Reading Engine Failure

[flyingwelshman]

Hello,

I've called into the authorities.

But - looked like 2 seat, single engine (PA-38?), coming down with engine failure. M4J11, just to the west and south of the motorway.

Very graceful and in control.

Half the office watched a lesson in gliding.

Hoping all involved OK, and plane not too dinged.

[rans6andrew]

Probably traffic into Englefield strip and therefore nothing to worry about.

[flyingwelshman]

Originally Posted by rans6andrew

Probably traffic into Englefield strip and therefore nothing to worry about.

Too far west....

[pilotjimbo]

Could have been simulated if it was a training flight, I remember coming down to around 500ft AGL over fields during my PPL.

Regardless, you did the right thing to call in

[rans6andrew]

my mistake, Englefield is just south and west of J12!

[flyingwelshman]

All sorted

[Jan Olieslagers]

Where exactly is this Englefield Airstrip? Coordinates?

"just south and west of J12" would place it in Theale rather than in Englefield

[Wycombe]

Englefield strip is indeed near Theale (on land owned by the same people that hosted a certain high-profile wedding in this area over the weekend!)

There's a restricted area pretty close to J11 just south of the M4.

[500 above]

The estate is owned by the Benyon family.

The strip has been in the news in the past...

Vandals cause £1m of damage at MP's country estate - Telegraph

[pilotjimbo]

Originally Posted by TangoAlphad

500'.... yes... 'around '
..?

'Around' because I was too busy thinking about that imminent simulated EFATO to be looking at the altimeter 😂

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by Wycombe

Englefield strip is indeed near Theale (on land owned by the same people that hosted a certain high-profile wedding in this area over the weekend!)

There's a restricted area pretty close to J11 just south of the M4.

Used to be called Theale and in fact was listed in Pooleys as such, but there was a wartime landing ground also called Theale slightly south east.

[EddieHeli]

Originally Posted by flyingwelshman

All sorted

So do share, what was the outcome?

[Jan Olieslagers]

I am curious too!

on a sidenote: I have tentatively added the Englefield runway to the map, could someone confirm I positioned it correctly?
https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/51.4245/-1.1149

[B Fraser]

There's also a grass strip at Woolhampton to the west IIRC. I had my first jolly in a microlight from there.

[Wycombe]

Looks about right Jan (I am a local so know the location well).

Grass strip being referred to at Woolhampton is actually the one known as Brimpton, I suspect.

[Jan Olieslagers]

Thanks for confirmation. As for Brimpton, that may perhaps be called a proper airfield rather than a strip, it even proudly carries an ICAO code of EGLP!

[GoerRound]

It was a Piston Provost flying in to a private strip near Burghfield (near Reading services).