AAIB investigation to Jabiru UL, G-RYAL

Hit lamp post on approach to land, Sandtoft Airfield, 31 October 2015.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 11 February 2016

• Category: Sport aviation and balloons
• Report type: Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
• Date of occurrence: 31 October 2015
• Aircraft type: Jabiru UL
• Location: Sandtoft Airfield, North Lincolnshire
• Registration: G-RYAL

Summary:

The aircraft struck a lamp post on short final to Runway 23. This caused the aircraft to pitch nose-down and hit a road. The pilot had been aiming to land at the beginning of the paved surface instead of the runway threshold, which was displaced by 190 m.

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Published 11 February 2016