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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

543 reports
In Category General aviation - fixed wing
or Sport aviation and balloons
Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • Loss of control during aerotow launch after the horizontal tailplane detached, Gwernesney Airfield, Monmouthshire, 27 July 2019.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Departure from controlled flight and impact with the ground, near Brimslade Farm, Wiltshire, 13 July 2017.

  • Controlled flight into terrain, Bredon Hill, Overbury, Worcestershire, 8 January 2018.

  • Stalled on takeoff, Plaistow Farm Airfield, Hertfordshire, 9 December 2017.

  • Mid-air collision, Near Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, 17 November 2017.

  • Front Electric Sustainer (FES) battery fire during landing, Parham Airfield, West Sussex, 10 August 2017.

  • Stalled during forced landing, Wolferton, Norfolk, 11 September 2017.

  • Descended into the sea, two miles north-east of Skipness, Kintyre peninsula, 25 May 2017.

  • Unsuccessful forced landing following engine failure, MOD Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 14 May 2017.

  • Struck hedge and caught fire at the end of the runway, Grove Farm, Wolvey, Warwickshire, 28 September 2017.

  • Main landing gear collapse due to upper side-brace failure, Lydd Airport, Kent, 1 August 2017.

  • Departure from controlled flight, Luffenhall, Hertfordshire, 20 June 2017.

  • Loss of elevator control during launch, Currock Hill Airfield, Northumbria, 8 April 2017...

  • Attempted circuit following launch failure, Brentor Airfield, Devon, 4 December 2016.

  • Left wing failed in flight, near Builth Wells, Powys, 18 September 2016.

  • Partial power loss after takeoff and loss of control, Apperknowle, Derbyshire, 28 May 2017.

  • Loss of power and unsuccessful forced landing, 1 nm north of Dinton, Wiltshire, 8 July 2016.

  • Controlled flight into terrain, near Aston Rowant Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire, 15 January 2017.

  • Mid-air collision, 7.5 nm south of Leicester Airport, 4 December 2016.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, Bourn Airfield, Cambridgeshire, 17 October 2016.

  • Engine ingested balloon fragment causing loss of power, ditched by beach, Herne Bay, Kent, 14 August 2016.

  • Stall/spin while manoeuvring in the circuit, Shifnal Airfield, Shropshire, 30 May 2016

  • Loss of control and deployment of ballistic recovery system, 2.5 nm NW of Oban Airport, Argyll, 2 August 2016.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, near Burrows Lane, Middle Stoke, Kent, 20 March 2016.

  • Nose landing gear collapse, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire, 19 July 2016.

  • Entered a spin and impacted a ploughed field near Whitwell, North Yorkshire, 30 April 2016.

  • Wake vortex encounter during takeoff, Shoreham Airport, West Sussex, 18 July 2016.

  • Pilot incapacitation, Turweston Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire, 28 July 2016.

  • Uncontrolled dive with sustainer engine deployed, Moundsmere, near Basingstoke, Hampshire, 21 July 2016.

  • Nose gear leg failed whilst taxiing, Old Warden Aerodrome, Bedfordshire, 16 July 2016.

  • Aircraft ditched after reporting engine problems, English Channel, 1.2 nm from Winchelsea Beach, East Sussex, 6 August 2016.

  • Crashed into the sea, near Cushendun, Northern Ireland, 9 June 2016.