G-BBPS - Accident Reports

Rudder and fin structural failure in flight, Northrepps Airfield, Norfolk, 9 January 2022.

Fuel exhaustion, forced landing near Thruxton Aerodrome, Hampshire, 26 June 2023.

Smoke warning indications, on approach to Belfast City Airport, 30 December 2014.

Takeoff with incorrect flap setting, Aberdeen Airport, 6 March 2023

Failed to stop after landing at Eshott Airfield, on 7 August 2015.

Nose landing gear collapsed during landing, Blackpool Airport, Lancashire, 12 February 2021.

Loss of control during a go around, Peterborough/Conington Airport, Cambridgeshire, 27 February 2016.

Tail strike on takeoff, Manchester Airport, 9 March 2022.

Loss of engine power and forced landing, near White Waltham Aerodrome, 17 October 2014.

Forced landing following simultaneous shutdown of both engines, Lydd Airport, Kent, 29 December 2020.

Loss of electrical power shortly after take-off, Leeds Bradford Airport, West Yorkshire, 8 December 2020.

Grazed hangar with a wheel and wingtip whilst landing at Thruxton Aerodrome on 7 June 2015.

Loss of co-pilot’s door window, In flight North of Seaton, Cornwall, 27 June 2019.

Passengers loaded with seating distribution for different aircraft type, Bristol Airport, 3 January 2021.

Having entered IMC, descended and struck the Summit of Rhinog Fawr, Snowdonia, 29 March 2017.

Loss of control following engine problem on takeoff from Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 26 August 2017.

Hard landing, Exeter Airport, Devon, 19 January 2021.

When approaching the airfield to rejoin the circuit, the aircraft’s engine began to run rough then lost power completely. During the subsequent forced landing the aircraft came to rest inverted and the pilot sustained minor injuries. A post-accident inspection of the engine revealed a crack on the plastic rocker arm in the fuel pump. After the accident, the LAA issued an Airworthiness Information Leaflet which requires plastic rocker arms to be replaced with metal rocker arms in affected aircraft. Loss of engine power resulting in a forced landing, Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, 18 October 2020.

Struck hedge during forced landing, Temple Bruer Airfield, Lincolnshire, 3 May 2014.

Ground collision with hangar, Cambridge Airport, 11 January 2015