ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 283991
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| Date: | Thursday 7 July 2022 |
| Time: | 17:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Glaser-Dirks DG-300 Elan |
| Owner/operator: | Yorkshire Gliding Club |
| Registration: | G-CKJH |
| MSN: | 3E506 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hailes-on-the-Hill, near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Long Mynd, Church Stretton, Shropshire |
| Field near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AAIB investigation to DG-300 Elan, G-CKJH
Field landing causing spinal injury, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, 7 July 2022.
At the end of a gliding day, the pilot decided to land in a field. The field he chose was uphill with a rough surface, which the pilot had not fully appreciated until he had committed to the landing. On the first touchdown, the aircraft landed heavily and bounced. The aircraft ended up in a stock fence and the pilot felt his neck had been injured. He was able to extract himself from the aircraft, but after a few steps, he began to lose feeling in his limbs and fell to the ground. Having been discovered by the landowner, he was flown by air ambulance to hospital, where he had a vertebrae fracture and a large haematoma pressing on his spinal cord. Despite recovering feeling in his limbs, complications from his injuries and underlying health conditions led to the pilot’s death 20 days later.
The investigation found no defects to the aircraft and given the experience of the pilot, the choice of field was out of character. However, the position of the sun, the size and colour of the other fields as well as the possibility of dehydration during a warm day may have contributed to the pilot’s decision making.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63c91505d3bf7f24a716035e/DG_300_Elan_G-CKJH_02-23.pdf
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-64331242
3. https://www.ygc.co.uk/info/our-fleet
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Gliding_Club
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchcombe
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 May 2006 | G-CKJH | Yorkshire Gliding Club (Proprietary) Ltd | 0 | Sutton Bank Airfield, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire | |
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Media:
The AAIB has published a report into a fatal accident involving a DG-300 Elan (G-CKJH) near Winchcombe, Gloucestershire in July 2022. Read the report https://t.co/D5fcG56emy#AviationSafety pic.twitter.com/IzdpcvbbjA
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) January 19, 2023
G-CKJH AMS-Flight DG-300 Elan @ Sutton Bank 05/09/2020Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Sep-2022 17:56 | Capt. chaos | Added |
| 29-Sep-2022 17:59 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Country, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2022 18:38 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 02-Oct-2022 14:36 | Anon. | Updated [Country] |
| 02-Oct-2022 19:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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