ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71791
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 11-AUG-1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Druine D.31 Turbulent |
| Operator: | The Tiger Club |
| Registration: | G-ASDB |
| C/n / msn: | PFA/1600 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Shoreham Airfield, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Shoreham (EGKA) |
| Shoreham (EGKA) |
During a Tiger Club display, the aircraft was in a balloon-bursting display over the airfield. A balloon caught in the wing and acted as a spoiler. The aircraft crashed, killing the pilot.
Sources:
Shoreham Airport Sussex - The Story of Britain's Oldest Licensed Airfield.
Compiled by T M A Webb and Dennis L Bird.
Pub. Cirrus Associates, 1996
ISBN 0 9515598 2 6
page 84
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-ASDB.pdf
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=79866
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2010 12:28 | slowkid | Added |
| 22-Jan-2010 13:18 | John Baker | Added |
| 11-Dec-2011 13:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source] |
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