G-EUPS - Accident Reports

Pilot incapacitation in the cruise, 5 August 2017.

Undercarriage indication fault leading to undercarriage collapse on landing, Denham Airfield, Buckinghamshire, 27 February 2019.

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

Loss of control during landing, Mayfield Airstrip, Ormskirk, Lancashire, 18 April 2014.

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

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

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

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

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

Nose gear collapsed and nosewheel detached during a field landing following an engine failure, west of Sywell Airfield, 12 June 2014.

Loss of control during go-around, Baynards Farm, Ellens Green, Surrey, 20 April 2018.

Loss of control during landing, North Weald Airfield, Essex, 21 August 2015.

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.

Loss of automatic stabiliser trim, in-flight from Heraklion to London Gatwick, 27 July 2016.

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

Ground collision with hangar, Cambridge Airport, 11 January 2015

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

Loss of control during takeoff, Atheys Airfield, Northumberland, 31 July 2016.