What happened
The incident occurred during a local training flight operated out of RAF Little Rissington. The crew was conducting a standard exercise when the aircraft began its descent for landing. As the twin-engine plane executed its final approach, it descended lower than the intended glide path. This deviation caused the airframe to collide with a hedge before impacting the ground and crashing.
Both members of the flight crew sustained injuries in the accident. The source material does not specify the severity of these injuries or provide details on the extent of the structural damage to the aircraft beyond the initial impact with vegetation.
Findings
The official investigation identified the primary contributing factor as a procedural error during the landing phase. Specifically, the findings concluded that the crew executed an approach that was too low, which directly led to the collision with the hedge and the subsequent crash.