Cessna 303 Crusader crash, Jul 16, 1998, Nottingham-Tolle...
Cessna 303 Crusader accident on July 16, 1998 near Nottingham-Tollerton, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: An aerodynamic...
- Date: July 16, 1998
- Aircraft: Cessna 303 Crusader
- Location: Nottingham-Tollerton, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: An aerodynamic stall during a steep turn at low altitude, with the bank angle and load factor pushing the stall speed well above the aircraft's airspeed.
A Cessna 303 Crusader ferrying from Sheffield to its base at Nottingham was orbiting a house near Burton Joyce at low altitude when the aircraft stalled in a steep bank and rolled through the vertical. The pilot could not arrest the descent and made a forced landing with the gear retracted, striking a telegraph pole on the approach. The pilot was seriously injured and rescued by local people, and there was no fire.