Date:	Wednesday 26 July 2006
Time:	13:50
Type:	Grob G115A
Owner/operator:	LAC Flying School (G-INFO)
Registration:	G-BOPT
MSN:	8046
Year of manufacture:	1988
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK
Destination airport:	Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
When under type conversion instruction and while carrying out circuit training, the student pilot made a heavy touchdown with several bounces causing the nose undercarriage to collapse, damaging the undercarriage and propeller.

https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports - AAIB Bulletin No: 11/2006 Ref: EW/G2006/07/36

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


9 May 1990	G-BOPT	LAC Flying School	0	Manchester-Barton Airfield (EGCB), Lancashire,		sub
11 January 1991	G-BOPT	LAC Flying School (G-INFO)	0	Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire, UK		min
Bounced on landing
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
4 August 2008	G-BOPT	LAC Flying School (G-INFO)	0	Manchester- Barton Airfield (EGCB) Lancashire,		sub

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

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
15-Mar-2020 18:39	Peter Clarke	Added
03-Apr-2020 17:51	Peter Clarke	Updated [Photo, ]
04-Apr-2020 16:47	Peter Clarke	Updated [Photo, ]