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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

2,954 reports
In Category General aviation - fixed wing
or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Of Type Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
  • Control lost during an attempted takeoff, Farmers field near East Winch, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, 23 July 2022.

  • Rough running engine after takeoff and forced landing, Ludham Airfield, Norfolk, 19 June 2022.

  • Canopy opened in flight, Field northwest of Kinglassie, near Fife Airport, 1 August 2022.

  • Lift propeller bolt failure and blade loss, Arran War Memorial Hospital, Lamlash, Isle of Arran, 6 May 2022.

  • Aircraft struck trees during go-around, Luxters Farm Airstrip, Henley-on-Thames, Buckinghamshire, 30 August 2022.

  • Runway overrun after attempted go-around, Cranfield Airport, 3 September 2021.

  • Left landing gear failed on touchdown and aircraft nosed over, private farm strip, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 14 May 2022.

  • Addendum to Record-only investigation.

  • Loss of control and collision with railway track, near Kenyon Hall Farm Airfield, Warrington, Cheshire, 16 September 2021.

  • Loss of control during takeoff, Fishburn Airfield, County Durham, 21 June 2022.

  • Loss of control from landing on disused runway, Chatteris Airfield, Cambridgeshire, 25 June 2022.

  • Early rotation during takeoff and subsequent stall, Nuthampstead Airfield, Hertfordshire, 25 November 2021.

  • Loss of control, Railway Terrace, Rugby, Warwickshire, 25 November 2021.

  • Unmanned aircraft injured child’s face, Welfare Park, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire, 16 April 2022.

  • Runway overrun after landing, Clacton Airfield, Essex, 17 April 2022.

  • Runway overrun, South Cave (Mount Airy) Airfield, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, 6 December 2021.

  • Collision with obstacle on landing, Turweston Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire, 13 June 2022.

  • Rudder and fin structural failure in flight, Northrepps Airfield, Norfolk, 9 January 2022.

  • Propeller lost in-flight, Birchwood Airfield, North Yorkshire, 21 October 2021.

  • Emergency landing due to a failed pipe connecting the oil pressure transducer, 2 miles west of Wideford Hill, Orkney, 17 December 2021.

  • Canopy opened in flight followed by loss of control, Portmoak, Kinross, 13 October 2021.

  • Inadvertent descent during night VMC flight, Newcastle International Airport, 9 January 2022.

  • Damaged in forced landing after fuel starvation, near Boreham, Wiltshire, 22 February 2022.

  • Record-only investigation correction.

  • Right main landing gear collapsed whilst taxiing, Stapleford Aerodrome, Essex, 22 March 2021.

  • Propeller oil leak in-flight, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, 15 September 2021.

  • Runway overrun following rejected takeoff, North Weald Airport, 16 June 2021.

  • Severe nosewheel shimmy on roll out, Old Buckenham Airfield, Norfolk, 27 February 2022.

  • Right main landing gear detached in-flight, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 4 September 2021.

  • Loss of engine power resulting in a forced landing, near to Felton, Northumberland, 28 September 2021.

  • Nosewheel detached during landing roll, Highland Gliding Club, Easterton Airfield, Elgin, 29 May 2021.

  • Aircraft hit trees and power line on the approach to land, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, 26 August 2021.

  • Forced landing following an engine failure after takeoff, Halwell Airfield, Devon, 27 August 2021.

  • Aircraft departed with towbar attached, Glasgow Airport, 28 August 2021.

  • Electrical problem in flight followed by near fuel starvation, Gloucestershire Airport, 13 August 2021.

  • DJI Matrice M300, motor arm folded in flight, residential area, Blacon, Chester, 21 November 2021.

  • DJI Matrice 300 (UAS registration n/a), UA became unresponsive as it returned to its landing site, Cam, Dursley, Gloucestershire, 17 August 2021.

  • Star-Lite SL-1 (G-SOLA), fuel exhaustion, Pembrey Airport, Carmarthenshire, 17 July 2021.

  • Piper PA-28-180 (G-AVBT), struck hedge in undershoot during approach, Mid Wales Airport, Welshpool, Powys, 9 July 2021.

  • Piper PA-22-150 (G-ARDS), Loss of control during crosswind landing, Beverley Airfield, Yorkshire, 11 August 2021.

  • Pioneer 300 Hawk (G-OPYO), forced landing due to engine failure, near Sleap Aerodrome, Shropshire, 25 November 2021.

  • Rotor failure, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester, 3 August 2021.

  • Landing gear failure on landing, Newtownards Airport, County Down, 12 August 2021.

  • Collided with the ground whilst practicing a limbo manoeuvre, Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, Essex, 16 October 2021.

  • Collided with trees whilst on approach to land, Seighford Airfield, Staffordshire, 5 September 2021.

  • Propeller strike and runway excursion, Clench Common Airfield, Wiltshire, 4 June 2021.

  • Engine failure shortly after takeoff, Easterton Airfield, Birnie, Elgin, 8 July 2021.

  • Correction to a record only event.

  • Loss of propeller blade after failure of attachment screw, Skegness Lincolnshire, 14 January 2021 and 17 February 2021 (same UAS for both events)

  • Unexplained loss of control and struck the top of a tower structure, Brighton, East Sussex, 20 July 2021.