CEN17WA299

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA23 · West Sussex, United Kingdom · June 30, 2017

Accident · No injuriesForeign investigation
Date
June 30, 2017, 15:42 local (15:42 UTC)
Place
West Sussex, United Kingdom
Injuries
2 uninjured
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
G-BCCEPiper PA23
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Parties
UK AAIB
Case key
95716

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

On this page

Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Landing gear collapseLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 1,787 casesDefining event

Factual narrative

On June 30, 2017, at 1542 hours universal coordinated time, a Piper PA-23-250, United Kingdom registration G-BCCE, experienced a landing gear system failure while landing at the Shoreham Airport, West Sussex, United Kingdom. The two occupants on-board were not injured. The flight departed Bournemouth Airport (EGHH), with an intended destination of Shoreham Airport (EGKA).The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). This report is for informational purposes and contains information released by or obtained from the government of the United Kingdom. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Tel: +44(0) 1252 510300 Website: http://www.aaib.gov.uk Email: enquiries@aaib.gov.uk

Aircraft

Registration
G-BCCE
Reported as
Piper PA23 (250)
Category
Airplane
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Airport
GKA · Shoreham Airport