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Air accident monthly bulletin April 2021
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AAIB Report: G-DEJH, Structural failure of glider tail assembly, Cross Fell, Pennines, Cumbria
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A pilot was flying low behind the ridge at Cross Fell in the Pennines when the tail section of the glider began to oscillate rapidly and broke away from the glider. The glider, an SB-5E, pitched nose down and was heavily disrupted when it struck the surface, 7 Aug 2019.
The pilot of a Scheibe SF25E (G-KDEY), was flying a series of circuits and was heading towards the airfield when the aircraft struck the ground in a field west of the airfield boundary, 23 March 2020.
In windy conditions the crew performed a go-around from their first approach at Birmingham Airport. On the second approach the aircraft departed the runway to the left after touching down, 22 May 2020.
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