Date: | Wednesday 26 August 2020 |
Time: | 12:16 UTC |
Type: | Schleicher ASH 25 |
Owner/operator: | Kenneth Henry Lloyd & Darrel Tucker (regd.owners) |
Registration: | G-CFST |
MSN: | 25073 |
Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
Engine model: | Rotax 275 two-stroke |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | London Road, Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - United Kingdom |
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Aston Down Airfield, Stroud, Gloucestershire |
Aston Down Airfield, Stroud, Gloucestershire | |
Investigating agency: | AAIB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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While soaring along the Cotswold Ridge, a Schleicher ASH 25 E collided with the top of a line of trees as the pilot was trying to start the glider’s sustainer engine and find a place to land. The glider struck the ground nose-first.
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) April 29, 2021
Read the AAIB report: https://t.co/8hgkAZSVEC pic.twitter.com/OPPRoQaUH7
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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26-Aug-2020 15:07 | Michael Roots | Added |
26-Aug-2020 16:25 | Michael Roots | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
26-Aug-2020 16:25 | harro | Updated [Date] |
26-Aug-2020 16:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Nature, Damage] |
26-Aug-2020 18:16 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location] |
26-Aug-2020 18:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
26-Aug-2020 20:49 | GrumpyMike | Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Embed code] |
26-Aug-2020 21:01 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
27-Aug-2020 06:02 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
27-Aug-2020 11:58 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
04-Sep-2020 06:08 | HiCirrus | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
22-Oct-2020 18:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
29-Apr-2021 08:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
30-Apr-2021 02:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code] |
10-Jun-2021 19:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |