Dinton
DINTON: Private airstrip
Aerial view 2002
Aerial view 2021
Local area view
Note: The first two pictures were obtained from Google Earth ©. The local area view is from my Google Earth © derived database.
A scene at the airstrip in July 2016
Note: This picture was scanned from the November 2017 AAIB Bulletin, and was reproduced courtesy of QinetiQ.
Location: Roughly 1nm NNE of Dinton village, about 7.5nm WNW of Salisbury city centre
Period of operation: ? (In 2016 certainly)
Runway: 08/26 470 grass
NOTES: Information source AAIB report EW/C2016/07/01. This report was in regard to a very serious crash involving the Yak-52, G-YAKB after suffering an engine failure, in which one of the pilots sadly died.
It appears from the report that the original intention was to land in a large field, but the airstrip was spotted late in the descent and, quite clearly was a better option. It seems to remain something of a mystery as to why two highly experienced pilots, working together to handle the emergency, lost control.
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