ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65644
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 December 1977 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Slingsby T.61A Falke |
| Owner/operator: | Yorkshire Gliding Club |
| Registration: | G-AYSD |
| MSN: | 1726 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sutton Bank Airfield, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sutton Bank Airfield, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire (X5SB) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The glider was built by Slingsby Sailplanes Ltd at Kirkbymoorside and first registered to Vickers Ltd, London on 4/2/1971. They only kept the ownership until 19/3/1971. The aircraft was purchased by Lawrence Hill of Horsforth, Leeds and registered to him on 7/4/1971. He cancelled the registration on 29/6/1971. It was then purchased by Yorkshire Gliding Club (Pty) Ltd based at Sutton Bank and registered to them on 24/8/1971.
Crashed on take off from Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire 27/12/1977. According to a contemporary report in "Air Yorkshire (February 1978): "G-AYSD Slingsby Falke (c/n 1726) of the Yorkshire Gliding Club hit a hedge on take off at Sutton Bank on 27/12, removing both wings in the process!". Thus the registration G-AYSD was cancelled by the CAA as aircraft "destroyed" 20/3/1978.
Despite this, appears to have been repaired/rebuilt between 1978 and 1981, as the registration G-AYSD was restored to a new owner (the aircraft's 4th owner) on 20/11/1981. The 7th owner of G-AYSD (from 18/3/1991 to 8/3/1995) was the well-known Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, Lembit Opik.
Registration finally cancelled 1/2/2011 by the CAA as "Permanently withdrawn from use" whilst with its 8th registered owner
Sources:
1. National Archives (PRO Kew) File DR.16/282: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1200847
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AYSD.pdf
3. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1085703/
4. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/61-80/aysd.html
5. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t61.htm
6. Air Yorkshire February 1978: http://s617306976.websitehome.co.uk/AYASMagazines/AY%20February%201978.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2009 22:37 | VHKDK | Added |
| 01-Sep-2012 14:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2015 19:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 23:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2020 23:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source] |
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