The plane missed the runway at Truro Airfield by 20m (65ft), an investigation finds.
A pilot died after his light aircraft rolled for about 100m after missing a runway at an airfield in Cornwall, investigators have found.last year, killing the sole occupant of the Vans RV-6A.
The 60-year-old male pilot suffered a "fatal neck injury" after the plane missed the runway by 20m , the Air Accidents Investigation Branch found.The investigation did not determine why the aircraft landed deep and off the runway to the right: "A combination of the aircraft energy and dynamics of the roll over may have contributed to the pilot sustaining a fatal neck injury."
Both the aircraft manufacturer and Light Aircraft Association documentation for this aircraft type highlighted the need to keep the nose wheel off the ground on landing, investigators said.AAIBInvestigators said "there were a number of factors" that led to the aircraft's "energy being sufficient" for it to nose over and the canopy being significantly deformed.
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