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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

80 reports
In Category Commercial - rotorcraft
Of Type Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
  • Hoist cable severed during startup procedure, Humberside Airport, North Lincolnshire, 21 February 2023.

  • Turbulence encounter resulting in overspeed, 5 nm east-northeast of City of Derry Airport, 5 February 2023.

  • Helicopter arrival without landing site preparation or fire cover, Cardiff, 12 August 2022.

  • Heating duct failure, Lydd Airport, Kent, 7 January 2022.

  • Helicopter downwash caused flying debris injury to one person, Epsom, Surrey, 2 July 2022.

  • Loss of control during approach to land, private landing site, Organford, Dorset, 15 July 2021.

  • Emergency landing following failure of heating duct, 3 nm south-east of Porthcawl, Wales, 4 March 2021.

  • Bird strike followed by successful landing with no injuries, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 7 July 2021.

  • Bird strike through left windshield, Carsington Water, Derbyshire, 22 April 2021.

  • Nose gear failed during landing, Nottingham City Airport, Nottinghamshire, 7 December 2020.

  • Alternator pinion bearing failure within the left accessory gearbox, Aberdeen Airport, 23 September 2020.

  • Localised burning in equipment bay, Boscombe Down Airfield, Wiltshire, 2 July 2020

  • Caravan roof partly lifted by helicopter downdraft, Knochenkelly, Whiting Bay, Brodick, Isle of Arran, North Ayrshire, 4 May 2020.

  • Wrong deck landing, Forties Charlie platform, northern North Sea, 25 March 2019.

  • Aircraft struck power lines during final approach, Robins Farm, Chiddingfold, Surrey, 04 November 2019.

  • Loss of co-pilot’s door window, In flight North of Seaton, Cornwall, 27 June 2019.

  • Tail rotor gearbox actuating rod failure, Owen Roberts International Airport, Grand Cayman, 30 August 2018.

  • Wrong-deck approach to Brae Bravo, Brae oil-field, northern North Sea, 23 August 2018.

  • Nose landing gear collapse due to misassembly of the nose landing gear A-frame during installation, Aberdeen Airport, 10 July 2018.

  • Bird strike on approach to Edinburgh Airport, 25 November 2018.

  • Tail rotor blade fairing and bonding strip detached during flight, offshore from Aberdeen, 6 May 2018.

  • Aircraft struck a wire whilst taxiing, Near Hollesley, Suffolk, 15 December 2018.

  • Engine started with rotor brake on, London Heliport (Battersea), 19 November 2018.

  • Insufficient anti-torque pedal input in variable wind takeoff, Car park close to Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, 3 May 2018.

  • Nose landing gear failed to lower on approach to Scatsta Airport, Shetland, 29 January 2018.

  • Incorrectly latched engine cowl, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 27 November 2017

  • Helicopter landed on wrong offshore platform, Viscount Platform, North Sea, 9 June 2017.

  • Precautionary landing after a main rotor blade tip cap detached in flight, Private landing site near Clifton Dykes, Penrith, Cumbria, 2 August 2017.

  • Runway excursion, Firs Farm Airfield, Newbury, Berkshire, 19 May 2017.

  • Landing on the wrong helideck, Leman 27B Platform, North Sea, 19 February 2017.

  • Left side horizontal stabiliser failed in flight, Stansted Airport, Essex, 5 May 2017.

  • Landing on wrong platform, Ravenspurn North Platform, North Sea, 20 January 2017

  • Landing on the wrong helideck, Amethyst Field, Southern North Sea, 17 April 2015.

  • Metal object ingested into fenestron tail rotor while landing, Bilsdale, North Yorkshire, 25 November 2015.

  • Rotor down wash hazard, Peterborough Conington Airport, Cambridgeshire, 21 March 2014.