AAIB investigation to Jabiru UL, G-RYAL

Hit lamp post on approach to land, Sandtoft Airfield, 31 October 2015.

Summary:

The aircraft struck a lamp post on short final to Runway 23. This caused the aircraft to pitch nose-down and hit a road. The pilot had been aiming to land at the beginning of the paved surface instead of the runway threshold, which was displaced by 190 m.

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Jabiru UL, G-RYAL 02-16

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Published 11 February 2016