Tipsy Nipper T.66 Series 3 Nipper, G-ONCS, 13 August 2007

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
10 December 2014
Category:
General aviation - fixed wing
Report type:
Bulletin - Field investigation
Date of occurrence:
13 August 2007
Aircraft type:
Tipsy Nipper T.66 Series 3 Nipper
Location:
Between West Mersea and Tollesbury, Essex
Registration:
G-ONCS

Tipsy Nipper T.66 Series 3 Nipper, G-ONCS

Summary:

After intentionally entering a spin, the aircraft adopted a flat attitude, from which the pilot found it difficult to recover. After some 26 turns, he effected a recovery and made an emergency landing on to marshy ground; the aircraft came to rest inverted. Data gathered by a webcam and a laptop computer, fitted to the aircraft by the pilot in order to ‘self critique’ his aerobatic routines, allowed an analysis of the spin to be made.

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Published 10 December 2014