ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 282793
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| Date: | Sunday 2 July 1995 |
| Time: | 16:55 |
| Type: | Mainair Sports Gemini Flash IIA |
| Owner/operator: | Ernest Henry Eric Nunn (regd. owner) |
| Registration: | G-MNGW |
| MSN: | 386-1185-3-W121 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | West Itchenor, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex |
| Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex |
On the afternoon of 2 July 1995 at 1,500 feet over West Itchenor, whilst both were flying straight and level in a clear and cloudless sky, CASA Jungmann G-BPVW (a Spanish licence built version of the German pre-war biplane) and Gemini Flash G-MNGW (a weight shift microlight) managed to collide. Neither saw the other until it was too late and contact was made. Fortunately the contact was light, the damage was not significant, the pilots retained control and both aircraft were able to land successfully, the Flash at the microlight airfield at Earnley and the Jungmann at Goodwood, and without injury to the four people on board the two aircraft.
The Jungmann suffered damage to the leading edge of the tip of its lower port wing. The Flash suffered major damage to its port wing, including covering fabric lost or torn in three places.
G-MNGW was first registered on 30 September 1985, and was with its fourth owner (from new) at the time of the above accident. The microlight was repaired and sold on twice more (on 15 July 1998 and 1 August 2003). The registration was cancelled (and the airframe de-registered) on 17 April 2014 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"
Sources:
1. AAIB: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/casa-1-131e-2000-jungmann-g-bpvw-biplane-and-gemini-flash-g-mngw-weight-shift-microlight-2-july-1995
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-MNGW.pdf
3. https://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=18269.msg76862#msg76862
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Itchenor
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2022 10:06 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 12-Sep-2022 10:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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