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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

11,181 reports
  • Forced landing in canal after takeoff, Great Heck, North Yorkshire, 15 September 2023

  • Attempted go-around and loss of control, Kitty Hawk Farm Strip, Sussex, 15 September 2023

  • Forced landing due to fuel exhaustion near Old Buckenham Airfield, Norwich, 3 September 2023

  • Rigging failure leading to aircraft damage during landing, Darley Moor Airfield, Derbyshire, 17 November 2023

  • Cabin doors opened in flight, Gunnersbury Park, London, 4 October 2023

  • Brake seizure and mainwheel tyres deflated during landing, Newquay Airport, Cornwall, 7 October 2022

  • The AAIB Annual Safety Review 2023 has been published. It includes information on occurrences and the safety action taken or planned in response to AAIB investigations concluded in 2023.

  • 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

  • Abnormal runway contact during landing gear-up go-around, Liverpool Airport, 15 August 2023

  • Corroded nose landing gear fractured whilst taxiing, London Biggin Hill Airport, 3 May 2023

  • Vibration and rudder control problems in-flight, Private airstrip, County Armagh, 16 August 2023

  • Hard landing, Liverpool Airport, 14 August 2023

  • Partial electrical systems failure during approach, Belfast City Airport, 19 September 2022

  • Aircraft canopy failed in-flight, Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, 2 April 2022

  • In-flight battery fire, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, 8 December 2022

  • Loss of terrain separation, Ballintoy Harbour, County Antrim, 26 July 2021

  • 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

  • Takeoff with incorrect flap setting, Aberdeen Airport, 6 March 2023

  • Stall during turn onto final, Otherton Airfield, Staffordshire, 4 June 2023

  • Main landing gear failure, St Mary's Airport, Isles of Scilly, 7 April 2023

  • Stiff elevators during cruise, 8 nm south-east of Liverpool Airport, 9 December 2022

  • Rearward movement of hang-point resulting in pitch control difficulties, Lundy Island Airfield, Bristol Channel, 17 May 2023

  • Uncommanded and unarrested flap extension in the climb after departing Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, 10 August 2022

  • Swarm UAs out of formation, Norton St Phillip, Bath, 16 May 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

  • Loss of control prior to landing, Andrewsfield Aerodrome, Essex, 16 September 2023

  • Ground handling wheel fell off in flight over Hampshire, 10 September 2023

  • Rolled onto side during experience day flight, Welshpool Airport, Powys, 1 September 2023

  • Aircraft clipped a tree on landing, Blackbushe Airport, Hampshire, 16 April 2023

  • Aircraft landed long and fast, and overran wet grass strip, Isle of Bute, Bute Airfield, 20 May 2023

  • Heavy landing due to windshear, Anguilla Airport, Anguilla, 7 August 2023

  • Injury to cabin crew due to turbulence, Entering Bay of Bengal, 15 June 2023 / Unexpected turbulence, Beijing Daxing International Airport, 28 June 2023

  • Descent during a go-around, Manchester Airport, 12 June 2023

  • Electrical burning smell in cockpit after landing leading to rapid disembarkation on the runway, Leeds Bradford Airport, 9 October 2022

  • Collided with a building, Liverpool, 27 March 2023.

  • Runway incursion, Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man, 29 August 2022.

  • Flew into trees shortly after takeoff, Blue Bell Hill, Kent, 31 October 2022.

  • Loss of power and forced landing, about 1.5 nm north-east of Shoreham Airport, West Sussex, 2 January 2023.

  • Forced landing due to baggage compartment opening in flight, near Seaton, Devon, 1 August 2023.

  • Left wingtip collided with a lamppost whilst parking, Dundee Airport, 30 May 2023.

  • Aircraft struck terrain, Bradda Head, near Port Erin, Isle of Man, 17 July 2023.

  • Aircraft took off inadvertently and struck the ground shortly afterwards , East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, 1 June 2022.

  • Tow rope disconnection from glider after takeoff, Troed yr Harn, Talgarth, Powys, 12 August 2022.

  • Wingtip strike, hard landing and runway excursion, London Stansted Airport, 31 January 2022.

  • Landing gear collapse, Stapleford Aerodrome, Essex 10 August 2023.

  • Fuel exhaustion, forced landing near Thruxton Aerodrome, Hampshire, 26 June 2023.