| Date: | Sunday 19 June 2011 |
| Time: | 08:50 |
| Type: | Rans S-6ESD XL Coyote II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-MZOZ |
| MSN: | PFA 204-1316 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 503-2V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Northampton/Sywell Aerodrome (ORM/EGBK) -
United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Destination airport: | Sywell Aerodrome (EGBK) |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:After a normal touchdown on the Runway 21 at Sywell, the pilot applied heavy braking in order to vacate the active runway quickly. While decelerating below 15 mph, with heavy braking still applied and the engine idling, the aircraft encountered what the pilot described as a “significant undulation in the runway surface”. At this point the nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft slid to a rest. Both occupants were wearing lap and diagonal harnesses and escaped uninjured. The pilot considered that the combination of heavy braking and the undulated surface of the grass runway caused the nose landing gear to collapse.
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Report number: | EW/G2011/06/07 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
1. Eyewitness report
2. AAIB:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422fe64ed915d13710009a7/Rans_S6-ESD_XL__Modified__Coyote_II__G-MZOZ_09-11.pdf 3. CAA:
https://siteapps.caa.co.uk/g-info/ 4.
http://twitpic.com/5dzkim 5.
http://www.airteamimages.com/125207.html Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 22-Jun-2011 00:02 |
ridgerunner |
Added |
| 26-Jun-2011 00:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2011 05:58 |
harro |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2012 16:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2012 16:08 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Location, Destination airport, Embed code, ] |
| 21-May-2015 03:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2016 23:33 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Time, Source, ] |
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