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| Date: | Friday 11 January 1991 |
| Time: | 12:45 . |
| Type: |  Grob G115A |
| Owner/operator: | LAC Flying School (G-INFO) |
| Registration: | G-BOPT |
| MSN: | 8046 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK |
| Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On one of the landings during solo circuit training the aircraft bounced, the second touchdown was on the nose undercarriage which suffered damage.
Sources:
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports - AAIB Bulletin No: 3/91 Ref: EW/G91/01/11
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 May 1990 | G-BOPT | LAC Flying School | 0 | Manchester-Barton Airfield (EGCB), Lancashire, | |
sub |
| 27 March 1994 | G-BOPT | LAC Flying School (G-INFO) | 0 | Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK | |
sub |
| Bird strike | ||||||
| 19 June 2005 | G-BOPT | LAC Flying School | 0 | Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, | |
sub |
| 26 July 2006 | G-BOPT | LAC Flying School (G-INFO) | 0 | Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
| 4 August 2008 | G-BOPT | LAC Flying School (G-INFO) | 0 | Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, | |
sub |
Images:
Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK - 24th July 2007
Manchester- Barton City Airport (EGCB) Lancashire, UK - 24th July 2007
Manchester- Barton City Airport (EGCB) Lancashire, UK - 15th September 2009
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2020 07:29 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 06-Mar-2020 07:29 | harro | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 03-Apr-2020 17:50 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 04-Apr-2020 16:47 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo, ] |
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