ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347762
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| Date: | Sunday 26 March 2023 |
| Time: | 16:20 UTC |
| Type: |  Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-OWBA |
| MSN: | LAA 330-15155 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Weald Airport, North Weald Bassett, Epping Forest, Essex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | North Weald Airfield (EGSX) |
| North Weald Airfield (EGSX) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Alpi Pioneer 300, G-OWBA, suffered a left main gear collapse after landing at North Weald Aerodrome, Essex.
A student pilot was landing with a slight crosswind from the left. Just before the flare the instructor added right rudder and left aileron before they made a ‘smooth and symmetrical’ touchdown. The instructor recalled that after approximately 5 seconds the aircraft started to veer to the left. He then noticed that the left wing had contacted the runway.
The aircraft departed the runway and struck a runway light. Assessment of the aircraft after the accident
identified that the left main landing gear had collapsed.
During the previous flight, when the landing gear was lowered for landing, the right main landing gear green light did not illuminate, indicating that it was not down and locked. The pilot, who was the instructor of the accident flight, flew the aircraft past the tower and received confirmation that the gear was visually down. He then made a successful landing.
He discussed the event with the maintainer who advised making an adjustment to the right main gear down micro switch as it was considered likely that, during recent maintenance in which landing gear actuation system components were replaced, the micro switch position may not have been correctly set
=Damage to airframe
Per the above AAIB Report "Damage to the left wing and left main landing gear retraction mechanism". G-OWBA was first UK registered on 10.10.2012, and was with its fifth owner "from new" at the time of the above incident. According to the AirNav Radar Box website (see link #2) G-OWBA has not flown since this incident
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6527e5422548ca000dddf1fb/Pioneer_300_G-OWBA_11-23.pdf
2. https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/G-OWBA
3. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-owba
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Weald_Airfield#Civilian_use
Location
Media:
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G-OWBA Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 Hawk at Popham, Hampshire 5.5.2018Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2023 17:45 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Nov-2023 17:46 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Accident report] |
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