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Date: | Wednesday 16 August 2023 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Aeroprakt A32 Vixxen |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | G-GBUA |
MSN: | LAA 411-15616 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Eddsfield Airfield, Langtoft, Driffield, East Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Eddsfield Airfield, Langtoft, Driffield, East Yorkshire (GB-066) |
Narrative:Aeroprakt A32 Vixxen G-GBUA: Substantially damaged 16-8-2023 in a landing accident at Eddsfield Airfield, Langtoft, Driffield, East Yorkshire. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Correspondence-only report, published on 12-10-2023, and the following is the summary from the report:
"Following an unexpected loss of lift just before touchdown, the aircraft landed heavily and the nose gear collapsed".
Aeroprakt A32 Vixxen G-GBUA was originally registered as G-DREW on 4-4-2019. It was re-registered as G-GBUA on 3-8-2022.
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence-only report, published on 12-10-2023:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-july-august-2023/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-july-august-2023 2.
https://www.radarbox.com/data/mode-s/407809 3.
https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001628322.html 4.
https://metar-taf.com/airport/GB-0066-eddsfield-airfield 5.
https://www.eddsfield.co.uk/airfield.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
22 May 2022 |
G-DREW |
Private |
0 |
Compton Abbas Airfield, Shaftesbury, Dorset |
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min |
Location
Media:
G-DREW Aeroprakt A-32 Vixxen at Northrepps Airfield, Cromer, Norfolk 13-4-2021. Since re-registered as G-GBUA
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Oct-2023 07:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |