Accident Scheibe SF-23 Sperling G-BEDU,
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Date:Sunday 22 March 1987
Time:17:05
Type:Scheibe SF-23 Sperling
Owner/operator:Burn Gliding Club
Registration: G-BEDU
MSN: 3000
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near Bellaghy, Northern Ireland -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Bellaghy Airfield
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: AAIB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Stalled after taking off. When the aircraft was only at 150 feet agl, it struck ground nose first, killing both persons on board.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: AAIB
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422eb9340f0b61346000097/Scheibe_SF-23_Sperling__G-BEDU__08-87.pdf
2. CAA: http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/

Media:

Schiebe SF 23 Sperling G-BEDU at Doncaster Airfield, South Yorkshire in 1982 G-BEDU-PICT0657-SF23C

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-May-2012 23:23 ryan Added
11-Nov-2012 13:35 Dr. John Smith Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source]
27-Jan-2014 12:16 Big jack Updated [Operator, Phase]
02-Oct-2014 09:37 TB Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
09-Dec-2014 10:07 El_serj Updated [Aircraft type]
01-Dec-2015 23:49 Dr.John Smith Updated [Time, Operator]
06-Dec-2015 02:09 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
13-Dec-2018 14:31 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative]

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