ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29453
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| Date: | Sunday 29 June 2003 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Discus b |
| Owner/operator: | Lakes Gliding Club |
| Registration: | BGA 4270 |
| MSN: | 206(2) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Warren House Farm, High Ellington, near Masham, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Walney Island Airport, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (BWF/ |
| Sutton Bank Airfield, Thirsk, North Yorkshire (X5SB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Rebuild from parts of AGA 4; Crashed at Warren House Farm, High Ellington, near Masham, North Yorkshire and substantially damaged on 29-06-2003. Whilst in the Masham area the glider was seen to circle at low level, control was then believed to have been lost and the aircraft either stalled accidentally or was put into a stall/spin by the pilot. Although control was initially lost it was partly recovered but the glider crashed into a wheat field near Warren House Farm, High Ellington. The (female) pilot - the sole person on board - later died in hospital. According to a contemporary BBC News report (see link #1)
"A glider pilot from south Cumbria whose aircraft came down in the Yorkshire Dales has died. Lynn Martindale, 50, was taken to Leeds General Infirmary after the accident which happened at 16:30 BST on Sunday. Mrs Martindale, a member of the Lakes Gliding Club, was planning to fly from their field at Walney near Barrow-in-Furness to the gliding club at Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire. She came down in a wheat field at High Ellington near Masham and was taken to hospital by air ambulance.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the Department of Transport will carry out an inquiry with the British Gliding Association. Officials visited the crash scene on Monday to examine the wreckage but it is not known what caused the accident."
Damaged airframe sold on to new owners, repaired/rebuilt (with new c/no "NZ1") and registered in February 2008 in New Zealand as ZK-GXP to the Piako Gliding Club, Matamata, New Zealand
Sources:
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/3034780.stm
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/discus.htm
3. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/dales/bga4270.html
4. http://francoise.fischer.free.fr/d1/bga4270.JPG
5. http://www.regosearch.com/aircraft/nz/GXP
6. http://www.flydw.org.uk/DWZKGRZ.htm
7. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP800.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Dec-2012 16:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2016 15:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2016 15:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 03-Aug-2016 15:37 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2016 16:18 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Aug-2016 16:21 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2016 20:57 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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