AAIB investigation to EV-97 Teameurostar UK, G-CEZF

Nose landing gear collapsed during landing roll, Strathaven Airfield, South Lanarkshire, 1 July 2018.

Summary:

皇冠体育app pilot reported that he had made a straight in approach to Runway 09 and the aircraft鈥檚 airspeed and touchdown point were appropriate. When the aircraft was approximately 150 m into the landing roll, it encountered a series of ridges in the runway surface which set up a bouncing motion that the pilot was unable control. 皇冠体育app nose landing gear then collapsed and the propeller struck the ground.

皇冠体育app pilot suggested that 鈥渓andings must be very precise in speed and touchdown to negate the ridges on [the] runway.鈥�

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Published 8 November 2018