A plane crashed close to a Nottinghamshire airport after the aircraft's engine gave out mid-flight. A passenger suffered minor injuries after the twin-engine prop plane crashed upside down in a field four miles from Retford Gamston Airport.
The pilot came away unscathed while the plane, a Reims Cessna FRA150M, also suffered "significant damage". According to an Air Accidents Investigation Branch report, the number three cylinder and piston "broke free from the engine" causing it to fail during a training flight on August 1, 2021.
On the return leg from Humber Bridge, near Hull, the plane's engine began "running rough" around five nautical miles (5.75 miles) from the airport. The 2023 report showed the pilot carried out a carburettor heat check and noticed that part of the engine was "protruding outwards" and shortly afterwards, "control of engine power was lost" and the engine "stopped", Lincolnshire Live reports.
