AAIB investigation to EV-97 TeamEurostar UK, G-CIKT
Collided with a fence during landing at Peterborough/Conington Airport, Cambridgeshire, 8 August 2020.
Summary:
A student was undertaking a conversion lesson onto the EV-97 TeamEurostar. The wind was 17 kt from 050° with “strong and sharp” gusts reported. It was agreed during the pre‑flight briefing that the instructor would take control on the base leg and land the aircraft.
The instructor reported that as the aircraft was about to touchdown on Runway 010, there was a strong gust of wind and it ‘ballooned’ before landing heavily. The aircraft bounced and drifted to the right as the instructor initiated a go-around. However, the aircraft touched down in long grass and continued its motion until it struck a fence.
The instructor believed that nearby trees affected the strong wind causing it to be gusty. The crosswind component, as the aircraft touched down, was near the aircraft’s maximum operational limit of 16 kt.
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