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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

11,198 reports
  • Loss of power after takeoff, Teesside International Airport, 25 September 2021.

  • Partial then significant power loss after takeoff leading to loss of control, near Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex, 30 June 2021.

  • Various electrical system faults due to water ingress, in flight between Royal London Hospital and RAF Northolt, Greater London, 25 July 2021.

  • The AAIB Annual Safety Review 2021 has been published. It includes information on occurrences and the safety action taken or planned in response to AAIB investigations concluded in 2021.

  • Record-only investigation correction.

  • 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.

  • Right main landing gear collapsed whilst taxiing, Stapleford Aerodrome, Essex, 22 March 2021.

  • Propeller oil leak in-flight, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, 15 September 2021.

  • Aircraft landed gear up, Rochester Airport, Kent, 14 October 2021.

  • Engine loss of control and in-flight shutdown, Stansted Airport, Essex, 28 May 2021.

  • Forced landing after engine failed on base leg, approx 0.5 nm from Runway 04, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset, 28 April 2021.

  • Hard landing, Exeter Airport, Devon, 19 January 2021.

  • Missing over English Channel, 2 April 2022.

  • Runway overrun following rejected takeoff, North Weald Airport, 16 June 2021.

  • Severe nosewheel shimmy on roll out, Old Buckenham Airfield, Norfolk, 27 February 2022.

  • Right main landing gear detached in-flight, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 4 September 2021.

  • Loss of engine power resulting in a forced landing, near to Felton, Northumberland, 28 September 2021.

  • Nosewheel detached during landing roll, Highland Gliding Club, Easterton Airfield, Elgin, 29 May 2021.

  • Aircraft hit trees and power line on the approach to land, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, 26 August 2021.

  • Wheels up landing, Ambergris Cay Airport, Turks and Caicos Islands, 17 July 2021.

  • Aircraft landed while winch cables were still on the grass beside the runway, Lasham Airfield, Hampshire, 26 May 2021.

  • Forced landing following an engine failure after takeoff, Halwell Airfield, Devon, 27 August 2021.

  • 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.

  • Suspected suicide, field off Tar Pot Lane, Ruckinge, Kent, 10 September 2021.

  • Fly away due to battery issue and strong wind, Poole, Dorset, 19 November 2020.

  • Loss of control during self-launch takeoff, Wormingford Airfield, Colchester, Essex, 23 April 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.