Incident Slingsby T.21 BGA 2036,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 30827
 
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Date:Sunday 24 August 1980
Time:
Type:Slingsby T.21
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: BGA 2036
MSN: 630
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Lindholme, North Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Lindholme, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Ex-RAF WB969; delivered 27/3/1950, written off 29/1/1958. Struck off charge 1/2/1958 as Cat5(scrap). However, rebuilt and sold to RAF Gliding & Soaring Association as RAF GSA 247, then to civilian ownership as BGA 2036. Substantially damaged when stalled on failed launch, Lindholme, North Yorkshire 24/8/80.

Preserved at AeroVenture, Doncaster, to whom it was presented in 2001

Sources:

1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/t21.htm
2. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1134746/
3. https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-284073.html

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
24 January 1958 WB969 CFS RAF 0 RAF Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent, England w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
23-Dec-2012 10:50 Dr. John Smith Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
20-Oct-2013 20:50 Dr. John Smith Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative]

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