Independent report

AAIB Record-only investigations reviewed: September – October 2021

Published 9 December 2021

Event Date	Aircraft Type	Registration	Location	Record Only Occurrence Text
16 Jul 21	DA 40 D	G-PLIP	Enstone Airport, Oxfordshire	The solo student pilot reported that as the aircraft landed it went up and left. Full power was applied to initiate a go-around but the aircraft stalled and bounced on its right main landing gear before departing the runway to the left and coming to rest in a crop field.
19 Jul 21	DHC-1 Chipmunk 22	G-CERD	St Athan Airfield, Vale of Glamorgan	During takeoff the aircraft made an excursion from the runway which led to damage to the right landing gear. The aircraft landed safely and taxied back to hangar.
21 Jul 21	Luscombe 8A	G-BNIP	Roughay Farmstrip, Lower Upham, Hampshire	While landing at a farm strip the aircraft bounced and veered left, catching the left main wheel in tall crops and flipping the aircraft onto its back.
13 Aug 21	DH82A Tiger Moth	G-AXBW	Malshanger Estate Airstrip, Hampshire	After hand-swinging the propeller to start the engine, the engine rpm unexpectedly increased. As the pilot had omitted to chock the aircraft, it moved forwards and collided at low speed with two other Tiger Moths which were parked nearby. The pilot considered that the safety message is to ensure, in future, that the aircraft is chocked prior to start. Note: The online version of this report was corrected prior to publication. Full details of the correction will be published in the January 2022 Bulletin.
23 Aug 21	Skyranger Nynja	G-SPLU	Sandy Airfield, Bedfordshire	Just prior to landing, the aircraft struck a tree which caused it to yaw and pitch down. The aircraft’s landing gear suffered substantial damage during the subsequent hard touchdown.
24 Aug 21	Quik GT450	G-CEUF	Newtownards Airfield, County Down, Northern Ireland	A student pilot, with approximately 10 hrs experience, was practicing circuits with his instructor. The student was struggling with takeoff technique, so the instructor paused the circuits to provide additional instruction. During the subsequent takeoff roll the student applied more power to increase speed, in response to the instructor’s guidance, but then lost directional control resulting in the wing contacting the ground and the aircraft rolling over.
25 Aug 21	Cessna 150E	G-ASZB	Netherthorpe Aerodrome, Nottinghamshire	Following a bounced landing the pilot applied full power and pitched nose-up to initiate a go-around. However, there was some delay in retracting the flaps to the go-around position as the flap lever was difficult to move. The delay, and the nose high attitude, led to a decay in airspeed and the aircraft did not climb as expected. The aircraft touched down again and, still with full power applied, veered left off the grass runway. It subsequently struck, and came to rest against a neighbouring outbuilding.
26 Aug 21	Magni M16C	G-CITM	Blockmoor Farm, near Ely, Cambridgeshire	The gyroplane made a hard landing. Subsequent examination revealed that the nose landing gear leg had been pushed rearwards and the keel beam, aft of the propeller, was bent.
07 Sep 21	Eurofox 912S(2)	G-PECX	Beccles Aerodrome, Suffolk	As the aircraft accelerated for takeoff the pilot eased the stick forward to raise the tail wheel. The aircraft then swung to the left and left the runway. Power was maintained in an attempt to get airborne but the aircraft ground looped, breaking the right main gear and damaging the right wing tip and propeller.
08 Sep 21	Reims Cessna FR172F	G-DRAM	Glasgow Prestwick Airport	The landing gear did not lower normally and a manual lowering was carried out, but the right main gear remained unlocked. The aircraft touched down safely but slid off the right of the runway at low speed. A chafed hydraulic pipe had caused a total loss of fluid in the landing gear system.
08 Sep 21	QuikR	G-CGMZ	Eccles Newton Airfield, Berwickshire	After touchdown the aircraft began to decelerate and the brakes were applied about halfway along the grass runway. The pilot described applying a very small amount of brake pressure, following which the right brake appeared to engage before the left. The aircraft began skidding to the right, spun 270° and left the runway, coming to rest partly in a hedge with damage to the wing, front wheel, propeller and trike. The pilot sustained minor injuries.
09 Sep 21	Jodel D11A	G-BDBV	Seething Airfield, Norfolk	The pilot was practising circuit flying with another syndicate member onboard. The aircraft landed heavily to the right of the centreline, bounced, and veered to the right. He over-corrected to the left and the aircraft subsequently ground-looped. The landing gear then collapsed.
11 Sep 21	Tecnam P92-EA Echo-Super	G-CBYZ	Middle Pymore Farm, Bridport, Dorset	The pilot completed all the pre-flight checks and took off from the farm airstrip with one passenger. As the aircraft left ground effect and started to climb, the engine spluttered and stopped almost immediately. The pilot selected a field to the left, which had been in his Engine Failure After Takeoff (EFATO) pre-takeoff briefing, and made a forced landing. The aircraft suffered damage to the landing gear and the engine cowlings. No defects were found after the event.
16 Sep 21	RAF 2000 GTX-SE	G-CCEU	Mid Wales Airport, Welshpool , Powys	The aircraft landed in a left crosswind at an angle to the touchdown direction. As the wheels touched down the aircraft rolled right and then left. The pilot probably applied too much right roll input in correcting the left roll and, with the high residual rotor rpm, the thrust vector change was sufficient to roll the aircraft onto its right side.
19 Sep 21	Quik GT450	G-CIST	Perranporth Airfield, Cornwall	Whilst practising a cross-wind landing under instruction, at 10 ft agl the student did not round out. The instructor attempted to take control, but the student froze and the instructor was unable to prevent a hard landing. The microlight bounced into the air and then landed approximately 100 m further down the runway. It was substantially damaged; both crew sustained minor injuries.
21 Sep 21	Reims Cessna F152	G-SHBA	Denham Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire	The aircraft bounced on landing. The nosewheel collapsed on the second bounce and the propeller struck the runway.
27 Sep 21	Piper PA-28-151	G-BBXW	Gloucestershire Airport, Gloucestershire	The pilot was carrying out power checks, when the rotor wash of an EC135 taxiing behind the aircraft caused the left wing to lift, and the propeller and right wing tip to strike the ground.
28 Sep 21	Cessna 152	G-BSCZ	RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire	The aircraft suffered a heavy landing in turbulent weather which resulted in the nose landing gear collapsing and the aircraft veering off the runway.
03 Oct 21	Ikraus C42 FB100	G-FROM	North Weald Airfield, Essex	On touching down, the aircraft veered off the concrete runway onto an area of soft grass. This caused the nose gear strut to collapse and the propeller tips to strike the ground. The engine was immediately shutdown, the aircraft was made safe and the two occupants exited the aircraft without injury. A nose wheel puncture was believed to have caused the aircraft to veer off the runway.
14 Oct 21	Ikarus C42 FB80 Bravo	G-IRED	Kittyhawk Aerodrome, East Sussex	The aircraft landed heavily on its nosewheel, causing the nose wheel to detach and damage to the propeller and fuselage.
14 Oct 21	Ikarus C42 FB100 Bravo	G-CIWP	Bodmin Airfield, Cornwall	The aircraft bounced on landing and the pilot pushed the stick forward, causing the nose wheel to make firm contact with the ground. The nose wheel detached, and the propeller and nose cowling were damaged.
14 Oct 21	Rans S6-ES	G-CDKE	Near Callington, Cornwall	Following a loss of engine oil pressure, the aircraft made a hard forced landing in a field, damaging the propeller and front fuselage.
15 Oct 21	Skyranger Nynja	G-NNJA	Broadmeadow Farm Airfield, near Hereford, Herefordshire	After discontinuing the first approach the pilot carried out another circuit to land on grass Runway 10, which had a slight southerly wind component. Touchdown was reported to have been too far along the runway for a successful landing. When the pilot applied the brakes the wheels locked and the aircraft skidded, striking an adjacent hedge and causing damage to the nose landing gear, propeller and engine area.
16 Oct 21	Ikarus C42 FB100	G-RTMY	Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey	Upon landing, the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to a halt on the grass runway.