ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147411
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 04-AUG-2012 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: | Glaser-Dirks DG-100 |
| Operator: | Angus Gliding Club |
| Registration: | G-DDFN ? |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Drumshade Farm Airfield, near Kirriemuir, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Drumshade Farm |
| Drumshade Farm |
A man has died after his glider crashed in a field. Emergency services were called to the scene near Forfar, Angus, at around 12.45pm on Saturday.
Tayside Police said the 59-year-old man was the only person in the aircraft and no-one else was injured. The force said inquiries are ongoing.
Tayside Fire and Rescue officers said they were called to Drumshade Farm near Kirriemuir, Angus, following a report that a glider may have come down but their services were not needed.
Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19126399
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Angus-Gliding-Club/102009626555228
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/pilot-killed-in-glider-field-crash-16193873.html?action=Popup&gallery=no
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/337539/Pilot-killed-in-glider-field-crash
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2012 13:32 | sharla | Added |
| 04-Aug-2012 15:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2012 07:17 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 06-Aug-2012 06:23 | 78.105.153.75 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 06-Aug-2012 06:35 | harro | Updated [Registration, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2012 06:46 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 14-Aug-2012 04:08 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Narrative] |
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