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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

634 reports
In Category Commercial - fixed wing
Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • Partial electrical systems failure during approach, Belfast City Airport, 19 September 2022

  • Stiff elevators during cruise, 8 nm south-east of Liverpool Airport, 9 December 2022

  • Uncommanded and unarrested flap extension in the climb after departing Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, 10 August 2022

  • Wingtip strike, hard landing and runway excursion, London Stansted Airport, 31 January 2022.

  • Right wing contact with the runway, London Luton Airport, 7 April 2022.

  • Inadvertent Nose Landing Gear retraction while parked on stand, London Heathrow Airport Stand 583, 18 June 2021.

  • Incorrect thrust set during takeoff, Kuusamo Airport, Finland, 1 December 2021.

  • Runway excursion due to asymmetric braking problem on landing, John A Osborne Airport, Montserrat, 29 September 2021.

  • Autopilot failed to disengage prior to landing, Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man, 9 April 2021.

  • Tailstrike during go-around, London Heathrow Airport, 2 January 2022.

  • Deviation from expected flightpath during a go-around, Aberdeen Airport, 11 September 2021.

  • Multiple inertial reference systems drift, during climb from Edinburgh Airport, 6 August 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.

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

  • 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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • Crew reported frozen flight controls and power levers during descent, near Guernsey Airport, 14 February 2018.

  • Autopilot difficult to disconnect, on approach to East Midlands Airport, 14 December 2017.

  • Unintended descent during departure from Belfast City Airport, 11 January 2018.