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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

1,287 reports
In Category Sport aviation and balloons
  • 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.

  • Loss of control during aerotow launch after the horizontal tailplane detached, Gwernesney Airfield, Monmouthshire, 27 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.

  • Collided with a stationary glider whilst attempting to go around, Cambridge Gliding Club, Gransden Lodge Airfield, Sandy, Cambridgeshire, 27 October 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.

  • Stalled and descended in to trees during forced landing, North East of Trimdon, County Durham, 29 June 2019.

  • Loss of control on landing, Deanland Airfield, East Sussex, 5 April 2019.

  • Loss of directional control, possibly due to wake turbulence, Newtownards Airfield, Co. Down, 16 May 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.

  • Passenger fell from basket during disembarkation, Hargham Hall, Attleborough, Norfolk, 12 May 2019.

  • Oil loss resulting in a forced landing and aircraft nose over, 3 miles west of Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 16 July 2019.

  • Emergency landing after aircraft damaged in hard landing at another airfield, RAF Oakley, Buckinghamshire, 20 April 2019.

  • In-flight propeller detachment, Shotteswell Airfield, Oxfordshire, 15 May 2019.

  • Loss of engine power leading to forced landing, Godshill, New Forest, 19 May 2019.

  • Hard landing, Calton Moor Airfield, Staffordshire, 20 April 2019.

  • Pilot omitted to raise the wheels prior to a water landing in the amphibious aircraft, Holy Loch, near Oban, Argyll, 27 February 2019.

  • Left wingtip impacted ground on landing, Bute Airfield, Isle of Bute, 8 September 2018.

  • Damage during forced landing, near Kenyon Hall Farm, Warrington, 26 February 2019.

  • Ground collision following high engine power at startup, Balado Airfield, Kinross, 27 February 2019.

  • Loss of control during landing, Ashcroft Airfield, Cheshire, 12 May 2019.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, Thorney Island, West Sussex, 3 February 2019.

  • Loss of control during ground run, Sackville Farm Airstrip, Bedfordshire, 17 February 2019.

  • Heavy landing, Causeway Airfield, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, 19 January 2019.

  • Heavy landing and contact with metal gate post, Carrickmore Airfield, County Tyrone, 10 April 2019.

  • Departed runway after hard landing, Tandragee Airstrip, County Armagh, 23 March 2019.

  • Aircraft struck the ground to the north of the runway during a go-around, Eshott Airfield, Northumberland, 18 October 2018.

  • Loss of control during the landing roll, Northrepps Aerodrome, Norfolk, 20 January 2019.

  • Rotor blades struck the ground during takeoff, Leicester Airport, Leicestershire, 12 February 2019.

  • Struck a powerline on approach to land, near Wick, Bath, 15 September 2018.

  • Aircraft veered into a wall on landing, private strip, Aughrim, County Down, 2 February 2019.

  • Broken canopy and forced landing, Winsford, Cheshire, 14 March 2018.

  • Aircraft tipped forward on landing, Deenethorpe Airfield, Northamptonshire, 19 October 2018.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, Great Heck, North Yorkshire, 27 October 2018.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, North Weald Airfield, Essex, 14 September 2018.

  • Heavy landing and go-around due to wake turbulence, Perth Airfield, 15 September 2018.

  • Nose gear collapsed on landing, Rochester Airport, Kent, 30 September 2018.

  • Stalled and landed heavily during go-around, Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 25 August 2018.

  • Stall during precautionary landing, Coniston, Cumbria, 30 October 2018.

  • Collision during landing, Colwall Farmstrip, Herefordshire, 22 October 2018.

  • Passenger fell off basket while climbing aboard, Near Launceston Cornwall, 18 May 2018.