AAIB investigation to Cosmik Aviation EV-97 Eurostar, G-CDNG

Loss of directional control on takeoff, Private airstrip near Gloucester, 5 July 2014.

Summary:

皇冠体育app weather was fine, with a light and variable wind. 皇冠体育app pilot commenced the takeoff in a northerly direction on the 400 m grass airstrip. 皇冠体育app aircraft deviated to the left and ran off the prepared surface into a wheat field, where it came to rest pitched forward onto its nose. 皇冠体育app pilot, who was uninjured, vacated the aircraft without assistance. He thought that his aircraft had been subject to a gust of wind at the same time as it encountered a bump on the runway, causing him to lose directional control.

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Published 10 December 2014