Extra EA 230, G-CBUA, 10 October 2008

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 10 December 2014

• Category: General aviation - fixed wing
• Report type: Bulletin - Field investigation
• Date of occurrence: 10 October 2008
• Aircraft type: Extra EA 230
• Location: White Waltham Airfield, Berkshire
• Registration: G-CBUA

Extra EA 230, G-CBUA

Summary:

While taxiing to the holding point the right landing gear leg fractured, which resulted in the right wing tip contacting the ground and the aircraft pivoting to the right. Metallurgical examination of the failure of the right landing gear showed that the fracture was as the result of a fatigue crack that had initiated from a small corrosion pit.

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Published 10 December 2014