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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

243 reports
In Category General aviation - rotorcraft
or Sport aviation and balloons
Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • AW109SP (G-RAYN), helicopter struck trees during night departure from an unlit field landing site, Nantclwyd Lodge, near Llanelidan, Denbighshire, 1 November 2022

  • Aircraft canopy failed in-flight, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, 2 April 2022

  • In-flight battery fire, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, 8 December 2022

  • Stall during turn onto final, Otherton Airfield, Staffordshire, 4 June 2023

  • Rearward movement of hang-point resulting in pitch control difficulties, Lundy Island Airfield, Bristol Channel, 17 May 2023

  • Aircraft took off inadvertently and struck the ground shortly afterwards , East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, 1 June 2022.

  • Helicopter departed controlled flight whilst on approach to land at a private site, near Burton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire, 20 June 2022.

  • Bounced on landing and rolled onto its side, Harringe Court Farm, Ashford, Kent, 6 August 2022.

  • Bounced on landing and stalled, Beccles Aerodrome, Suffolk, 24 March 2022.

  • Hard landing following loss of tail rotor drive, Rhobell Fawr, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, 25 August 2021.

  • Autorotation landing following an exhaust after fire, Near Ledbury, Herefordshire, 2 April 2021.

  • Loss of control during self-launch takeoff, Wormingford Airfield, Colchester, Essex, 23 April 2021.

  • Engine fire due to exhaust clamp failure, Hedsor House, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, 2 March 2021.

  • Hard landing in field, private landing site, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, 17 December 2020.

  • Glider struck treetops while trying to land out, London Road, Cheltenham, Gloucester-shire, 26 August 2020.

  • In-flight Structural Failure, Summit of Cross Fell, Pennines, Cumbria, 7 August 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.

  • Aircraft fire due to electrical short circuit, Wycombe Air Park, 22 July 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.

  • Autorotation following loss of drive to main rotor, Near Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, 1 August 2018.

  • Loss of control in hover, Goodwood Aerodrome, Sussex, 8 June 2018.

  • Loss of control and impact with water after underslung load struck tail rotor, Loch Scadavay, North Uist, Western Isles, 13 June 2018.

  • Inadvertent climb into cloud and subsequent loss of control, near Aldborough, North Yorkshire, 30 May 2018.

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

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

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

  • Loss of control during hydraulics-off training, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 5 May 2017.

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

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

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

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

  • Tail boom struck by main rotor blades, Breighton Aerodrome, Yorkshire, 17 July 2016

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

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

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

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

  • Crashed during go-around, East Haxted Farm, 16 July 2016.

  • Loss of control during a go around, Peterborough/Conington Airport, Cambridgeshire, 27 February 2016.

  • During a maintenance check the helicopter inadvertently became airborne and landed heavily, Stapleford Aerodrome, 6 July 2015.

  • Crashed in a field near Pitsford Water, Northamptonshire, 31 October 2015.

  • Crashed during initial climb after self-launch, Husbands Bosworth, 19 October 2015.

  • Loss of control in flight and rotor/fuselage contact, near Creg-Ny-Baa public house, Isle of Man, 6 June 2015.

  • ‘Turbo’ propeller blade detached near Droxford, Hampshire, on 6 September 2015.

  • Loss of control during takeoff, Newtownards Airport, Northern Ireland, 7 April 2015.