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Mainair Blade, G-CBXV, 9 May 2012

Air Accidents (AAIB)

Published on 10 December 2014, 22:43

Summary
aircraft category
sport-aviation-and-balloons
aircraft type
Mainair Blade
bulk published
1
date of occurrence
2012-05-09
location
Northrepps Airfield, Norfolk
registration
G-CBXV
report type
correspondence-investigation

Report Overview

Mainair Blade, G-CBXV

Summary:

The owner pilot arrived at the airfield and assembled his aircraft, intending to fly in the local circuit. He carried out a pre-flight inspection in accordance with the Mainair manual before starting the engine and taxiing to the apron, where he performed the pre-takeoff checks. He took off on Runway 15 into a light south-easterly wind and the aircraft climbed and performed normally.

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Mainair Blade G-CBXV 08-12.pdf

56 © Crown copyright 2012 8/2012 AAIB Bulletin: G-CBXV EW/G2012/05/04 ACCIDENT Aircraft Type and Registration: Mainair Blade, G-CBXV No & Type of Engines: 1 Rotax 582-2V piston engine Year of Manufacture: 2002 Date & Time (UTC): 9 May 2012 at 1130 hrs Location: Northrepps Airfield, Norfolk Type of Flight: Private Persons on Board: Crew - 1 Passengers - None Injuries: Crew - None Passengers - N/A Nature of Damage: Damage to trike, wing, keel tube, steering assembly and king post Commander’s Licence: National Private Pilot’s Licence Commander’s Age: 56 years Commander’s Flying Experience: 65 hours (of which 18 were on type) Last 90 days - 4 hours Last 28 days - 1 hour Information Source: Aircraft Accident Report Form submitted by the pilot The owner pilot arrived at the airfield and assembled his aircraft, intending to fly in the local circuit. He carried out a pre-flight inspection in accordance with the Mainair manual before starting the engine and taxiing to the apron, where he performed the pre- takeoff checks. He took off on Runway 15 into a light south‑easterly wind and the aircraft climbed and performed normally. The pilot “cut the power” to descend through base leg and finals at 50 mph. However, it did not appear to him that the aircraft was descending sufficiently rapidly so he went around. The second approach was also abandoned because the pilot felt he was too high and, on the third, he reduced power earlier and approached much lower such that he judged he would need to apply power to avoid undershooting. As he did so the main wheels struck a grass bank prior to the runway threshold, and the aircraft impacted a ploughed field to the northeast of the runway. The aircraft was severely damaged but the pilot was uninjured. He assessed the cause of the accident as misjudgement on approach to the runway.

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