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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

903 reports
In Category Sport aviation and balloons
Of Type Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
  • Bounced landing on nose landing gear, Maypole Airfield, Kent, 10 August 2017.

  • Loss of control during landing, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, 30 July 2017.

  • Gyroplane rolled onto its side during takeoff due to inappropriate control inputs, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 10 August 2017.

  • Inverted during precautionary landing in a field of standing crop, Filey, North Yorkshire, 5 July 2017.

  • Overran landing area, Harthill Court Farm, Gloucestershire, 28 August 2017.

  • Aircraft overturned due to loss of control during takeoff run, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, 13 July 2017.

  • Loss of forward visibility and sink during landing, Ince Airfield, Merseyside, 8 July 2017.

  • Engine failure after takeoff and loss of control on landing, Oakley Airfield, Buckinghamshire, 6 August 2017.

  • Inadvertent loss of control, Friskney, Boston, Lincolnshire, 28 May 2017.

  • Flipped on landing due to turbulence, Winscott Barton Flying Club, Bideford, Devon, 14 May 2017.

  • Forced landing following loss of power on takeoff, Stoke Microlight Airfield, Kent, 18 June 2017.

  • Aircraft struck obstacle during go around, Cobbs Cross Airstrip, Worcestershire, 16 June 2017.

  • Loss of climb performance on takeoff, near Carrickmore Airfield, Co. Tyrone, 7 May 2017.

  • Low-level windshear caused gyroplane to veer on landing and rotor struck the ground, Crouch Farm Strip, Swanley, Kent, 27 July 2017.

  • Aircraft bounced during landing and nose leg collapsed on second touchdown, Lydd Airport, Kent, 9 July 2017.

  • Loss of control during touchdown, Turweston Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 3 July 2017.

  • Low speed runway excursion during a training flight, Shobdon Airfield, Herefordshire, 19 June 2017.

  • Struck terrain during attempted go-around, St Michaels Airfield, Lancashire, 7 May 2017.

  • Heavy landing led to loss of directional control before aircraft overturned, Headon Airfield, Nottinghamshire, 25 March 2017.

  • Loss of control on landing, Eshott Airfield, Northumberland, 18 June 2017.

  • Loss of control during takeoff, Shobdon Aerodrome, Herefordshire, 8 May 2017.

  • Loss of control while landing by student pilot led to gyroplane’s rotors striking the ground, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 17 June 2017.

  • Loss of power on takeoff and unsuccessful forced landing, Oakley, Bedfordshire, 31 May 2017.

  • Main landing gear collapsed during forced landing, Redlands Airfield, Swindon, Wiltshire, 25 March 2017.

  • Aircraft stalled while avoiding power lines at low level and fell into a river, Near Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, 9 March 2017.

  • Pilot struck on his face by the propeller, Otherton Airport, Staffordshire, 26 March 2017.

  • Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), Great Knoutberry Hill, Cumbria, 29 April 2017.

  • Lift strut found to be distorted after flight in turbulence, In flight from Swanwick to Swansea Airport, 13 March 2017.

  • Stall on Landing, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 25 August 2016

  • Hard landing, Yarrow Valley, Scottish Borders, 17 May 2017

  • Loss of control in turbulent air, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 23 August 2016

  • Collision with a fence during taxiing, Cotswold (Kemble) Airport, Gloucestershire, 10 January 2017.

  • Bounced landing, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 8 April 2017.

  • Struck cable during a forced landing, Hope Farm, Braithwaite, Caldbeck, Cumbria, 17 December 2016.

  • Heavy landing, Garford Farm Airstrip, Oxfordshire, 19 February 2017.

  • Gyroplane rolled over while being taxied by a student under instruction, Turweston Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 13 February 2017.

  • Crashed after takeoff, near Sandown Airport, Isle of Wight, 22 August 2015.

  • Unstable approach, collided with trees, Bradley's Lawn Airfield, Heathfield, East Sussex, 14 September 2016.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 25 August 2016.

  • Part of engine cowling detached in flight, Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport, Staffordshire, 11 December 2016.

  • Landing mishap and collision with a fence, private strip, Hawksview, Cheshire, 30 July 2016.

  • Left main landing gear leg collapse whilst taxiing, Hunsdon Airfield, Hertfordshire, 8 October 2016.

  • Loss of power after takeoff, Moor Farm, Chickerell, Weymouth, Dorset, 6 September 2016.

  • Engine failure after takeoff, Insch Airfield, Garioch, Aberdeenshire, 15 August 2016.

  • Departed runway and overturned while attempting to take off, Athey's Moor (Longframlington) Airfield, Northumberland, 5 January 2017.

  • Hard landing during test flight, Cardington Airfield, Bedfordshire, 24 August 2016.

  • Wingtip contacted ground during landing roll, Private Airstrip, Mitton, Penkridge, Staffordshire, 23 July 2016.

  • Runway excursion, Longside Airfield, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, 9 October 2016.

  • Overturned on landing, Farm Strip, Hardwicke, Hay-on-Wye, 11 November 2016.

  • Propeller failure, Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, 24 October 2016.