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Nottingham City Airport (NQT/EGBN), Tollerton, Nottinghamshire -
United Kingdom
Phase:
Landing
Nature:
Private
Departure airport:
Nottingham Airport (NQT/EGBN)
Destination airport:
Nottingham Airport (NQT/EGBN)
Investigating agency:
BFU
Confidence Rating:
Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative: Grob G-115 G-BPKF: Substantially damaged 23 August 2020 at Nottingham City Airport (NQT/EGBN), Tollerton, Nottinghamshire. During landing, the aircraft touched down hard and the nose wheel came off. After going around, the aircraft landed. Damage to landing gear and propeller.
The AAIB launched a correspondence-only investigation, (see link #2) and the summary from that was as follows: "The aircraft bounced twice during landing so the solo student pilot elected to go around. He was informed that the nose landing gear leg had detached and was advised to keep the nose up after touchdown. The pilot was able to land safely; it was his second bounce that had caused the nose leg to detach."
According to a rough translation into English of the original BFU Bulletin (see link #1 for the original German text):
"Event: Accident without injuries Date, time: 23.08.2020, 2:00 p.m. (local) Location, State: Nottingham, United Kingdom Damage to aircraft: Without damage Source: Investigation by foreign authorities File number: BFU20-0735-DX On landing, the aircraft touched down hard and the nose wheel came off. After taking off, that landed Plane. The landing gear and propeller were damaged. The BFU supported the investigation as the aircraft was designed/manufactured in Germany. Aircraft: Aircraft 0 to 2,250 kg casualties, fatally serious, light injuries Pattern: GROB FLUGZEUGBAU - G-115 Type of operation: General Aviation - Private Sightseeing Flight - Local sightseeing flight"
Presumably repaired. as G-BPKF was flying again by 17 October 2020 (see link #2)