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| Date: | Saturday 12 April 2025 |
| Time: | c 14:22 LT |
| Type: |  Bristell NG5 Speed Wing |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CMSM |
| MSN: | 768/2023 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bembridge Airport (BBP/EGHJ), Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Bembridge Airport (BBP/EGHJ) |
| Basingstoke-Popham Airport (EGHP) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Bristell NG5 Speed Wing crashed during a forced landing onto a road within the Whitecliff Bay Holiday Park, immediately after takeoff from Bembridge Airport (BBP/EGHJ), Isle of Wight.
One of the two occupants suffered minor injuries and the aircraft was destroyed by a post impact fire.
Some reports suggested the aircraft hit a chimney before impact with the ground.
Sources:
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/plane-crash-near-holiday-park-in-bembridge-air-ambulance-scrambled/
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/25085405.plane-crash-bembridge-near-isle-wight-holiday-park/
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/25085454.bembridge-plane-crashes-whitecliff-bay-holiday-park/
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/GCMSM/history/20250412/1317Z/EGHJ/EGHJ
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=408020
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11206296 (photo)
Location
Images:
adsbexchange, Google Earth
Popham Airfield EGHP, Hampshire, UK. 2025-02-18.
Media:
WATCH: LIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES ON ISLE OF WIGHT IN THE UK??.
— Turbine Traveller (@Turbinetraveler) April 14, 2025
A bystander recorded the moment a Bristell NG5 Speed Wing crashed near Bembridge Airport. Both passengers suffer minor injuries despite the aircraft catching fire after hitting a house. No fatalities reported. pic.twitter.com/WU5MqWbvNx
Heroes to the rescue as plane crashes into Isle of Wight holiday park https://t.co/vmZcoTV70d
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) April 12, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2025 14:28 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:16 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Damage, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:21 | ASN | Updated [Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:42 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:46 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:46 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:48 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Embed code, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:50 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Apr-2025 15:52 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-Apr-2025 13:57 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Apr-2025 18:44 | Bikepilot | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
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