Vans RV-8, G-HPWA, 17 January 2013

Vans RV-8, G-HPWA

Summary:

皇冠体育app pilot was landing at a private grass airstrip at Adbury Park, near Newbury. Following a normal approach to the north-easterly runway, which was 600 m long, the aircraft touched down and commenced its landing roll. 皇冠体育appre was a boggy section in the middle of the strip of which the pilot was aware but assumed would be frozen after a week of sub-zero temperatures. However, when encountered, this section was much boggier than expected and the aircraft flipped inverted. 皇冠体育app pilot was uninjured. He commented that an underground drain had broken, flooding the area and preventing it from freezing.

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Published 10 December 2014