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562 reports
In Category General aviation - fixed wing
or Sport aviation and balloons
Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • Partial then significant power loss after takeoff leading to loss of control, near Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex, 30 June 2021.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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...