ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235106
Last updated: 16 April 2020
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| Date: | 27-OCT-2019 |
| Time: | 14:21 UTC |
| Type: |  Jabiru J450 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-ROYC |
| C/n / msn: | PFA 274A-13990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gransden Lodge Airfield, Sandy, Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gransden Lodge Airfield |
| Gransden Lodge Airfield | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
A Jabiru UL-450 (G-ROYC) was being flown with two pilots onboard. The pilot in the left seat had 28 hours on type and the pilot in the right seat had not flown the type before. The approach to the runway was flown by the pilot in the right seat. During the approach he decided the aircraft was not stable so elected to go around. During the go-around the aircraft descended and drifted to the left. The aircraft collided with a stationary SZD-51-1 Junior glider (G-CHEK) which was waiting to launch. One of the occupants of G-ROYC sustained a minor injury; the glider pilot was uninjured.
It is likely that the aircraft did not climb due to the combination of the inadvertent retraction of the flaps, a brief delay in the application of full power and the aircraft being slightly above the maximum takeoff weight.
Sources:
AAIB Final Report: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/aaib-report-jabiru-ul-450-collision-with-stationary-glider
Accident investigation:
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Jabiru UL-450, collision with stationary gliderhttps://t.co/GxjKhL4Z3j pic.twitter.com/OmJ3BQ64Jn
— AAIB (@aaibgovuk) April 16, 2020
Images:
Photo of G-ROYC courtesy AirHistory.net
Old Warden (EGTH)
2 September 2018; (c) Joop de Groot
Photo: AAIB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2020 14:35 | harro | Added |
| 16-Apr-2020 14:35 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Accident report, ] |
| 16-Apr-2020 14:36 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Accident report, ] |
| 16-Apr-2020 14:52 | RobertMB | Updated [Date] |
| 16-Apr-2020 20:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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