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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

901 reports
In Category Sport aviation and balloons
Of Type Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
  • Loss of power after takeoff, Private strip, Welshpool, 13 June 2023

  • Loss of control on ground and subsequent runway excursion, Northrepps Airfield, Norfolk, 30 September 2023

  • Engine failure, Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, Essex, 23 July 2023

  • Loss of control during winch launch, Nympsfield Airfield, Gloucestershire, 15 June 2023

  • Loss of control and struck sloping ground at Bishop Hill, near Portmoak Airfield, Kinross, 7 November 2023

  • Poor acceleration and failure to climb after takeoff, Fishburn Airfield, County Durham, 10 August 2023

  • Bird strike on takeoff leading to forced landing, 1nm south of Dunstable, Bedfordshire, 25 September 2023

  • Struck the ground following an abandoned winch launch, Seighford Airfield, Staffordshire, 15 October 2022.

  • BB85Z (G-ELMR), hard landing, Deighton, North Yorkshire, 13 September 2022.

  • Heavy landing during simulated engine failure, Causeway Airfield, County Londonderry, 10 August 2022.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, Stoke Airfield, Kent, 27 July 2022.

  • Basket hit a fence on landing, Snetterton Racetrack east car park, Norwich, 14 August 2022.

  • Collision with trees during a go-around, Lower Upham Airfield, Wiltshire, 13 August 2022.

  • Loss of control after takeoff and engine failure, Plaistows Farm, St Albans, 30 January 2022.

  • Struck roadside hedge while taking off, A6105, 3 km East of Duns, Scottish Borders, 5 March 2022.

  • Power loss after takeoff, 2 miles west of City Airport (Manchester Barton), 29 May 2022.

  • Gyroplane rolled over during takeoff, Shobdon Airfield, Herefordshire, 18 March 2022.

  • Partial loss of control due to disconnection of right aileron cable turnbuckle, 1nm South of Kernan Airfield, Tandragee, County Armagh, 6 March 2022.

  • Uncommanded flap retraction at 40 ft agl, Clench Common Airfield, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 1 February 2022.

  • Quik GTR (G-GTRX), loss of control on landing, Credenhill, Hereford, 3 July 2021.

  • Ground collision during simulated engine failure after takeoff, north of Cooling, Kent, 10 June 2021.

  • Hard landing resulting in collapsed nose leg and propeller damage, Perranporth Airfield, Cornwall, 23 June 2021.

  • Passenger suffered serious injury on landing, Welton, Daventry, Northamptonshire, 20 April 2021.

  • Collided with trees after takeoff close to maximum weight, Whitby, Yorkshire, 2 April 2021.

  • Collided with a fence during landing at Peterborough/Conington Airport, Cambridgeshire, 8 August 2020.

  • Hard landing following engine failure, Old Park Farm Airfield, Port Talbot, 13 September 2020.

  • Engine failure and forced landing after takeoff, Otherton Airfield, Staffordshire, 24 August 2020.

  • Hard landing, Chilbolton airfield, Stockbridge, Hampshire, 1 December 2020.

  • Forced landing after propeller drive belt failure, near West Heath Common Sandpit, West Sussex, 4 November 2020.

  • Aircraft struck airstrip perimeter fence during a practise forced landing, Porthtowan, Cornwall, 13 September 2020.

  • Stall on takeoff at Baxby Airfield, Husthwaite, North Yorkshire, 2 October 2020

  • Inadvertent flap deployment, Scurf Dyke Farm, nr Driffield, Yorkshire, 25 June 2020

  • Engine failure on takeoff, Coleman Green Airstrip, Hertfordshire, 31 August 2020

  • Landing gear collapsed while taxiing, Athey's Moor airfield, Northumberland, 17 September 2020

  • Collision with obstacle during forced landing, Gatton Bottom, Redhill, Surrey, 11 August 2020.

  • Right wing contacted the ground during a go-around, Barville Farm, Dover, Kent, 7 July 2020.

  • Heavy landing, Longside Airfield, Glendaveny, Aberdeenshire, 26 April 2020.

  • Collision with stationary construction vehicle during taxi, Lleweni Parc Denbigh Airfield, Denbighshire, 23 June 2020.

  • Engine seized, Near Dunnington, York, 12 July 2020.

  • Runway excursion during landing, East Fortune Airfield, North Berwick, East Lothian, 31 July 2020.

  • Front strut separated on takeoff, Mendlesham Airfield, Suffolk, 4 July 2019.

  • Envelope became entangled with tree on landing, Crowle, north Lincolnshire, 13 July 2019.

  • Struck overhead power cables during a forced landing, approximately two miles north-east of Caernarfon Airport, Gwynedd, 2 December 2019.

  • Collision with power lines during emergency landing in darkness and poor visibility, Brindle, Lancashire, 27 August 2019.

  • Envelope became entangled on a house after landing, near Little Sampton, Essex, 30 April 2019.

  • Record-only investigation correction.

  • Loss of control during landing, Beccles Aerodrome, Suffolk, 19 October 2019.

  • The aircraft entered a spin or spiral dive when turning finals at Caunton Airfield, Nottinghamshire, 13 July 2019.

  • Rolled left on takeoff, Saxby Road, Freeby, Leicestershire, 18 September 2019.

  • Engine vibration and power loss, forced landing on salt marshes, near Stoke Airfield, Kent, 8 September 2019.