Light aircraft crash - Upwood
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Light aircraft crash - Upwood
Does anyone have any more details on this accident? I live in the village and was home all of Saturday (having a rest after passing my PPL skills test the day before!) - yet wasn't aware of this until I stumbled across the article this morning. It was pretty horrible weather that day - low cloud-base, strong winds, rain etc.
Aircraft crashes in Upwood - Latest News - Hunts Post
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A LIGHT aircraft plunged 100 feet from the sky to crash in a field in Upwood on Saturday.
A Magpas Helimedix team attended the scene to treat a man in his late 60s after the crash, which happened at about 4.45pm.
The team helped to remove the man from the aircraft and then treated him before taking him to Hinchingbrooke Hospital, where his condition was described as satisfactory and stable.
A Magpas Helimedix team attended the scene to treat a man in his late 60s after the crash, which happened at about 4.45pm.
The team helped to remove the man from the aircraft and then treated him before taking him to Hinchingbrooke Hospital, where his condition was described as satisfactory and stable.
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I'm surprised anyone was flying on Saturday, I was supposed to be taking a Robin out of Sibson at 4pm but cancelled due to the cloud base being at 800 ft, constant drizzle and gusty winds. Not a good day for flying.
Given the location I wonder if this was out of Conington?
Given the location I wonder if this was out of Conington?
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Given the location I wonder if this was out of Conington?
There is a very active glider site behind my house, on the site of RAF Upwood, but I can't imagine they'd have been even contemplating flying in those conditions.
Bit of a mystery it seems!
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Thanks, that looks like the one! A C152 by the looks of it?
Apart from the odd powered glider, I wasn't aware of any SEPs using the gliding strip (its only about 100m from my front door). Its a pretty lengthy runway with nice fields at either end, but I still wouldn't have fancied a flight in those conditions.
appeared to lose power shortly after take-off.
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I'm surprised anyone was flying on Saturday
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I've flown in and out of Upwood in the last couple of months, wasn't aware it wasn't used a lot by light aircraft. I had a bit of a sharp intake of breath when I read the topic as one of our club members flies down there regularly. (It's not him.)
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I've only ever seen a few non-glider aircraft come anywhere near Upwood in the past ten years or so (below a few thousand feet), and I've always tended to stay away from it when flying due to the very regular gliding activity.
Thing, what aircraft do you fly? Do you just contact the gliding club prior to flying here?
Thing, what aircraft do you fly? Do you just contact the gliding club prior to flying here?
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C172 amongst other things, the chap in the interview with the Peterborough paper has a share in it. He glides from Upwood, as far as I know he visits fairly regularly with it.
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Not all of UK had bad weather on Saturday. I for one was flying and with an IMC rated airplane and experienced pilot I can't see the problem with a takeoff in 800ft cloudbase.
Sibson is only a few miles from this crash, and the weather there was not suitable for most light aircraft activities.
172 rather than 152 I believe - looks like G-AWMP based in Suffolk, as is the pilot according to that article.
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...obviously there would have been some aircraft flying somewhere in the UK
