On the 31st of October 1997 the pilot of this Europa aircraft was intending on carrying out a cross country flight over the North Yorkshire Moors, the weather was slightly foggy. At 14.40hrs, as the aircraft began its take-off it was probably not travelling as fast as it should have been for a normal take-off, as it reached the end of the airstrip, a wing dropped and it hit a tall bush, the aircraft cartwheeled into the adjacent field where upon the wing was torn off. The aircraft eventually came to a halt with the engine detached. the pilot sustained minor injuries and walked the mile to his home to report the incident. He thought that a stall had occured causing the wing to drop.

Pilot - Possibly Mr G V McKirdy, of Banbury, injured.

I have not yet visited the crash site.