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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

1,366 reports
Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • Loss of power after takeoff, Teesside International Airport, 25 September 2021.

  • Partial then significant power loss after takeoff leading to loss of control, near Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex, 30 June 2021.

  • Various electrical system faults due to water ingress, in flight between Royal London Hospital and RAF Northolt, Greater London, 25 July 2021.

  • Forced landing after engine failed on base leg, approx 0.5 nm from Runway 04, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, 28 April 2021.

  • Hard landing, Exeter Airport, Devon, 19 January 2021.

  • Suspected suicide, field off Tar Pot Lane, Ruckinge, Kent, 10 September 2021.

  • Fly away due to battery issue and strong wind, Poole, Dorset, 19 November 2020.

  • Loss of control during self-launch takeoff, Wormingford Airfield, Colchester, Essex, 23 April 2021.

  • Firm landing following a simulated engine failure on takeoff, North Weald Airfield, Essex, 12 March 2021.

  • Pitot tubes blocked by insect activity, London Heathrow Airport, between 9 June 2021 and 19 July 2021.

  • Inadvertent spin during a formation display practice, 1nm north of Headcorn Aerodrome, 9 May 2021.

  • During a practice aerobatic display the right aileron detached, overhead Tempsford (disused) Airfield, Bedfordshire, 1 May 2021.

  • Engine fire due to exhaust clamp failure, Hedsor House, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, 2 March 2021.

  • Loss of control after takeoff, Troutbeck Airfield, Cumbria, 11 October 2020.

  • Forced landing following simultaneous shutdown of both engines, Lydd Airport, Kent, 29 December 2020.

  • Bell 407 (N120HH), Engine failure and autorotation, Long Marston, Warwick-shire, 24 June 2020.

  • Loss of power, deployed Ballistic Parachute Recovery System and landed in sea, Calshot Spit, Hampshire, 31 May 2020.

  • Hawker Sea Fury T MK.20 (G-INVN), Engine bearing failure and forced landing, Harston, Cambridgeshire, 04 August 2020

  • BN2T-4S Islander (G-CGTC), Dual engine failure, City of Derry Airport, Eglinton, Londonderry, 12 November 2020

  • Hard landing in field, private landing site, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, 17 December 2020.

  • Cessna 185A (G-BLOS), aircraft collided with trees shortly after takeoff Pauncefoot Airstrip, Romsey 7 October 2020.

  • Near controlled flight into terrain, private landing site near Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, 14 October 2019.

  • Loss of control due to detached propeller, Newtongrange, Dalkeith, Midlothian, 2 December 2020.

  • Lost control in flight, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 2 September 2020.

  • Glider struck treetops while trying to land out, London Road, Cheltenham, Gloucester-shire, 26 August 2020.

  • Runway excursion, Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 23 September 2020.

  • Roll control difficulties and loss of flight director after uncommanded autopilot disengagement, after departure from Jersey Airport, 18 August 2020.

  • Mobile phone crushed in seat mechanism, London Heathrow Airport, 1 October 2020.

  • In-flight Structural Failure, Summit of Cross Fell, Pennines, Cumbria, 7 August 2019.

  • Probable incapacitation followed by flight into terrain, Aston Down Airfield, Gloucestershire, 23 March 2020.

  • Runway excursion on landing, Birmingham Airport, 22 May 2020

  • Aircraft lost control shortly after departure, Bradley’s Lawn Airstrip, Cross in Hand, Heathfield, East Sussex, 4 August 2020

  • Step ladder left on the runway, Runway 33 at Birmingham Airport, West Midlands, 8 September 2020.

  • Two occurrences of in-flight deployment of recovery parachute, near Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, 21 September 2019 and Montrose, Angus, 29 November 2019.

  • Loss of control resulting in a fly-away and eventual crash, Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex, 4 July 2019.

  • Loss of control during aerobatic manoeuvring, Stonor, Oxfordshire, 24 August 2019.

  • Uncommanded roll after departure, Bournemouth Airport, 13 April 2019.

  • Exited the runway surface, Liverpool Airport, 11 December 2019.

  • Aircraft flew into the sea, Irish Sea near Puffin Island, Anglesey, 25 November 2019.

  • Emergency landing after baggage door detached in flight, Membury Airfield, Berkshire, 30 May 2020.

  • Aileron cable failure, in-flight from Newquay Airport to London Heathrow Airport, 14 November 2019.

  • Partial engine failure after takeoff, Northfield Farm, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 15 December 2019.

  • Separation of right outer mainwheel due to bearing failure, Manchester Airport, 24 December 2019.

  • Smoke and fumes in cabin during takeoff, resulting in emergency evacuation, Exeter Airport, Devon, 28 February 2019.

  • Incorrect approach profile and go-around, Birmingham Airport, 26 August 2019.

  • Evacuation following rejected takeoff due to left engine failure, London Stansted Airport, 1 March 2019.

  • Takeoff using incorrect performance data, Lisbon Airport, Portugal, 16 September 2019.

  • Fumes on the flight deck, on approach to London Heathrow Airport, 23 September 2019.

  • A DH-82A Tiger Moth (N54556) rolled into a steeply banked turn and struck the ground in a steep nose-down attitude near Hythe, Kent, 21 July 2019.

  • UAS collided with a house roof after a GPS-compass error, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, 13 December 2019.