Date:	Thursday 30 June 2016
Time:	16:20 UTC
Type:	Comco Ikarus C42 FB80
Owner/operator:	Mac Aviation Consultancy Service Ltd
Registration:	G-CDRO
MSN:	0507-6750
Year of manufacture:	2005
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Popham Airfield, Coxford Down, Winchester, Hampshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Basingstoke-Popham Airport (EGHP)
Destination airport:	Basingstoke-Popham Airport (EGHP)
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
AAIB investigation to Ikarus C42 FB80, G-CDRO: Landing gear collapse due to heavy landing after final approach, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 30 June 2016. The incident was the subject of an AAIB Investigation, and the following is the summary from the AAIB Report:

"The pilot had not flown for 10 months and had carried out a check flight with an instructor before conducting a session of solo circuits later that afternoon. The first three solo circuits were without incident. During the fourth circuit, shortly before the landing flare, the pilot was distracted by a radio message from the air/ground radio operator requesting his position. He then realised that the aircraft was high and slow and initiated a go-around. However, the aircraft bounced before climbing away.

During the subsequent landing the nose landing gear collapsed, having probably been damaged during the previous ground contact".

=Damage sustained to airframe=
Per the above AAIB Report "Nose landing gear leg collapsed". The aircraft was repaired and returned to service, being sold on to a new owner in 2023.

1. AAIB Final Report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57ff95a7e5274a495f000022/Ikarus_C42_FB80_G-CDRO_11-16.pdf
2. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/G-CDRO.html
3. https://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000475645.html
4. Owners' website: https://airbourneaviation.co.uk/our-fleet/#IkarusC42
5. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-cdro
6. G-CDRO accident at Sold Sarum 26 May 2013: https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/ikarus-c42-fb80-g-cdro-26-may-2013
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popham_Airfield

This Comco Ikarus C42 FB80 was built in 2005, and was first registered (from new) as G-CDRO on 17 August 2005. The aircraft was sold on to its second owner on 17 April 2007 and stayed with them until 3 October 2023, when it was re-registered to its third (and current) owner.

Note: The same aircraft was involved in another serious landing incident at Old Sarum, Wiltshire on 26 May 2013 (see separate ASN entry)

Comco Ikarus C42 FB80 G-CDRO at Popham, Hampshire (EGHP) 2 May 2015:

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
03-May-2024 08:01	Dr. John Smith	Added
03-May-2024 08:01	ASN	Updated [Embed code, Accident report]