PZL-Bielsko SZD-45A Ogar, G-BEBG, 10 February 2008

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
10 December 2014
Category:
Sport aviation and balloons
Report type:
Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
Date of occurrence:
10 February 2008
Aircraft type:
PZL-Bielsko SZD-45A Ogar
Location:
Hinton-in-the-Hedges, near Brackley, Northants
Registration:
G-BEBG

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Summary:

Whilst taxiing in to park at an airfield where parachuting operations were taking place, the left wing tip of the 17.6 m wing span motor glider that the pilot had been flying, struck two of a group of parachutists assembled near to the left side of the taxiway. At the time, the pilot was concerned about the clearance of the right wing tip from a marker board. There were no injuries.

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Published 10 December 2014