ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245642
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| Date: | Saturday 19 September 2020 |
| Time: | 12:31 UTC |
| Type: |  Schleicher ASK-21 |
| Owner/operator: | Kent Gliding Club |
| Registration: | G-CKRI |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Squids Gate lane , Challock, Ashford, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Challock Airport (EGKE) |
| Challock Airport (EGKE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Schleicher ASK-21 substantially damaged 19.9.2020 Following a successful winch launch, whilst on base leg of circuit encountering area of high sink caused by curl over, failed to turn in early with enough height to reach the landing area resulting in contact with trees and ending up in nose down attitude supported by the trees 50 metres from the field boundary.
Amended by Kent Gliding Club (see link #4)
Sources:
1. BFU20-0829-DX: https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2020/Bulletin2020-09.pdf?__blob=publicationFile
2. https://www.kent-gliding-club.co.uk/glider-fleet-2/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challock
4. BGA incident report 120
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2020 16:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 27-Feb-2021 19:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2021 19:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2021 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2021 16:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Category] |
| 02-Nov-2023 17:05 | James Paine | Updated [[Source, Category]] |
| 02-Nov-2023 17:06 | harro | Updated [[[Source, Category]]] |
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