AAIB investigation to Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee, G-AVZR

Runway excursion on takeoff, North Coates Airfield, Lincolnshire, 18 July 2015.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 10 December 2015

• Category: General aviation - fixed wing
• Report type: Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
• Date of occurrence: 18 July 2015
• Aircraft type: Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee,
• Location: North Coates Airfield, Lincolnshire
• Registration: G-AVZR

Summary:

During an instructional flight the aircraft departed the left side of a grass runway on takeoff and struck a shrub, causing the left wing to detach. The aircraft came to rest in a dyke, inverted and partially underwater.

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Published 10 December 2015