AAIB investigation to Czaw Sportcruiser, G-DVOY

Aircraft landed long and fast, and overran wet grass strip, Isle of Bute, Bute Airfield, 20 May 2023

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
11 January 2024
Category:
General aviation - fixed wing
Report type:
Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
Date of occurrence:
20 May 2023
Aircraft type:
Czaw Sportcruiser
Location:
Bute Airfield, Isle of Bute
Registration:
G-DVOY

Summary

The aircraft touched down long and fast onto a grass strip familiar to the pilot. The grass was long and also wet following a rain shower some minutes earlier. The pilot was unable to slow the aircraft with sufficient control to prevent the aircraft from colliding with the airfield boundary fence at the end of the grass strip.

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Czaw Sportcruiser, G-DVOY 01-24

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