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11,217 reports
  • A DH-82A Tiger Moth (N54556) rolled into a steeply banked turn and struck the ground in a steep nose-down attitude near Hythe, Kent, 21 July 2019.

  • Inadvertent release of underslung load, Glencoe, Argyll, Scotland, 3 March 2020.

  • Aircraft struck lighting stand during taxi, Liverpool Airport, 30 September 2019.

  • The Annual Safety Review contains information on the AAIB’s activity during 2019.

  • UAS collided with a house roof after a GPS-compass error, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, 13 December 2019.

  • Partial electrical failure followed by missed approach, Brussels National Airport, Belgium, 4 June 2019.

  • Engine lost power shortly after takeoff, A40, Abergavenny, Wales, 12 May 2019.

  • Probable collision with a tree whilst operating at extended range, Mill Lane, Ludlow, 5 March 2020.

  • Drone collision with structure, Sampson House, London, 8 February 2020.

  • Front strut separated on takeoff, Mendlesham Airfield, Suffolk, 4 July 2019.

  • Low speed collision with the fuel installation, Sherburn in Elmet Airfield, Leeds, 1 December 2019.

  • Hard landing, Almeley Wootton, 25 March 2020.

  • Nosewheel detached during touch-and-go, Runway 21L at Stapleford Aerodrome, Essex, 4 March 2020.

  • Collided with farm gate during go-around, private airstrip, Mount Rule, Isle of Man Airport, 13 March 2020.

  • Smoke from APU starter/generator, Leeds Bradford Airport, 10 January 2020.

  • Wrong deck landing, Forties Charlie platform, northern North Sea, 25 March 2019.

  • Loss of control during aerotow launch after the horizontal tailplane detached, Gwernesney Airfield, Monmouthshire, 27 July 2019.

  • Smoke and fumes event, en route from Newcastle International Airport to Bristol Airport, 11 May 2019.

  • Runway excursion on landing, John A Osborne Airport, Montserrat, 23 September 2019.

  • Landed short of the runway during autonomous landing, West Wales Airfield, Aberporth, 18 November 2019.

  • Loss of control due to magnetic interference from high voltage cables, Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, 1 October 2019.

  • Envelope became entangled with tree on landing, Crowle, north Lincolnshire, 13 July 2019.

  • Struck overhead power cables during a forced landing, approximately two miles north-east of Caernarfon Airport, Gwynedd, 2 December 2019.

  • Collision with power lines during emergency landing in darkness and poor visibility, Brindle, Lancashire, 27 August 2019.

  • Envelope became entangled on a house after landing, near Little Sampton, Essex, 30 April 2019.

  • Partial loss of engine power on takeoff and subsequent forced landing, Retford Gamston Airport, Nottinghamshire, 20 January 2020.

  • Helicopter rollover, Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield, Yorkshire, 2 October 2019.

  • Aircraft overturned during takeoff, off-airfield site, Isle of Mull, 25 July 2019.

  • Aircraft stalled and struck the ground shortly after taking off, Otherton Hall Farm, Staffordshire, 16 July 2019.

  • Winglet struck tail of parked aircraft, Terrance B Lettsome Airport, British Virgin Islands, 4 January 2020.

  • Aircraft taxied prematurely and struck towbar, Birmingham Airport, 22 August 2019.

  • Collided with a vehicle as the aircraft approached its stand, London Heathrow Airport, 20 December 2019.

  • Aircraft struck power lines during final approach, Robins Farm, Chiddingfold, Surrey, 04 November 2019.

  • Incorrect takeoff performance, Glasgow Airport, 24 November 2019.

  • Unreliable airspeed indications, in flight from London Heathrow Airport to Phoenix International Airport, USA, 9 June 2019.

  • Un-commanded yaw during Power Assurance Check, Melksham Airbase, Wiltshire, 2 January 2019.

  • Unstable approach followed by loss of altitude during go-around, Runway 27, Bristol Airport, 1 June 2019.

  • Fuel system contamination leading to engine abnormalities on both engines at London Gatwick Airport, 26 February 2020.

  • Collided with a stationary glider whilst attempting to go around, Cambridge Gliding Club, Gransden Lodge Airfield, Sandy, Cambridgeshire, 27 October 2019.

  • Hard landing, Full Sutton Airfield, York, 8 April 2019.

  • Incorrect takeoff performance used, Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, France, 29 August 2019.

  • Aircraft de-pressurisation, En route from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport, 22 July 2019.

  • Aircraft commenced takeoff on runway side stripe, Runway 23R, Manchester Airport, 12 March 2019.

  • ESC failure, Hangingstone Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, 18 September 2019.

  • Aircraft fire due to electrical short circuit, Wycombe Air Park, 22 July 2019.

  • Aircraft lost 22 nm north-north-west of Guernsey, 21 January 2019.

  • Impacted a Sea Stack during filming, Mangestera Stacks, Isle of Lewis, 15 September 2019.

  • Takeoff from the wrong intersection, London Heathrow Airport, 2 October 2019.

  • Aircraft tail cone struck blast screen during pushback, London Gatwick Airport, 12 August 2019.

  • Smoke from engine, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, 3 October 2019.