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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

409 reports
In Category General aviation - fixed wing
Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • Main landing gear failure, St Mary's Airport, Isles of Scilly, 7 April 2023

  • Aircraft struck terrain, Bradda Head, near Port Erin, Isle of Man, 17 July 2023.

  • Tow rope disconnection from glider after takeoff, Troed yr Harn, Talgarth, Powys, 12 August 2022.

  • Glider released from aerotow shortly after takeoff and pitched down, striking the ground at high speed, near Pulborough West Sussex, 24 September 2022.

  • Aircraft collided with trees whilst attempting a go-around, Near Jackrell’s Farm airstrip, Horsham, West Sussex, 6 October 2022.

  • Pilot descended within 400 ft of terrain while attempting to fly an ILS approach in IMC, at 9 nm on final approach into Exeter Airport, 22 October 2022.

  • Elevator control became disconnected inflight, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, on 27 March 2022.

  • Engine stopped in flight, Steyning Valley, South Downs Way, East Sussex, 11 February 2022.

  • Lost control whilst flying a steep turn at low altitude, Newtownards Airfield, County Down, 19 July 2022.

  • Accident during aerobatic manoeuvring, Shobdon Airfield, Herefordshire, 26 August 2022.

  • Loss of control during diversion in poor weather, Lower Colley Farm, Buckland St Mary, Somerset, 12 August 2021.

  • Unsuccessful go-around, Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire, 4 August 2022.

  • Engine failure in flight, approximately 4 miles NNE of Retford Gamston Airport, Nottinghamshire, 1 August 2021.

  • Instructor suffered a fatal heart attack inflight, Blackpool Airport, 29 June 2022.

  • Field landing causing spinal injury, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, 7 July 2022.

  • Forced landing following engine failure, near Enfield, Greater London, 2 April 2022.

  • Disappeared from radar whilst crossing the English Channel, approximately 20 nm west of Le Touquet, 2 April 2022.

  • Loss of power during flying display and ditching off Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, 4 September 2021.

  • Rearward movement of pilot’s seat leading to loss of control in flight, Breighton Airfield, Selby, North Yorkshire, 14 November 2021.

  • Aircraft collided during landing at Dunkeswell Aerodrome, Devon, 20 August 2021.

  • Control restriction leading to stall on takeoff, Cranfield Airport, 12 December 2020.

  • Propulsion system failure and forced landing, one mile north of Cranfield Airport, 29 April 2021.

  • Loss of power after takeoff, Teesside International Airport, 25 September 2021.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.