G-SPIN - Accident Reports

Collision with building after takeoff, near Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire, 19 November 2014

Canopy opened in flight, Field northwest of Kinglassie, near Fife Airport, 1 August 2022.

Loss of control during pre-flight checks, Marston Doles, Warwickshire, 15 March 2025

Wing baggage locker opened during takeoff, Perranporth Airfield, Cornwall, 29 July 2022.

Collision with crops on takeoff, near Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, 7 June 2014.

Rolled over during a precautionary landing, Herne Bay, Canterbury, Kent, 26 July 2020.

Bounced landing on nose landing gear, Maypole Airfield, Kent, 10 August 2017.

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 control and impact with water after underslung load struck tail rotor, Loch Scadavay, North Uist, Western Isles, 13 June 2018.

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.

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

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