ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65730
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| Date: | Saturday 13 June 2009 |
| Time: | 16:19 |
| Type: |  Grob G102 Astir CS77 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CFSZ |
| MSN: | 1841 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Engine model: | Not applicable |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near the B4086 Road, Ratley, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aston Down Airfield, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire |
| Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire (EG55) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed 13-06-2009 into field near the B4086 road,at Ratley, Ratley and Upton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, north-west of Banbury, on the Warwickshire/Oxfordshire border. According to the summary from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"In weak thermal conditions, the glider did not maintain sufficient height to continue on to the intended destination. It departed controlled flight at low altitude, whilst positioning for a field landing, and struck the surface with a high rate of descent. The pilot suffered fatal injuries."
The pilot had been gliding above villages on the borders of north Oxfordshire and Warwickshire when he suddenly got into difficulties and the plane began losing height finally crashing next to a road. The 64-year old pilot was declared dead at the scene.
According to a later press release from Warwickshire Police: "Police have named the man who died at the scene when a glider crashed in fields near Ratley, Banbury at around 5.30 pm on Saturday 13 June as 64 year old Nigel Desmond Spencer Greenwood from Elgin Road, Wood Green in London.
Mr Greenwood had taken off from Aston Down Airfield near Stroud in Gloucestershire earlier that day. Mr Greenwood leaves a widow and one daughter."
Nature of damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Aircraft destroyed". As a result, the registration G-CFSZ was cancelled by the CAA on 26-02-2010 as aircraft "destroyed" and "owner deceased"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422ede640f0b613460001d5/Grob_G102_Astir_CS77__G-CFSZ_04-10.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=CFSZ
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8099223.stm
4. http://onlinenews.warwickshire.police.uk/wpnews_pressrelease/x/10934
5. http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/local-news/pilot-dies-after-glider-crash-in-warwickshire-1-1064266
6. http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/headlines/4437510.Man_killed_in_glider_accident/
7. https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP800.pdf
8. https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/news/glider-crash-victim-named-1-597595
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2009 03:17 | JINX | Added |
| 16-Jun-2009 10:09 | goffe1954 | Updated |
| 15-Sep-2012 14:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 13-Dec-2014 00:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2016 22:12 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source] |
| 06-Nov-2016 22:01 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2016 22:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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