ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201153
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| Date: | Saturday 12 August 2017 |
| Time: | 13:25 UTC |
| Type: |  Van's RV-7A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ELVN |
| MSN: | LAA 323-14930 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming YIO-360-M1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Sywell Aerodrome, Nottinghamshire (EGBK) -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| EGBK | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The RV-7 was substantially damage when nose landing gear collapsed on landing, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, according to the following excerpt from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"This was the pilot’s third landing on grass and his second on Runway 23 at Sywell, having first landed on the same runway earlier that day. He recalled that the surface wind was from 280 degrees at 14 knots and that he flew a normal approach.
The aircraft was positioned over the centre line of the runway, however the pilot had difficulty judging the height above the runway and landed heavily on the nose landing gear which collapsed. The propeller struck the surface and the aircraft slid to a halt resting on the lower engine cowling.
Despite the tail-high attitude, the pilot and his passenger were able to open the canopy and escape forwards over the wing.
The pilot subsequently commented that just before touchdown he was not aware of any useful ground features in his field of vision to help him to judge his height accurately. On this 30 metres wide runway the edge markings are 3 metres x 1 metre chalked slabs, spaced 80 metres apart and slightly recessed into the ground. He said they were almost invisible just before touchdown and that the grass of the landing surface was too featureless to assist his precise judgement of the aircraft’s height.
The pilot stated that his successful landing earlier that day was made a few metres from the centre line and that he used the visual aspect of the centre line markings to ascertain his height."
Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report, the airframe received "substantial" damage
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/59e9f5ef40f0b61ab3d08862/Vans_RV-7A_G-ELVN_11-17.pdf
2. CAA: https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/
3. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001127959.html
4. http://www.rvuk.co.uk/viewpage.php?page_id=4&variable1=LAA%20323-14930
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1509268
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 May 2019 | G-ELVN | Private | 0 | Drayton St Leonard Airfield, 6 Nm SE of Oxford, Oxfordshire | |
sub |
| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2017 23:34 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Nov-2017 23:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2018 06:51 | junior sjc | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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