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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

1,368 reports
Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • 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.

  • Partial electrical failure followed by missed approach, Brussels National Airport, Belgium, 4 June 2019.

  • Engine lost power shortly after takeoff, A40, Abergavenny, Wales, 12 May 2019.

  • Loss of control during aerotow launch after the horizontal tailplane detached, Gwernesney Airfield, Monmouthshire, 27 July 2019.

  • Smoke and fumes event, en route from Newcastle International Airport to Bristol Airport, 11 May 2019.

  • Runway excursion on landing, John A Osborne Airport, Montserrat, 23 September 2019.

  • Unreliable airspeed indications, in flight from London Heathrow Airport to Phoenix International Airport, USA, 9 June 2019.

  • Un-commanded yaw during Power Assurance Check, Melksham Airbase, Wiltshire, 2 January 2019.

  • Unstable approach followed by loss of altitude during go-around, Runway 27, Bristol Airport, 1 June 2019.

  • Fuel system contamination leading to engine abnormalities on both engines at London Gatwick Airport, 26 February 2020.

  • Collided with a stationary glider whilst attempting to go around, Cambridge Gliding Club, Gransden Lodge Airfield, Sandy, Cambridgeshire, 27 October 2019.

  • Hard landing, Full Sutton Airfield, York, 8 April 2019.

  • ESC failure, Hangingstone Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, 18 September 2019.

  • Aircraft fire due to electrical short circuit, Wycombe Air Park, 22 July 2019.

  • Control restriction on takeoff, Marchwood, Hampshire, 1 February 2018.

  • Nose landing gear fork failure during landing, High Cross airstrip, Hertfordshire, 15 September 2019.

  • Ran over a towbar on landing dropped by Cessna P210N, London Southend Airport, 7 August 2019.

  • Takeoff using incorrect performance data, Lisbon Airport, Portugal, 24 April 2019.

  • Loss of power and control due to electronic speed controller failure, Temple Newsam, Leeds, Yorkshire, 16 March 2019.

  • Corrosion-initiated fracture of a main rotor actuator tie bar, Owen Roberts International Airport, Cayman Islands, 26 February 2019.

  • Pilot suffered a heart attack in-flight, near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, 4 May 2019.

  • Wing distortion caused loss of control after unintended takeoff, Bedlands Gate, Newby, Cumbria, 22 June 2019.

  • IRS fault and associated system malfunctions, en route from Porto Airport, Portugal to Edinburgh Airport, 9 October 2018.

  • Pitot static probe contamination, Exeter Airport, 15 November 2018.

  • Loss of NR control during flight test due to a faulty N2 adjuster, Morpeth, Northumberland, 5 April 2018.

  • Autorotation following loss of drive to main rotor, Near Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, 1 August 2018.

  • Loss of control in hover, Goodwood Aerodrome, Sussex, 8 June 2018.

  • Crashed into a field, near Belchamp Walter, Essex, 3 February 2019.

  • Boeing 737- 4Q8 (G-JMCR), loss of electrical power, en route to East Midlands Airport, 12 October 2018.

  • Vehicle incursion of runway occupied by aircraft, London Gatwick Airport, 3 February 2018.

  • Pilot became temporarily spatially disorientated in cloud at night, Beinn Narnain, Scotland, 17 February 2018.

  • Loss of control during attempted night landing, approximately 1 nm north-west of Beverley Airfield, East Yorkshire, 10 October 2018.

  • Loss of control and impact with water after underslung load struck tail rotor, Loch Scadavay, North Uist, Western Isles, 13 June 2018.

  • Loss of power after takeoff leading to forced landing, 0.5 miles north-west of Bembridge Airfield, Isle of Wight, 12 July 2018.

  • Aircraft collided with tree, Near Raglan, Monmouthshire, 10 June 2018.

  • Loss of control after takeoff, Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, Beef Island, Tortola, British Virgin Islands (BVI), 18 July 2018.

  • Loss of separation, Runway 06 at Edinburgh Airport, 13 August 2018.

  • Aircraft made an emergency landing with the nose landing gear retracted at Belfast International Airport, 10 November 2017.

  • Loss of electrical power during cruise, 8 nm west of Milton Keynes, 3 May 2018.

  • Damage to right main landing gear, Fowlmere Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, 7 October 2018.

  • Aircraft struck the ground short of the runway, L.F Wade International Airport, Bermuda, 30 April 2018.

  • Inadvertent climb into cloud and subsequent loss of control, near Aldborough, North Yorkshire, 30 May 2018.

  • Loss of control at low level, Near Crumlin, Northern Ireland, 19 April 2018.

  • Crashed after takeoff, Spanhoe Airfield, Northamptonshire, 18 June 2017.

  • Collision with runway following reported pitch control problems, Caernarfon Airport, Gwynedd, 6 September 2017.

  • Struck the ground to the north of the runway after turning following engine failure at low altitude, Providenciales Airport, Turks and Caicos Islands, 23 December 2017.

  • Unsuccessful forced landing following engine failure, Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon, 7 July 2018.

  • Runway excursion on landing, Bristol Airport, 22 December 2017.

  • Loss of control following engine problem on takeoff from Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 26 August 2017.