G-BUPC - Accident Reports

Nose landing gear fracture with nosewheel detachment, Weston-on-the Green, 3 May 2013.

Loss of engine power leading to a forced landing, near Shobdon, Leominster, Herefordshire, 21 May 2020.

Nosewheel detached during landing roll, Highland Gliding Club, Easterton Airfield, Elgin, 29 May 2021.

Aircraft wheels and spats dug into soft ground during landing and the aircraft nosed over on to its back, Farm ttrip near Goose Green, West Sussex, 28 February 2021.

Loss of control on landing, Old Park Farm Airfield, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, 18 June 2017.

Aircraft drifted to the left after landing and departed from the side of the runway, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, 26 May 2014.

Main landing gear collapse whilst taxiing, Fenland Airfield, Lincolnshire, 20 August 2022

Engine failure and forced landing after takeoff, Otherton Airfield, Staffordshire, 24 August 2020.

Damage to the nose gear, Sandown, 23 August 2014.

Struck trees near the edge of the runway during takeoff; subsequently crashed on the adjacent A40 road near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, On 25 June 2016.

Engine failure followed by runway overrun during forced landing, Strathallen Airfield, Perthshire, 17 January 2015.

Right wing contacted the ground during a go-around, Barville Farm, Dover, Kent, 7 July 2020.

Cabin crew member slipped on fluid during initial climb out from Edinburgh Airport, 10 December 2024

Electrical short resulting in fire, farm strip at Thankerton, South Lanarkshire, 10 April 2019.

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

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

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

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

Heavy landing, Firs Farm, Newbury, 2 September 2015.

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.