 24-Jul-2019 11:25 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Sep-2019 17:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Nov-2019 06:49 | harro | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 09-Nov-2019 21:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2019 21:41 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2019 20:22 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
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