Slingsby Nipper near Newby Grange Farm, Stokesley.

The aircraft crashed at Newby Grange Park Farm on 24th October 1974, no real details are yet known about the crash but the pilot is believed to have been killed. The aircraft was damaged (but apparently not destroyed by fire as some sources quote) and its registration was cancelled as destroyed on 29th November 1974.

The aircraft was built by Avions Fairey SA at Gosselies, Belgium and given Serial No. 27 in 1960. The aircraft was sold to Cobelavia at Gosselies in July 1962 but never received a Belgium registration. It was sold to Nipper Aircraft Ltd at Castle Donington in 1966 and modified to a Mk.III and given the Serial No. S.101 and registered as G-AVKH by Nipper Aircraft Ltd on 24th April 1967, the C of A was issued on 30th June 1967. It was purchased by Air Touring Shops Ltd of Elstree on 5th September 1997 and sold to F.R. Brimecombe on 31th December 1967. It was destroyed in the above detailed crash on 26th October 1974 with Cat 5/FA damage being sustained. The wreck purchased by C.W.R. (Cliff) Piper in November 1974 and cancelled as destroyed by CAA on 29th November 1974. Its re-construction started by C.W.R. Piper in December 1974 and was completed at Rush Green in 1977. It was later registered as G-BRIK to C.W.R. Piper on 26th April 1977 and had its first flight on 18th October 1977. It suffered damage of Cat 2/FA when force-landed at Cambridge Road Farm (location not known) on 2nd August 1983. It was repaired. Its first test flight after repair was on 21st April 1985. The C of A was issued on 23rd April 1985 and it was registered to P. Bentley at Goodwood on 24th February 2000 Its C of A expired on 1st August 2002 but was under re-build in September 2002. Its first test flight after rebuild was on 22nd June 2005 and the aircraft is still believed to be flying.

Pilot - Mr F R Brimcombe, of Wilstead, killed.

There are recollections from press reports that an aircraft crashed (although possibly not this aircraft) near Newby Grange. At the time the aircraft circled for a good while prior to the crash. It was suggested that the pilot had diliberately flown around waiting for the aircraft to run out of fuel and crash and that it was suicide rather than an accident. This is purely specualtion at this time, it seems unlikely that a suicide attempt would be selected in an aircraft with no fuel on board rather than an aircraft freshly fueled though.