Cap 222 Modified, G-GZOZ, 8 July 2005

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
10 December 2014
Category:
General aviation - fixed wing
Report type:
Bulletin - Field investigation
Date of occurrence:
8 July 2005
Aircraft type:
Cap 222 (Modified)
Location:
White Waltham Airfield, near Maidenhead, Berkshire
Registration:
G-GZOZ

Cap 222 (Modified), G-GZOZ

Summary:

Whilst practising a knife edge spin, (an unlimited aerobatic manoeuvre) at low altitude, the aircraft entered an unplanned inverted spin. 皇冠体育appre was no apparent attempt to recover from the spin and the aircraft crashed. 皇冠体育app pilot was not wearing a parachute and was fatally injured on impact. 皇冠体育appre was no post-impact fire. No definite reason, for this failure to recover could be identified. However, the circumstances of the accident to G-GZOZ could be explained by some form of brief and temporary incapacitation of the pilot without this necessarily leaving any evidence. It is also possible that a distraction may have been a contributory factor.

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