ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69916
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| Date: | Saturday 31 May 2008 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASW 20 |
| Owner/operator: | Trustee of the LD Syndicate |
| Registration: | BGA 4347 |
| MSN: | 20353 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Four Counties GC, RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wittering (EGXT) Cambridgeshire |
| Wittering RAF Station (EGXT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During the winch launch, as the glider rotated into the full climb, a water bottle slid back into the empty space designed to hold an oxygen cylinder. Since the container was open at the back, the water bottle migrated all the way to the fuselage centre section containing the aileron and air brake controls.
After completing the launch without incident, the pilot confirmed that the controls were unrestricted but decided to return to the launch point as a precaution. On final approach he found that he could use no more than half air brake.
The pilot landed safely and the water bottle was removed from underneath the air brake bell cranks.
NOTE: The BGA incident report gives the gliders identity as "BGA 4347". However, it was absorbed into the "main" UK civil aircraft register and registered as G-CHZZ on 06.11.2007, over six months earlier. G-CHZZ was ex-BGA 4347, N20EE, D-1153 and HB-1691
Sources:
1. BGA Incident Report
2. http://www.fourcountiesgc.co.uk/index.php
3. https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-wittering/
4. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/asw202.htm
5. CAA; https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/rk=CHZZ
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2009 10:39 | DColclasure | Added |
| 22-Sep-2011 13:04 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Cn, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Dec-2014 02:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2016 18:17 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jul-2023 21:12 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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