G-EUPS - Accident Reports

Pilot disorientation in inadvertent IMC, Tevioyhead, Scottish Borders, 17 August 2021.

Precautionary field landing following elevator tab vibration, 2 nm southwest of Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, 8 May 2016.

Aircraft struck a fence on final approach, Charity Farm, Warwickshire, 7 August 2018.

Engine failure and forced landing at Over Farm Airfield on 4 June 2015.

Short Landing, Near Gringley on the Hill, Nottinghamshire, 19 June 2017.

Nose landing gear collapsed, Coventry Airport, West Midlands, 30 July 2020

Departure from controlled flight, Luffenhall, Hertfordshire, 20 June 2017.

Aircraft nosed over following runway excursion, Gloucestershire Airport, 7 March 2014.

Cargo Fire Warning during pre-flight preparation, London Heathrow Airport, 2 July 2021.

Landed in a field on approach to Runway 26, East Kirkby Airfield, Lincolnshire, 1 March 2025

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

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.

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

Lost control in flight, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 2 September 2020.

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.

Nose leg collapsed during landing, Stoke Golding Airfield, Leicestershire, 19 April 2015.

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