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| Date: | Sunday 27 April 2025 |
| Time: | c. 13:50 LT |
| Type: |  SIAI-Marchetti S.208 |
| Owner/operator: | Broadland Flyers Ltd |
| Registration: | G-VELA |
| MSN: | 4-149 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Norwich Airport (NWI/EGSH), Norwich, Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Turweston Airport (EGBT) |
| Norwich Airport (NWI/EGSH) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A SIAI-Marchetti S.208 experienced landing gear issues and suffered a landing gear collapse during an emergency landing at runway 27 at Norwich Airport (ENWI/EGSH), Norwich, Norfolk.
Both occupants were not injured.
Note: the aircraft was built as a SIAI-Marchetti S.205-22/R and later modified to a SIAI-Marchetti S.208 (260 hp Lycoming O-540 engine)
Sources:
https://www.gbnews.com/news/uk-airport-closed-plane-undercarriage-collapses-following-emergency-landing
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2302j8n541o
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/GVELA/history/20250427/1135Z/EGBT/EGSH
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/2/12403_1148103849.jpg (photo)
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2025 05:24 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Apr-2025 06:59 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 16-Jun-2025 15:00 | crapo | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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