Date:	Friday 8 June 2018
Time:	10:45 LT
Type:	Jodel DR1050-M1 Sicile Record
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-CIYB
MSN:	605
Year of manufacture:	1965
Engine model:	Continental O-200-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Private airstrip, Gilford, Craigavon, County Down -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Private airstrip, Gilford, County Down
Destination airport:	Private airstrip, Gilford, County Down
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Jodel DR1050-M1 Sicile Record, G-CIYB was written off (damaged beyond repair) due to loss of control after striking hedge during approach to land at a private airstrip at Gilford, County Down on 8 June 2018. The official AAIB report into the accident was published on 8 November 2018, and the following is an excerpt from it:

"The pilot approached Runway 36 at his private airstrip, having estimated the wind strength as 5 knots, from a variable direction. No turbulence was apparent during the approach but, as the aircraft neared the boundary hedge, it suddenly encountered sinking air and the pilot was unable to prevent the left main landing gear from striking the hedge. He lost control and the aircraft struck the ground and travelled along the runway for a few metres.

When the aircraft came to rest it had rotated left through approximately 180 degrees, the landing gear had collapsed, the left wing had detached and the right wing and forward fuselage were extensively damaged. The occupants used the normal access doors to vacate the aircraft without assistance."

=Safety action consequent to this accident=
The pilot intends to remove the hedge along the airstrip’s southern boundary and will only operate a similar aircraft from here if he succeeds in lengthening the runway. (Both registered owners have Gilford, Craigavon addresses)

=Damage sustained to airframe=
Per the AAIB report G-CIYB was "Damaged beyond economic repair". As a result, the registration G-CIYB was cancelled by the CAA (with the airframe being de-registered) on 6 January 2023 as "Permanently withdrawn from use"

Gilford is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village sits on the River Bann between the towns of Banbridge, Tandragee and Portadown. It covers the townlands of Loughans, Ballymacanallen and Drumaran. Gilford is within the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon district.

1. AAIB Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5bc73635e5274a363252204a/Jodel_DR1050-M1_Sicile_Record_G-CIYB_11-18.pdf
2. https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/G-CIYB/1047752
3. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-CIYB.html
4. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/OO-CAR.html
5. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/PH-RTS.html
6. http://www.avions-jodel.de/Privat/Jodel/jodel_dr100_series_list.html
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilford,_County_Down

G-CIYB post-accident at Gilford, County Down on 8 June 2018 (lower right picture)

AAIB November bulletin published https://t.co/mjZ6XfhQxu pic.twitter.com/3ok9W3rAnj

— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) November 8, 2018

Jodel DR1050-M1 Sicile Record PH-RTS (ex-OO-CAR, later became G-CIYB) at Tibenham-Priory Farm, Norfolk, 15 June 2014

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
12-Nov-2018 00:10	Dr.John Smith	Added
12-Nov-2018 00:11	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, ]
12-Nov-2018 20:17	harro	Updated [Time, Accident report, ]
20-Jul-2024 16:01	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ]