AAIB investigation to Denney Kitfox Mk 3, G-KTTY
Heavy landing and ground loop, Manchester Barton Airport, 9 June 2018.
Summary:
The handling pilot had recently bought G-KTTY and had arranged for type conversion training through the Light Aircraft Association. The accident flight was the owner바카라 사이트™s second training detail and started with circuit practice at Manchester Barton Airport. On the first circuit, the aircraft landed firmly due to a high sink rate at touchdown. On the next circuit the flight parameters at the threshold were similar, resulting in a second baulked landing go바카라 사이트‘around. In the initial stages of this go-around, the aircraft바카라 사이트™s nose pitched up significantly and the aircraft stalled, leading to a wing drop and heavy landing on the right main landing gear. Shortly after touchdown, the right wingtip came into contact with the runway, precipitating a ground loop through 180° to the right, during which the left wingtip also touched the ground before the aircraft came to rest on its wheels.
The pilot reported that the incident was a result of his lack of familiarity with the nose-up attitude required for a go-around. He found it difficult to perceive the correct climb attitude due to the aircraft바카라 사이트™s nose obscuring forward vision of the horizon; the lack of an artificial horizon for cross바카라 사이트‘reference further hindered his assessment of the required pitch attitude.
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