ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308178
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| Date: | Tuesday 11 October 2022 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Diamond DA40NG Diamond Star |
| Owner/operator: | Twinstar4Hire Ltd |
| Registration: | G-LDGB |
| MSN: | 40.N296 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Mid Wales Airport, near Welshpool, Powys, Wales -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Welshpool Airport (EGCW) |
| Welshpool Airport (EGCW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Diamond DA40 NG TwinStar G-LDGB: Substantially damaged 11 October 2022 in a landing accident at Mid Wales Airport, near Welshpool, Powys, Wales. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence Only investigaton, and the following the summary from the report:
"At a height of 20 ft, as the student pilot reduced power to land, the aircraft rocked slightly to the left. The pilot applied full power to go around but the aircraft continued to sink, and its left wheel touched the ground, pulling the aircraft to the left. The pilot reduced the power to idle and, as it slowed, the aircraft hit a fence and stopped in an adjacent field, damaging the left wingtip and the propeller."
Welshpool Airport (ICAO: EGCW) (Welsh: Maes Awyr y Trawllng; also known as Mid-Wales Airport) is located 2 NM (3.7 km; 2.3 miles) south of Welshpool, Powys, Wales.
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence Only Investigation: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-november-december-2022/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-november-december-2022
2. Powys County Times 10 March 2022: https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/23377671.plane-made-forced-landing-welshpool-airport-powys/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welshpool_Airport
Media:
G-LDGB: Diamond DA 40NG of Leading-Edge Aviation at Oxford Kidlington 09/06/20.Revision history:
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