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| Date: | Sunday 26 August 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Schleicher Ka 2B Rhönschwalbe |
| Owner/operator: | Strathclyde Gliding Club |
| Registration: | BGA 2587 |
| MSN: | 1510 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Strathaven Airfield, Couplaw Farm, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Strathaven Airfield, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-OO-ZIN: written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed on failed launch from Strathaven Airfield, Couplaw Farm, Strathaven, South Lanarkshire on 26/8/1984
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/ka2.htm
2. http://www.faucheurs.com/faucheurs/images/PlaneursBE/Planeurs-OO-ZIA.htm
3. http://www.strathavenairfield.co.uk/history.html
4. http://www.strathavenairfield.co.uk/1980sand1990s.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 09:22 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 31-May-2013 00:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Nov-2015 19:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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