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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

292 reports
In Category General aviation - rotorcraft
Of Type Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
  • Ground handling wheel fell off in flight over Hampshire, 10 September 2023

  • Rolled onto side during experience day flight, Welshpool Airport, Powys, 1 September 2023

  • Underslung load struck electricity pylon, Auchmacoy, Aberdeenshire, 17 September 2022.

  • Helicopter downwash detached a sign which injured a waiting passenger, West Usk Lighthouse, Newport, Gwent, 5 September 2022.

  • Low rotor speed warning led to autorotation and subsequent tail boom damage due to rotor blade contact, Humberston Fitties Beach, Lincolnshire, 15 October 2021.

  • Power loss followed by rollover on landing, Street Farm, Takeley, Essex, 30 March 2021.

  • Loss of rotor rpm when landing, Maghera, County Londonderry, 22 July 2021.

  • Dynamic rollover during landing, Landmead Farm Airfield, Oxfordshire, 4 November 2020.

  • Nose gear failed during landing, Nottingham City Airport, Nottinghamshire, 7 December 2020.

  • Loss of door window in flight, West Dean, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 17 September 2020

  • Rolled over during a precautionary landing, Herne Bay, Canterbury, Kent, 26 July 2020.

  • Rolled over during landing, Rufforth Airfield near York, North Yorkshire, 27 May 2020.

  • Inadvertent release of underslung load, Glencoe, Argyll, Scotland, 3 March 2020.

  • Helicopter rollover, Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield, Yorkshire, 2 October 2019.

  • Record-only investigation correction.

  • Overshot landing site and landed on fence, Tongwynlais, Caerphilly, 27 July 2019.

  • Helicopter rolled onto its side after lift-off, Enniskillen Airport, County Fermanagh, 25 June 2019.

  • Loss of power and rolled over on landing, private landing field, Enfield, 14 July 2018.

  • Rolled over whilst lifting to the hover, East Lound, Doncaster, 19 February 2019.

  • Struck power lines, near Sketrick Island, County Down, 26 February 2019.

  • Helicopter rolled uncontrollably in a low hover, private grounds near Haighton, Lancashire, 13 September 2018.

  • Loss of control during takeoff, Denham Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire, 2 November 2018.

  • Loss of control while inadvertently descending downwind, Fenland Airfield, Lincolnshire, 1 July 2018.

  • Loss of control to G-CTFL after reversing into G-HYND’s main rotor, Cumbernauld Airport, North Lanarkshire, 5 May 2018.

  • Heavy landing, Shobdon Aerodrome, Herefordshire, 20 April 2018.

  • Inadvertent hover out of ground effect, Salterford Farm, Nottinghamshire, 26 October 2017.

  • Dynamic rollover while attempting to lift-off, Nottingham Heliport, 30 January 2018.

  • Right engine cowling opened during landing and struck the main rotor blades, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, 17 August 2017.

  • Rolled after touchdown, West Calder, West Lothian, 26 June 2016.

  • Entanglement with a recreational kite, Sandwich Bay, Kent, 19 February 2017.

  • Loss of control during approach to land, private site near Reading, Berkshire, 24 March 2017.

  • Loss of control on landing, Lake Farm, Old Race Course, Bideford, Devon, 11 July 2016

  • Heavy landing, private site, Stowe, Buckinghamshire, 15 August 2016

  • Helicopter landed heavily and rolled onto its side, near Crowden, Glossop, Derbyshire, 5 August 2016.

  • Contact between aircraft on the active runway, Lashenden (Headcorn) Aerodrome, Kent, 15 June 2016.

  • Loss of control during practice autorotation, Manston Airport, Kent, 25 July 2016

  • Heavy landing, Landmead Farm Airfield, Oxfordshire, 6 August 2016.

  • Forced landing following fuel starvation, near Chiltern Park, Oxfordshire, 29 May 2016.

  • Birdstrike resulted in broken windscreen, approx 8 miles north of Manchester Barton Airport, 13 June 2016.

  • Uncommanded loss in altitude resulting in autorotation and heavy landing, 3 miles WNW of Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 10 February 2016.

  • Main rotors struck the ground, Cotswold (Kemble) Airport, Gloucestershire, 29 June 2016.

  • Tail rotor struck ground during lift off at Retford Gamston Airport, on 25 February 2016.

  • Dynamic rollover during takeoff, Denham Airfield, Buckinghamshire, 12 September 2015.

  • Heavy landing, Nottingham Heliport, 13 September 2015.

  • Dynamic rollover, Elstree Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, 25 September 2015.

  • Wire strike, Aldbury, Hertfordshire, 9 September 2015.

  • Tipped over whilst on the ground, Leicester Airport, 25 June 2015.

  • Heavy landing following autorotation exercise, Romney Marsh, Kent, 13 February 2015.

  • Rolled over during simulated tail rotor failure exercise at Goodwood Aerodrome, on 12 February 2015.

  • Rolled over during a precautionary landing, near Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, on 25 February 2015