AAIB investigation to Grob G115A, G-GPSX

Nose gear failed during landing, Nottingham City Airport, Nottinghamshire, 7 December 2020.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 13 May 2021

• Category: Commercial - rotorcraft, General aviation - rotorcraft
• Report type: Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
• Date of occurrence: 7 December 2020
• Aircraft type: Grob G115A
• Location: Nottingham City Airport, Nottinghamshire
• Registration: G-GPSX

Summary:

The nose landing gear gas strut piston rod failed under overload during a touch-and-go landing. Three previous occurrences of similar failures on the Grob G115 were due to the incorrect fitment of the sliding tube during maintenance of the nose landing gear. The failure in these cases occurred within days following the maintenance. However, for G-GPSX, the last maintenance that required the dismantling of the nose landing gear was in August 2017. Since then, the aircraft had accumulated about 1,000 hours flying time.

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Published 13 May 2021