Incident report
Grob G115A crash near Nottingham City Airport, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
minor2020-12-07
Summary
The nose landing gear gas strut piston rod failed under overload during a touch-and-go landing. Three previous occurrences of similar failures on the Grob G115 were due to the incorrect fitment of the sliding tube during maintenance of the nose landing gear. The failure in these cases occurred within days following the maintenance. However, for G-GPSX, the last maintenance that required the dismantling of the nose landing gear was in August 2017. Since then, the aircraft had accumulated about 1,000 hours flying time. Grob G115A, G-GPSX
Incident details
Date
2020-12-07
Location
Nottingham City Airport, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Aircraft
Registration
G-GPSX
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Probable cause
Mechanical failure
Phase of flight
landing
52.9193, -1.0783
Quick stats
Severityminor
Fatalities0
Injuries0
SourceAAIB
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