ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29782
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| Date: | Sunday 9 June 1968 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Schempp-Hirth SHK-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Lucky Seven Entertainments Ltd |
| Registration: | BGA 1390 |
| MSN: | 44 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Doncaster Airfield, Doncaster, South Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Doncaster, South Yorkshire(EGCI) |
| Doncaster, South Yorkshire (EGCI) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The glider crashed on launch at Doncaster Airfield - EGCI, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The aircraft reportedly broke up in flight at low altitude, and the pilot was killed. According to a contemporary report in "Yorkshire Air News" (June 1968)(see link #2): "on 9/6 the pilot of a 'German Glider' was killed when the wings fell off at 500 feet over Doncaster Aerodrome"
Additional: When SZD-24-4A Foka 4, G-DBZZ crashed on 8/8/2010, the official AAIB report made a passing reference to the crash of BGA 1390, quote...
"In June 1968 an SHK 1 glider, registration BGA 1390 crashed, fatally injuring the pilot, at Doncaster Aerodrome, UK. During rigging the bevel bolts jammed against the lugs of the opposite wing due to misalignment; this was at less than the requisite number of turns on the operating mechanism. The wings separated from the fuselage during the subsequent winch launch". (see link #4 below)
The pilot of BGA 1390 is not named, but he was also the owner of Fournier RF-4D G-AVWY, which was registered to "Lucky Seven Entertainments Ltd", of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, from 7/3/1968. With the death of the pilot, the executors of his estate put G-AVWY up for sale, and it was sold on to new owners 15/8/1968. It is therefore logical to presume that the two aircraft were registered to the same company at this time (mid 1968).
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/shk.htm
2. Yorkshire Air News June 1968: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1968%2006.PDF
3. Yorkshire Air News July 1968: http://www.yorkshireairnews.co.uk/images/1968%2007.PDF
4. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/5422f2e9ed915d1374000431/SZD-24-4A_Foka_4__G-DBZZ_05-11.pdf (page 65)
5. https://bnb.data.bl.uk/doc/resource/010945132
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schempp-Hirth_SHK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Dec-2012 13:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2013 12:36 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 20:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 20:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 20:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2015 20:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Nov-2020 01:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report] |
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