Accident Mainair Gemini Flash II G-MNMI,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 282233
 
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Date:Sunday 8 September 1991
Time:11:50 LT
Type:Mainair Gemini Flash II
Owner/operator:Kenneth Keenan (regd. owner)
Registration: G-MNMI
MSN: 420-317-586-3-W178
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Ravensworth Grange Farm, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Eshott Airfield, Bockenfield, Northumberland
Destination airport:Usworth, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear (EGNU)
Narrative:
Mainair Gemini Flash II G-MNMI: Substantially damaged 8 September 1991 when crashed at Ravensworth Grange Farm, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. Of the two persons on board, the pilot was killed, and the passenger was seriously injured

=Damage Sustained to Airframe=
Per the AAIB Report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result the registration was cancelled 18 February 1992. Despite this assessment, G-MNMI was sold on to a new owner on 11 August 1992, and a further two owners between 17 September 1998 and 11 November 2010. On the latter date the registration G-MNMI was cancelled (and the airframe de-registered) as "Permanently withdrawn from use"

Sources:

1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422efc7ed915d1371000291/Gemini_Flash_II__G-MNMI_11-91.pdf
2. CAA Review of General Aviation Fatal Accidents 1985-1994: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/cap667.pdf
3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/covehithe/31930112668/in/photolist-7HzGnZ-QDyb4W/ [photo]
4. https://vymaps.com/GB/Ravensworth-Grange-Farm-221792998295300/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravensworth_Castle,_Lamesley

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Aug-2022 02:31 Dr. John Smith Added

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