AAIB investigation to Cessna 152, G-BUEG
Nose landing gear collapsed after go-around from a bounced landing, Rochester Airport, Kent, 8 July 2018.
Summary:
The student was returning to the airfield after a solo navigation flight. His instructor reported that the final approach appeared to be satisfactory, but the aircraft bounced on landing and the student decided to go-around.
A witness at the airfield saw the aircraft before its second landing and he noticed that the nose landing gear was 鈥渄amaged and bent backwards鈥�. It collapsed after the landing and the aircraft came to rest inverted.
The instructor reported that the student had not flown for about 3 weeks before the accident, but they had just completed a circuit together, during which he had assessed the student鈥檚 performance, including an approach and landing, to be satisfactory.
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