Going Down

[J.F.]

Any info out there about this crash?

J.F.

[John Szalay]

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G-CDRM Nose gear failure on landing resulted in a fairly dramatic
flip! Fortunately there was no loss of life involved.
Defford - Croft Farm
UK - England, June 9, 2007


For more on this accident...

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=G-
CDRM&distinct_entry=true

[Luke]

"J.F." > wrote in message
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> Any info out there about this crash?


Yes, it looks like he broke his propeller.


Luke

[Dingo[_2_]]

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> "J.F." > wrote in news:MvC%i.10340$RR6.7753
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>> Any info out there about this crash?
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>> J.F.
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> G-CDRM Nose gear failure on landing resulted in a fairly dramatic
> flip! Fortunately there was no loss of life involved.
> Defford - Croft Farm
> UK - England, June 9, 2007
>
>
> For more on this accident...
>
> http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=G-
> CDRM&distinct_entry=true

........... and from the AAIB report:

Report name:
Vans RV-7A, G-CDRM
Registration:
G-CDRM
Type:
Vans RV-7A
Location:
Croft Farm, 10 miles north of Gloucester
Date of occurrence:
09 June 2007
Category:
General Aviation - Fixed Wing
Summary:
The aircraft touched down normally on the threshold of Runway 09 at Croft
Farm. During the landing roll, the aircraft encountered a series of
undulations in the grass runway surface and the nose landing gear forks dug
in. The aircraft pitched over and came to rest inverted on the runway.

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Dingo

[Eric]

Was that before or after he stood it on its nose?

"Luke" > wrote in message
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[Bert-Jan[_5_]]

"Bruce R" > wrote in news:473f9740$0$9554
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>> J.F.
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> Do I see a pilot's arms in this shot??
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No, the guy in the right seat has two left arms.


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Cheers,

Bert-Jan

[Jake]

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:38:47 -0600, John Szalay wrote:

> G-CDRM Nose gear failure on landing resulted in a fairly dramatic
> flip! Fortunately there was no loss of life involved.
> Defford - Croft Farm
> UK - England, June 9, 2007

this is why God invented tail draggers.

JsakeInhartsel