ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19045
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| Date: | Saturday 17 February 1973 |
| Time: | 15:25 UTC |
| Type: |  Slingsby T.61 Falke A |
| Owner/operator: | Airways Aero Associations Ltd |
| Registration: | G-AYUO |
| MSN: | 1732 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wycombe Air Park (EGTB) |
| Wycombe Air Park (EGTB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 17/2/1973 in a fatal crash near Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire. According to the summary of the official AAIB report into the accident:
"At a height of about 200 feet during an approach to land, the aircraft, a self launching motor glider, was seen to enter a steep nose-down attitude from which there was no observed attempt at recovery. It crashed into a ploughed field 200 yards from the airfield boundary, and was destroyed. The pilot (named in the AAIB report as Mr. Anthony Lawrence Thurlow) and his passenger (was was not named) were killed.
The AAIB report concludes that the accident was caused by a loss of control in the pitching plane. There is no evidence of any technical reason for the loss of control, but from medical evidence it appears possible that the pilot suffered an epileptic attack".
Registration G-AYOU cancelled 16/4/1973 as aircraft "destroyed"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/54230325ed915d1371000c19/3-1974_G-AYUO.pdf
2. http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-AYUO.pdf
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t61.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 11:10 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2012 16:02 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2012 17:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Sep-2012 17:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 30-Jul-2015 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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