# NTSB CEN18WA396: Aero Designs Pulsar, Heapham, United Kingdom, August 31, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 31, 2018, 17:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Heapham, United Kingdom
- Coordinates: 53.381668, -0.685 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.3817&lon=-0.6850&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98477
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA396
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98477/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA396

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 31, 2018, about 1700 coordinated universal time (UTC), an amateur-built Aero Designs Pulsar 1 airplane, United Kingdom registration G-LUED, serial number PFA 202-12122, was substantially damaged when it nosed-over after it overran the runway while landing at Sturgate Airfield (EGCS) near Heapham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. The pilot and passenger were not injured.The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom government. Further information may be obtained from: Department for Transport Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2HH, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 1252 510300 Fax: +44 (0) 1252 376999 E-mail: investigations@aaib.gov.uk Webpage: http://www.aaib.gov.uk This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB).

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-LUED (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Aero Designs PULSAR (Undesignat)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: PFA 202-12122
- Engines: Rotax 582 reciprocating
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination: EGCS, Heapham
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: EGCS, Sturgate Airfield
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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