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1,295 reports
In Category Sport aviation and balloons
  • Exodus Deltajet 500 Stingray (G-CMMW), stalled on approach and struck the airfield boundary fence, St Michael's Airfield, Lancashire, 1 May 2024

  • Rotorsport UK Cavalon (G-CKYT), in-flight structural failure, farmland between Avoch and Munlochy, 12 November 2020

  • Magic Cyclone (G-KEVA), aircraft accelerated and struck a wire fence, Glassonby Airfield, Penrith, Cumbria, 16 August 2023

  • Rotorsport UK Cavalon (G-CLDV), struck trees during a go-around, field near Breedon Holt, Norfolk, 16 January 2024

  • Slingsby T.21B (WB 924), mid-air collision with an unmanned aircraft, Dunstable Airfield, Bedfordshire, 7 October 2023

  • Jabiru UL-450 (G-CDFK), loss of power shortly after takeoff with subsequent stall and spin, Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, Essex, 4 April 2023

  • Schleicher ASW 24 (G-CHBB), loss of control during failed aerotow, Dunstable Airfield, Bedfordshire, 16 August 2023

  • Amateur-built balloon (DB-6R), G-CMFS, balloon envelope collapsed in-flight, fell from height and struck the ground, Ombersley Court, Worcestershire, 25 June 2023

  • Ventus-2CT (G-KADS) and E1 Antares (G-CLXG), Midair collision, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 17 August 2023

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

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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Struck the ground following an abandoned winch launch, Seighford Airfield, Staffordshire, 15 October 2022.

  • BB85Z (G-ELMR), hard landing, Deighton, North Yorkshire, 13 September 2022.

  • Heavy landing during simulated engine failure, Causeway Airfield, County Londonderry, 10 August 2022.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, Stoke Airfield, Kent, 27 July 2022.

  • Basket hit a fence on landing, Snetterton Racetrack east car park, Norwich, 14 August 2022.

  • Collision with trees during a go-around, Lower Upham Airfield, Wiltshire, 13 August 2022.

  • Loss of control after takeoff and engine failure, Plaistows Farm, St Albans, 30 January 2022.

  • Struck roadside hedge while taking off, A6105, 3 km East of Duns, Scottish Borders, 5 March 2022.

  • Power loss after takeoff, 2 miles west of City Airport (Manchester Barton), 29 May 2022.

  • 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.

  • Loss of control during self-launch takeoff, Wormingford Airfield, Colchester, Essex, 23 April 2021.

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

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

  • Collided with trees after takeoff close to maximum weight, Whitby, Yorkshire, 2 April 2021.

  • Collided with a fence during landing at Peterborough/Conington Airport, Cambridgeshire, 8 August 2020.

  • Hard landing following engine failure, Old Park Farm Airfield, Port Talbot, 13 September 2020.

  • Engine failure and forced landing after takeoff, Otherton Airfield, Staffordshire, 24 August 2020.

  • Hard landing, Chilbolton airfield, Stockbridge, Hampshire, 1 December 2020.

  • Forced landing after propeller drive belt failure, near West Heath Common Sandpit, West Sussex, 4 November 2020.

  • In-flight Structural Failure, Summit of Cross Fell, Pennines, Cumbria, 7 August 2019.

  • Aircraft struck airstrip perimeter fence during a practise forced landing, Porthtowan, Cornwall, 13 September 2020.