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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

4,989 reports
Of Type Bulletin - Correspondence investigation
  • Aircraft departed with towbar attached, Glasgow Airport, 28 August 2021.

  • Electrical problem in flight followed by near fuel starvation, Gloucestershire Airport, 13 August 2021.

  • Emergency landing following failure of heating duct, 3 nm south-east of Porthcawl, Wales, 4 March 2021.

  • Hard landing, Old Sarum Airfield, Wiltshire, 17 July 2021.

  • DJI Matrice M300, motor arm folded in flight, residential area, Blacon, Chester, 21 November 2021.

  • DJI Matrice 300 (UAS registration n/a), UA became unresponsive as it returned to its landing site, Cam, Dursley, Gloucestershire, 17 August 2021.

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

  • Star-Lite SL-1 (G-SOLA), fuel exhaustion, Pembrey Airport, Carmarthenshire, 17 July 2021.

  • Piper PA-28-180 (G-AVBT), struck hedge in undershoot during approach, Mid Wales Airport, Welshpool, Powys, 9 July 2021.

  • Piper PA-22-150 (G-ARDS), Loss of control during crosswind landing, Beverley Airfield, Yorkshire, 11 August 2021.

  • Pioneer 300 Hawk (G-OPYO), forced landing due to engine failure, near Sleap Aerodrome, Shropshire, 25 November 2021.

  • Spitfire MK.T IX (Modified) (G-CTIX), taxied into aircraft on taxiway, Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, 20 July 2021.

  • Rotor failure, Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester, 3 August 2021.

  • Landing gear failure on landing, Newtownards Airport, County Down, 12 August 2021.

  • Collided with the ground whilst practicing a limbo manoeuvre, Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, Essex, 16 October 2021.

  • Collided with trees whilst on approach to land, Seighford Airfield, Staffordshire, 5 September 2021.

  • Propeller strike and runway excursion, Clench Common Airfield, Wiltshire, 4 June 2021.

  • Engine failure shortly after takeoff, Easterton Airfield, Birnie, Elgin, 8 July 2021.

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

  • Uncommanded cabin door opening in flight, near Hull, Yorkshire, 23 July 2021.

  • Landing gear retraction during landing, Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield, Warwickshire, 27 March 2021.

  • Bird strike followed by successful landing with no injuries, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 7 July 2021.

  • In-flight load shift, Guernsey Airport, 16 April 2021.

  • Correction to a record only event.

  • Loss of propeller blade after failure of attachment screw, Skegness Lincolnshire, 14 January 2021 and 17 February 2021 (same UAS for both events)

  • Unexplained loss of control and struck the top of a tower structure, Brighton, East Sussex, 20 July 2021.

  • Pilot disorientation in inadvertent IMC, Tevioyhead, Scottish Borders, 17 August 2021.

  • Left door detached in flight, Brinkworth, Wiltshire, 23 June 2021.

  • High speed rejected takeoff, London Luton Airport, 13 July 2021.

  • Engine stoppage and forced landing, Lower Withial Farm, Somerset, 15 July 2021.

  • Aircraft taxied over towbar, East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, 16 June 2021.

  • Loss of power followed by stall and spin, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, 3 February 2021.

  • Loss of control and flyaway, Quarry Span Hill, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, 3 April 2021.

  • Aileron control disconnection in flight resulting in pilot abandoning the glider by parachute, Gibett Hill, Brentor, near Tavistock, Devon, 23 June 2021.

  • Cargo Fire Warning during pre-flight preparation, London Heathrow Airport, 2 July 2021.

  • Impact with a vehicle following loss of communication, Fradley, Lichfield, Staffordshire,19 April 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.

  • Aircraft failed to climb away after extended takeoff run, Husbands Bosworth, Leicester, 28 May 2021

  • Struck wall during landing, Bluebutts Farm, Slaidburn, Lancashire, 2 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.

  • Runway excursion, Shacklewell Airfield, Stamford, Lincolnshire 23 June 2021.

  • Stalled close to the ground during a forced landing, Lower Durston, Somerset, 26 May 2021.

  • Landing mishap, Wombleton Airfield, North Yorkshire, 12 June 2021.

  • Fuel starvation during takeoff, Rossall Airfield, Lancashire, 28 June 2021.

  • Takeoff rejected when canopy transparency detached from frame, St Athan Airport, Glamorgan, 14 May 2021.

  • Passengers loaded with seating distribution for different aircraft type, Bristol Airport, 3 January 2021.

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

  • Power loss in flight resulting in ground impact, near Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, 18 April 2021.