AAIB investigation to CAP 232, G-IITC
Landing mishap, Wombleton Airfield, North Yorkshire, 12 June 2021.
Summary:
As the aircraft touched down its right wing caught crops at the edge of the runway. This caused the aircraft to veer off the runway into a field, where it was brought to a stop by the crop. The pilot was uninjured, but the aircraft sustained damage during the accident. The pilot considers the causal factors to be late identification of aircraft drift on a narrow runway and not initiating an immediate go-around.
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Published 14 October 2021