Skip to main content

Air Accidents Investigation Branch reports

Skip to results
11,209 reports
  • 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.

  • Firm landing following a simulated engine failure on takeoff, North Weald Airfield, Essex, 12 March 2021.

  • Pitot tubes blocked by insect activity, London Heathrow Airport, between 9 June 2021 and 19 July 2021.

  • Inadvertent spin during a formation display practice, 1nm north of Headcorn Aerodrome, 9 May 2021.

  • During a practice aerobatic display the right aileron detached, overhead Tempsford (disused) Airfield, Bedfordshire, 1 May 2021.

  • Correction to a record only event.

  • Loss of propeller blade after failure of attachment screw, Skegness Lincolnshire, 14 January 2021 and 17 February 2021 (same UAS for both events)

  • Unexplained loss of control and struck the top of a tower structure, Brighton, East Sussex, 20 July 2021.

  • Pilot disorientation in inadvertent IMC, Tevioyhead, Scottish Borders, 17 August 2021.

  • Left door detached in flight, Brinkworth, Wiltshire, 23 June 2021.

  • High speed rejected takeoff, London Luton Airport, 13 July 2021.

  • Engine stoppage and forced landing, Lower Withial Farm, Somerset, 15 July 2021.

  • Aircraft taxied over towbar, East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, 16 June 2021.

  • Engine fire due to exhaust clamp failure, Hedsor House, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, 2 March 2021.

  • Escapade (G-CGNV), fatal accident at Breighton Airfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, 14 November 2021.

  • Loss of power followed by stall and spin, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, 3 February 2021.

  • Loss of control and flyaway, Quarry Span Hill, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, 3 April 2021.

  • Aileron control disconnection in flight resulting in pilot abandoning the glider by parachute, Gibett Hill, Brentor, near Tavistock, Devon, 23 June 2021.

  • Cargo Fire Warning during pre-flight preparation, London Heathrow Airport, 2 July 2021.

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

  • Loss of control after takeoff, Troutbeck Airfield, Cumbria, 11 October 2020.

  • Impact with a vehicle following loss of communication, Fradley, Lichfield, Staffordshire,19 April 2021.

  • Power loss followed by rollover on landing, Street Farm, Takeley, Essex, 30 March 2021.

  • Loss of rotor rpm when landing, Maghera, County Londonderry, 22 July 2021.

  • Aircraft failed to climb away after extended takeoff run, Husbands Bosworth, Leicester, 28 May 2021

  • Struck wall during landing, Bluebutts Farm, Slaidburn, Lancashire, 2 July 2021.

  • Forced landing following simultaneous shutdown of both engines, Lydd Airport, Kent, 29 December 2020.

  • 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.

  • Runway excursion, Shacklewell Airfield, Stamford, Lincolnshire 23 June 2021.

  • Stalled close to the ground during a forced landing, Lower Durston, Somerset, 26 May 2021.

  • Landing mishap, Wombleton Airfield, North Yorkshire, 12 June 2021.

  • Fuel starvation during takeoff, Rossall Airfield, Lancashire, 28 June 2021.

  • Takeoff rejected when canopy transparency detached from frame, St Athan Airport, Glamorgan, 14 May 2021.

  • Passengers loaded with seating distribution for different aircraft type, Bristol Airport, 3 January 2021.

  • Bell 407 (N120HH), Engine failure and autorotation, Long Marston, Warwick-shire, 24 June 2020.

  • Loss of power, deployed Ballistic Parachute Recovery System and landed in sea, Calshot Spit, Hampshire, 31 May 2020.

  • Hawker Sea Fury T MK.20 (G-INVN), Engine bearing failure and forced landing, Harston, Cambridgeshire, 04 August 2020

  • BN2T-4S Islander (G-CGTC), Dual engine failure, City of Derry Airport, Eglinton, Londonderry, 12 November 2020

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