ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302563
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| Date: | Sunday 21 August 2022 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Eurofly Minifox |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-CKYZ |
| MSN: | 18007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Eurofly Minifox G-CKYZ: Substantially damaged 21 August 2022 when crashed into a tree at Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only investigation, published on 8 December 2022, and the following is the summary from the report...
"Following an engine failure, the aircraft struck a tree. The aircraft sustained damage and the pilot was uninjured".
Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish in southeast Buckinghamshire, England. It is in a group of villages called The Chalfonts, which also includes Chalfont St Peter and Little Chalfont. It lies on the edge of the Chiltern Hills, 20.9 miles (33.6 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, central London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham.
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence-only Investigation: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-september-october-2022/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-september-october-2022
2. https://ms-my.facebook.com/FunFlyingAircraft/videos/initial-testflight-of-eurofly-minifox-with-wing-fold/1986840258274372/
3. https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9304246
4. https://pilotweb.aero/aircraft/flight-tests/flight-test-eurofly-minifox-6285402/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurofly_Fire_Fox
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalfont_St_Giles
Media:
Initial test flight of Eurofly Minifox G-CKYZ, built by Airplay Aircraft Ltd, and the first in the UK with the wing-fold option.
— David Broom (@AirplayAviation) August 23, 2018
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