ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68243
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 September 2009 |
| Time: | 19:32 |
| Type: |  Comco Ikarus C42 FB100 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-HIJN |
| MSN: | 0403-6597 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 912 ULS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Hoylake Beach, Wirral, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ince Blundell, Formby, Lancashire |
| Hoylake Beach, Wirral, Cheshire | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During a solo navigation exercise the pilot, on suggestion of his instructor, attempted a landing on the intertidal zone of a beach. The flare was misjudged leading to a bounced landing and collapse of the nose landing gear.
The student pilot flew some dual circuits at Ince Airfield and then received a briefing from his instructor to fly a solo navigation exercise to Llandudno and back. The instructor suggested he land on Hoylake beach on the return leg (the student and instructor had previously landed on another beach together). The weather was benign with good visibility, high cloud base, and a light easterly wind.
On the return leg of the flight, the student flew over the beach to check that it was clear, before flying a normal approach into wind. He flared the aircraft, and it touched down very promptly on the main wheels before bouncing; he was surprised at the height of the bounce. He pitched the nose down and flared again but the aircraft bounced a second time. Touching down from the second bounce, the student lowered the nose, and the nose landing gear collapsed. He was not injured and evacuated the aircraft without difficulty.
Nature of Damage sustained to airframe: Per the AAIB report "Noseleg, front forks, engine mount, and front spat" damaged.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f092ed915d13710002f1/Ikarus_C42_FB100__G-HIJN_01-10.pdf
2. CAA: https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/modalapplication.aspx?catid=1&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=reg&fullregmark=HIJN
3. http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/4630598.BREAKING_NEWS__Drama_as_light_aircraft_nosedives_at_Hoylake_beach/
4. https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/small-plane-crash-lands-hoylake-beach-3444767
5. https://www.pprune.org/private-flying/388992-small-plane-crash-lands-hoylake-beach.html
Images:
Ince Blundell Microlight Airfield, Merseyside, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 29th September 2007
Ince Blundell Microlight Airfield, Merseyside, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 10th July 2010
Ince Blundell Microlight Airfield, Merseyside, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK - 10th July 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Sep-2009 23:07 | angels one five | Added |
| 16-Sep-2009 00:01 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 15-Oct-2012 17:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2014 22:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code] |
| 15-Jun-2016 14:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2016 14:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 10-Nov-2016 23:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Nov-2016 23:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Nov-2016 23:29 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time] |
| 11-Nov-2016 00:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2020 06:57 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 19-Feb-2020 18:17 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 19-Feb-2020 18:47 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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