ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246159
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 October 2020 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Schempp-Hirth Discus |
| Owner/operator: | Deeside Gliding Club |
| Registration: | G-CHXH? |
| MSN: | 573 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aboyne Airfield, Dinnet, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Aboyne Airfield, Dinnet, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Schmepp-Hirth Discus glider: Substantially damaged 21-10-2020 when the aircraft landed on the tarmac at Aboyne without landing gear. According to a rough translation from German into English of the official BFU Germany accident report (see link #1 for the original German text):
"Event: Accident without injuries
Date, time: October 21, 2020, 2:00 p.m. (local)
Location, State: Aboyne, United Kingdom
Damage to aircraft: Heavily damaged
Source: investigation by foreign Authority.
File number: BFU20-0962-DX
The aircraft landed on the runway without landing gear. The BFU supports the investigation because the aircraft
was designed / manufactured in Germany.
Aircraft: Glider Fatally seriously injured
Pattern: SCHEMPP-HIRTH - DISCUS
Type of operation: General Aviation - Private Sightseeing Flight - Local sightseeing flight"
The Deeside Gliding Club, which are based at Aboyne Airfield, Dinnet, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, have one Schempp-Hirth Discus glider in their fleet: G-CHXH (formerly BGA4283) first registered 16-11-2007 (see link #2). It is possible that this glider was the one involved.
Sources:
1. BFU Germany Accident Report BFU20-0962-DX: https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2020/Bulletin2020-10.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
2. https://www.deesideglidingclub.co.uk/club-aircraft/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2020 16:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 24-Dec-2020 21:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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