Accident Flight Design CT2K G-CBEX, Saturday 2 March 2013

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Date:	Saturday 2 March 2013
Time:
Type:	Flight Design CT2K
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-CBEX
MSN:	7867
Year of manufacture:	2001
Engine model:	Rotax 912 ULS
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Private airstrip near Heckington, Lincolnshire - United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Newark-on-Tent, Nottinghamshire
Destination airport:	Private Strip, Heckington, Lincolnshire
Investigating agency:	AAIB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft had flown from its base near Newark-on-Trent to the airstrip, about 17 nm away. On arrival, a person on the ground informed the pilot by radio that the landing direction at the east-west orientated grass strip was to the west. The weather was fine, with a light surface wind from north or north-west. The pilot flew a right hand finals turn to a normal landing on the strip, which the pilot described as wet. After a short ground run, the aircraft encountered a bump and became airborne again for a time. When it landed again, the pilot applied the brakes, but this induced a skid and the aircraft veered to the left. The pilot regained control but, having insufficient runway remaining to abandon the landing, attempted a controlled run off onto an adjacent track. However, the left main wheel caught in a dyke and the left wing struck a tree. The aircraft yawed through 360° and came to rest. Damage was sustained to the left wing, landing gear, fuselage, and propeller

The pilot observed that the best course of action would have been to go-around after the initial bounce. He had not landed at the airstrip before and was unaware that the last 100 metres of the strip sloped downwards.

Accident investigation: