ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347769
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 August 2023 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Windracers Ultra-UAS |
| Owner/operator: | Windracers Ltd |
| Registration: | G-WNDA |
| MSN: | ULTRA TD2-002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thorney Island, West Sussex -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Thorney Island, West Sussex |
| Thorney Island, West Sussex | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Windracers Ultra-UAS (G-WNDA) was substantially damaged in a landing accident at Thorney Island.
A trainee remote pilot under instruction was practising touch-and-go’s on Runway 29. During one landing the aircraft touched down on its nose wheel and the nose wheel became dislodged from the wheel hub. The aircraft climbed away and during the subsequent landing the aircraft drifted left and the right wingtip made contact with the runway.
RAF Thorney Island, is a former Royal Air Force station located on Thorney Island, West Sussex, England, 6.6 miles (10.6 km) west of Chichester and 7.1 miles (11.4 km) east of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
G-WNDA was built in 2022, and was first UK registered on 19.5.2022. It was repaired after this incident, and was most recently (November 2023) flying regularly out of MoD Llanbedr in north-west Wales.
Sources:
1. AAIB Correspondence Only Accident Report dated 9.11.2023: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-august-september-2023/aaib-record-only-uas-investigations-reviewed-august-september-2023
2. https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/G-WNDA
3. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-wnda
4. https://windracers.com/drones/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Thorney_Island
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Nov-2023 08:13 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 11-Nov-2023 08:16 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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