Final Report: Accident CFM Streak Shadow, (G-BVTD) Tory Island, Co. Donegal, Ireland,9 May 2016 Report - 2017-009

 

 

While on a private flight from Finn Valley Airfield, Co. Donegal, the microlight’s engine cut out when it was over Tory Island, off the north-west coast of Donegal. The engine could not be restarted, which resulted in the Pilot, who was the sole occupant of the microlight, making a forced landing on rough ground adjacent to a roadway on the island. The microlight was substantially damaged. The Pilot sustained minor injuries. There was no fire.