AAIB investigation to Taylor Titch, G-BARN

Landing gear collapse, Ripe-Kittyhawk Farm Airfield, Sussex, 14 October 2017.

From:: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Published: 8 February 2018

Category:: General aviation - fixed wing
Report type:: Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
Date of occurrence:: 14 October 2017
Aircraft type:: Taylor Titch
Location:: Ripe-Kittyhawk farm airfield, Sussex
Registration:: G-BARN

Summary:

皇冠体育app pilot was landing his aircraft at an airfield which he had flown into on numerous previous occasions and after an apparently normal touchdown, the landing gear collapsed. 皇冠体育app aircraft then slid along the ground on its underside for several metres before coming to stop. 皇冠体育app pilot made the aircraft safe and vacated the cockpit unaided. 皇冠体育app aircraft sustained damage to its underside, lower cowling and propeller. 皇冠体育app landing gear collapse was due to breakage of the centre re-enforcing bracket in the landing gear attachment, caused by a failure in a welded joint.

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