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Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

1,362 reports
Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Glider released from aerotow shortly after takeoff and pitched down, striking the ground at high speed, near Pulborough West Sussex, 24 September 2022.

  • Aircraft collided with trees whilst attempting a go-around, Near Jackrell’s Farm airstrip, Horsham, West Sussex, 6 October 2022.

  • Pilot descended within 400 ft of terrain while attempting to fly an ILS approach in IMC, at 9 nm on final approach into Exeter Airport, 22 October 2022.

  • Elevator control became disconnected inflight, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, on 27 March 2022.

  • Helicopter departed controlled flight whilst on approach to land at a private site, near Burton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire, 20 June 2022.

  • Engine stopped in flight, Steyning Valley, South Downs Way, East Sussex, 11 February 2022.

  • Lost control whilst flying a steep turn at low altitude, Newtownards Airfield, County Down, 19 July 2022.

  • Bounced on landing and rolled onto its side, Harringe Court Farm, Ashford, Kent, 6 August 2022.

  • Accident during aerobatic manoeuvring, Shobdon Airfield, Herefordshire, 26 August 2022.

  • Loss of control during diversion in poor weather, Lower Colley Farm, Buckland St Mary, Somerset, 12 August 2021.

  • Bounced on landing and stalled, Beccles Aerodrome, Suffolk, 24 March 2022.

  • Unsuccessful go-around, Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire, 4 August 2022.

  • Right wing contact with the runway, London Luton Airport, 7 April 2022.

  • Engine failure in flight, approximately 4 miles NNE of Retford Gamston Airport, Nottinghamshire, 1 August 2021.

  • Instructor suffered a fatal heart attack inflight, Blackpool Airport, 29 June 2022.

  • Field landing causing spinal injury, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, 7 July 2022.

  • Forced landing following engine failure, near Enfield, Greater London, 2 April 2022.

  • Hard landing following loss of tail rotor drive, Rhobell Fawr, Dolgellau, Gwynedd, 25 August 2021.

  • Disappeared from radar whilst crossing the English Channel, approximately 20 nm west of Le Touquet, 2 April 2022.

  • Inadvertent Nose Landing Gear retraction while parked on stand, London Heathrow Airport Stand 583, 18 June 2021.

  • Loss of power during flying display and ditching off Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset, 4 September 2021.

  • Incorrect thrust set during takeoff, Kuusamo Airport, Finland, 1 December 2021.

  • Unexpected pitch oscillations following selection of Transition Down AFCS SAR mode, near Heads of Ayr, South Ayrshire, 30 July 2021.

  • Runway excursion due to asymmetric braking problem on landing, John A Osborne Airport, Montserrat, 29 September 2021.

  • Rearward movement of pilot’s seat leading to loss of control in flight, Breighton Airfield, Selby, North Yorkshire, 14 November 2021.

  • Autopilot failed to disengage prior to landing, Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man, 9 April 2021.

  • Aircraft collided during landing at Dunkeswell Aerodrome, Devon, 20 August 2021.

  • Tailstrike during go-around, London Heathrow Airport, 2 January 2022.

  • Deviation from expected flightpath during a go-around, Aberdeen Airport, 11 September 2021.

  • Control restriction leading to stall on takeoff, Cranfield Airport, 12 December 2020.

  • Autorotation landing following an exhaust after fire, Near Ledbury, Herefordshire, 2 April 2021.

  • Propulsion system failure and forced landing, one mile north of Cranfield Airport, 29 April 2021.

  • Multiple inertial reference systems drift, during climb from Edinburgh Airport, 6 August 2021.

  • 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.

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