ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 18986
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| Date: | Friday 31 July 1987 |
| Time: | 11:45 loca |
| Type: |  Rollason-Druine D.62C Condor |
| Owner/operator: | Avato Flying Group |
| Registration: | G-AVVN |
| MSN: | RAE/624 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brome, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
| Departure airport: | Tibenham Airfield, Norfolk |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed shortly after take off whilst glider towing at Tibenham airfield. Shortly before 11:45 hours, the aircraft was seen heading south, and descending. At a height of approximately 50 feet agl, the nose was seen to rise sharply, and the aircraft was reported to have "turned over on itself", striking the ground seconds later, and about 25 yards from the main building of the Brome Grange Hotel at Brome, Suffolk.
Registration Cancelled as "destroyed" 17/03/1988
Sources:
1. AAIB: http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Rollason%20Druine%20D62C%20Condor,%20G-AVVN%20%2012-87.pdf
2. https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/rollason-druine-d62c-condor-g-avvn-31-july-1987
3. http://www.caa.co.uk/aircraft-registration/
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cx63_2xv410J:rollason-condor.org.uk/infopages.doc+&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk]
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Feb-2009 06:04 | harro | Updated |
| 31-Mar-2010 09:48 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities] |
| 14-Jul-2012 12:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2014 02:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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