Slingsby Skylark BGA1069 glider near Easingwold.

On 6th May 1966 the pilot of this glider was carrying out a local flight when the glider entered a cumulo-nimbus cloud which was obscured by a continuous sheet of medium cloud. The glider sustained a lightning strike which either melted or vapourised the aileron cables and caused the wing centre section to disintergrate. The pilot fell out of the glider and was wearing a parachute but he did not deploy it and was killed.

Pilot - Mr Peter Hill, killed.