ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19043
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| Date: | Friday 12 June 1987 |
| Time: | 18:12 |
| Type: |  Slingsby T67A Firefly |
| Owner/operator: | Specialist Flying Training Ltd |
| Registration: | G-BJCY |
| MSN: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Effingham, Surrey -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey (EGKR) |
| Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey (EGKR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Slingsby T.67 G-BJCY left Redhill Airfield, for a local flight, early in the evening of 12 June 1987. The pilot and one passenger were on board. Twelve minutes later it was seen at about 500 - 600 feet above ground level, just south of Effingham and Great Bookham, pulling up into a loop. At the top of the loop the Slingsby's engine cut. It continued through the loop before diving, almost vertically, and disappearing, behind trees and bushes, before striking the ground at a steep angle, nose down and banked to starboard. Both of those on board were killed on impact.
The Slingsby was destroyed in the crash and its registration was cancelled as such by the CAA on 11 April 1988. The AAIB failed to find evidence that the pilot had been trained to perform aerobatics. The cause of the crash was attributed to too lean a fuel/air mix and keeping the engine running when pulling negative gravity whilst inverted, something which it was not designed to do.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f561e5274a1317000597/Slingsby_T67A__G-BJCY__09-87.pdf
2. CAA: https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BJCY.pdf
3. Horley & Gatwick Mirror - Friday 19 June 1987
4. https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=860447
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1285791
6. http://sussexhistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=17629.0
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effingham,_Surrey#20th_century
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Aug-2008 11:22 | harro | Updated |
| 21-Nov-2012 14:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2012 14:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Nov-2014 18:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Nov-2015 15:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 10-Dec-2015 01:31 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Nov-2020 15:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Accident report] |
| 10-Nov-2020 00:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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