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Sir Alan's crash landing mistake | Sir Alan's crash landing mistake |
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Sir Alan Sugar has told accident investigators he made a wrong call when he crash-landed his plane at a small Greater Manchester airstrip. | Sir Alan Sugar has told accident investigators he made a wrong call when he crash-landed his plane at a small Greater Manchester airstrip. |
The Apprentice star walked away from the light aircraft when it skidded off the end of the grass runway at City Airport Manchester, Eccles, in July. | The Apprentice star walked away from the light aircraft when it skidded off the end of the grass runway at City Airport Manchester, Eccles, in July. |
Sir Alan laughed off reports he cheated death in the crash but said it would have been better to abort the landing. | |
The Air Accident Investigation Branch has published a report into the crash. | |
The accident, which happened during a thunderstorm, damaged the propeller of the Cirrus aircraft. | |
Sir Alan and his passenger were unharmed in the incident at the Barton airfield. | Sir Alan and his passenger were unharmed in the incident at the Barton airfield. |
Benefit of hindsight | Benefit of hindsight |
The report said: "As the aircraft turned onto the final approach, the visibility deteriorated, and the wind shifted, becoming a slight tail wind. | The report said: "As the aircraft turned onto the final approach, the visibility deteriorated, and the wind shifted, becoming a slight tail wind. |
"The pilot lost sight of the far end of the runway in the poor visibility, and touched down in the middle third of the runway. | "The pilot lost sight of the far end of the runway in the poor visibility, and touched down in the middle third of the runway. |
"Conscious of the risk of skidding on the 'very wet' runway, he applied light braking. | "Conscious of the risk of skidding on the 'very wet' runway, he applied light braking. |
"The aircraft ran off the end of the runway into a rough area of long grass. Both occupants vacated the aircraft without difficulty." | "The aircraft ran off the end of the runway into a rough area of long grass. Both occupants vacated the aircraft without difficulty." |
The report said of Sir Alan: "The pilot reported that, with the benefit of hindsight, he considers that a go-around would have been a safer course of action." | The report said of Sir Alan: "The pilot reported that, with the benefit of hindsight, he considers that a go-around would have been a safer course of action." |
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