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| 'Sudden gust' flipped plane on Sywell Aerodrome landing | |
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| A light aircraft landed upside down after it was flipped by a "sudden and unpredictable" gust of wind, a report has said. | A light aircraft landed upside down after it was flipped by a "sudden and unpredictable" gust of wind, a report has said. |
| The Tiger Moth biplane was landing at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire on 30 June when the wind caused a roll "the pilot could not correct". | The Tiger Moth biplane was landing at Sywell Aerodrome in Northamptonshire on 30 June when the wind caused a roll "the pilot could not correct". |
| It came to rest facing the opposite way to which it was landing, said the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) | It came to rest facing the opposite way to which it was landing, said the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) |
| Two people in the aircraft suffered minor injuries in the crash. | Two people in the aircraft suffered minor injuries in the crash. |
| The aircraft, built in 1943, was flown from its home based of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, earlier that day and had then completed one vintage flying experience flight at Sywell, near Wellingborough. | The aircraft, built in 1943, was flown from its home based of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, earlier that day and had then completed one vintage flying experience flight at Sywell, near Wellingborough. |
| On its third trip of the day, a training flight, the Tiger Moth was coming in to land when the pilot, carrying one passenger, "reported that during the flare [a manoeuvre] a sudden gust caused the aircraft to roll to left". | On its third trip of the day, a training flight, the Tiger Moth was coming in to land when the pilot, carrying one passenger, "reported that during the flare [a manoeuvre] a sudden gust caused the aircraft to roll to left". |
| The AAIB report said he attempted to correct the roll but the left wing hit the ground and the aircraft rotated to the left and overturned. | The AAIB report said he attempted to correct the roll but the left wing hit the ground and the aircraft rotated to the left and overturned. |
| Both occupants were restrained by their harnesses and were released from the aircraft by the fire service and the aerodrome's rescue team. | Both occupants were restrained by their harnesses and were released from the aircraft by the fire service and the aerodrome's rescue team. |
| There was also damage to the aeroplane's wings, propeller, forward fuselage and rudder. | There was also damage to the aeroplane's wings, propeller, forward fuselage and rudder. |
| The chief pilot told the AAIB that the wind had been within the operator's recommended limits for the runway the aircraft had used at Sywell. | The chief pilot told the AAIB that the wind had been within the operator's recommended limits for the runway the aircraft had used at Sywell. |
| But they added that a different runway "may have been preferable because of the tendency for gusts to veer and strengthen, especially in the evening". | But they added that a different runway "may have been preferable because of the tendency for gusts to veer and strengthen, especially in the evening". |