Freeman CAN Jabiru SK, G-BYFC, 26 July 2008

From:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published
10 December 2014
Category:
General aviation - fixed wing
Report type:
Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
Date of occurrence:
26 July 2008
Aircraft type:
Freeman CAN Jabiru SK
Location:
Near High Fields, 皇冠体育app Heywood, Diss, Norfolk
Registration:
G-BYFC

Freeman CAN Jabiru SK, G-BYFC

Summary:

皇冠体育app pilot mis-identified his destination airstrip, and made an approach to another site. Immediately before touchdown, the aircraft sank and struck the ground sustaining substantial damage. 皇冠体育app pilot identified that thermal activity, in the form of updraughts from the adjacent cornfield and corresponding down-draughts over the strip, may have accounted for the accident.

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