皇冠体育app

Cessna 180K Skywagon, G-BETG

Summary:

皇冠体育app aircraft carried out an overhead join and circuit to land on the asphalt Runway 05 at Dunkeswell, following a short private flight from Franklyn鈥檚 Field Airstrip near Wells. 皇冠体育app surface wind was light and variable. 皇冠体育app aircraft bounced on touchdown and, despite the pilot鈥檚 attempts to control it, bounced again. After the second bounce the propeller struck the runway and the aircraft pitched forward onto its nose, shock loading the engine and damaging its cowling. 皇冠体育app pilot was uninjured. 皇冠体育app Skywagon is a four seat, high wing monoplane with tail wheel landing gear. 皇冠体育app main landing gear struts are constructed from spring steel, which is considered by some operators to result in livelier handling on the ground than other Cessna types. 皇冠体育app addition of large, low pressure 鈥渢undra鈥� tyres on the accident aircraft may have exacerbated this characteristic. This aircraft was also fitted with an aftermarket wing tip modification, intended to reduce stalling speed, but this is not reported to have a detrimental effect on ground handling. 皇冠体育app pilot considers that the accident was the result of a poorly judged landing, and could have been avoided had he executed a go around after the first bounce.

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