Date:	Tuesday 29 September 2020
Time:	day
Type:	Evektor-Aerotechnik EV-97 Eurostar
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	G-CDJR
MSN:	2318
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Eddsfield Airfield, Langtoft, Driffield, East Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	North Coates Airfield, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:	EWGO
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
While landing on an uphill runway in light wind conditions, the aircraft bounced and became briefly airborne after the initial touchdown. As the aircraft touched down for a second time the nosewheel leg collapsed and folded backwards. The aircraft came to rest on its mainwheels and nose.

Damage Sustained to airframe
Per the Air Yorkshire and AAIB Report: "the nosewheel collapsed and folded backwards, the propeller was shattered and engine shock loaded"

G-CDJR was repaired and returned to service, passing on to the next (5th) UK owner on 9 May 2024, only to be damaged in a later incident on 24 May 2024 at Isle of Wight/Sandown Airport just 15 days later (see separate ASN entry)

1. AAIB Record-only investigations reviewed: September – October 2020 (Published 10 December 2020) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/aaib-record-only-investigations-september-october-2020/aaib-record-only-investigations-reviewed-september-october-2020
2. Air Yorkshire November 2020 p.19: https://magazines.airyorkshire.org.uk/Air.Yorkshire.November.2020.pdf
3. https://airport-data.com/aircraft/G-CDJR.html
4. G-CDJR for sale advertisement 16 October 2023: https://afors.com/aircraftView/59929/EV97-TeamEurostar-G-CDJR-Microlight
5. https://www.radarbox.com/data/registration/G-CDJR
6. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-cdjr
7. Later incident at Isle of Wight/Sandown Airport 24 May 2024 (ASN Entry): https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/451027
8. https://metar-taf.com/GB-0066
9. https://eddsfield.co.uk/airfield.html

Built 2005. First registered from new on 24 March 2005 as G-CDJR. Between 24 March 2005 and 9 May 2024, G-CDJR passed through the hands of five successive owners. The incident at Eddsfield Airfield on 29 September 2020 was while G-CDJR was with the 4th UK owner (20 July 2020 to 9 May 2024). G-CDJR was repaired and returned to service, passing on to the next (5th) UK owner on 9 May 2024, only to be damaged in a later incident at Isle of Wight/Sandown Airport 24 May 2024, just 15 days later (see separate ASN entry)

After the incident at Isle of Wight/Sandown Airport on 24 May 2024, G-CDJR appears to have been repaired and returned to service; per the AirNav RadarBox website G-CDJT was flying again in early October 2024. Total amount of flying hours accumulated on the airframe: 929 as at 10 May 2024.

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


24 May 2024

G-CDJR

Private

0

Sandown Airport (EGHN)

sub

G-CDJR Evektor-Aerotechnik EV-97 Eurostar at Sywell, Northamptonshire (ORM/EGBK) 1 September 2018

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Oct-2024 06:52	Dr. John Smith	Added
13-Nov-2024 08:42	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
27-Nov-2024 17:02	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Destination airport, Source, Category, ]
27-Nov-2024 17:02	ASN	Updated [Narrative, ]