AAIB investigation to Dynamic WT9 UK, G-JFDI

Pilot distraction and landed short after extended downwind leg, at Haddenham, Oxfordshire, 8 June 2014.

Summary:

On the downwind leg at Haddenham the pilot was distracted by a person in the vicinity of the runway. The aircraft became low on the approach and touched some corn crop short of the runway threshold, causing the nosewheel to detach. The pilot applied power, went around, and subsequently landed at Oakley without injury.

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Dynamic WT9 UK G-JFDI 08-14.pdf (158.14 kb)

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Published 10 December 2014