ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29617
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Slingsby T.31 |
| Owner/operator: | Northumbria Gliding Club |
| Registration: | BGA 1062 |
| MSN: | 1341 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Helmsley Road, South Shields, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Marsden Lea, South Shields |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The pilot and a female passenger were seriously injured after a glider crashed through the roof of a house in South Shields.
The glider, which belonged to Northumbria Gliding Club, had taken off from Marsden Lea and was providing pleasure flights at the time.
In a strange twist of fate, the injured female passenger, Edith McDonald, lived in the house next to the one hit by the glider at Helmsley Road.
Firefighters worked to free the red, silver and orange glider from the roof as Mrs McDonald was taken to hospital for an emergency operation.
Sources:
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/1964_two_hurt_as_glider_smashes_into_home_1_1151139
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t31.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Apr-2012 01:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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