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  • Power loss in flight resulting in ground impact, near Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, 18 April 2021.

  • Engine failure and forced landing, 500m east of Insch airfield, Aberdeenshire, 18 October 2020.

  • Incapacitation of a task specialist during unpressurised survey flight, near St Neots, Cambridgeshire, 4 April 2021.

  • Runway excursion and collision with another aircraft, Breighton Airfield, Breighton, Selby, 22 April 2021.

  • When approaching the airfield to rejoin the circuit, the aircraft’s engine began to run rough then lost power completely. During the subsequent forced landing the aircraft came to rest inverted and the pilot sustained minor…

  • Bird strike through left windshield, Carsington Water, Derbyshire, 22 April 2021.

  • Nose landing gear collapsed during landing, Blackpool Airport, Lancashire, 12 February 2021.

  • The UAS was in a stable hover while the operator was looking at the screen. The UAS suddenly flew into a nearby building before falling to the ground.

  • Inadvertent nose landing gear retraction during pre-flight maintenance, London Heathrow Airport, 18 June 2021.

  • Right wing tip touched the runway on landing, Biggin Hill Airport, Kent, 17 September 2020.

  • Aircraft under tow collided with tug vehicle, London Biggin Hill Airport, Kent, 19 January 2021.

  • Runway excursion during landing, Shobdon Aerodrome, Leominster, Herefordshire, 4 July 2020.

  • Uncommanded engine shutdown in flight, Near Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon, 23 June 2020.

  • Right main gear collapsed on landing, Belfast International Airport, 17 January 2021.

  • Nose gear collapsed after landing, Leicester Airport, 7 September 2020.

  • Loss of electrical power shortly after take-off, Leeds Bradford Airport, West Yorkshire, 8 December 2020.

  • Aircraft tipped onto its nose in soft ground and propeller struck ground, Bedlands Gate Airfield, Cumbria, 30 March 2021.

  • Nose landing gear collapse, Wadswick Farm airstrip, Box, Somerset, 28 February 2021.

  • Landed long and overshot grass strip, Bolt Head Airfield, Kingsbridge, Devon, 30 April 2021.

  • Pilot briefly hypoxic, North Sea, 6 March 2021.

  • Hard landing in field, private landing site, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, 17 December 2020.

  • Loss of control after landing, Haverfordwest Airport, Pembrokeshire, 26 November 2020.

  • Aircraft wheels and spats dug into soft ground during landing and the aircraft nosed over on to its back, Farm ttrip near Goose Green, West Sussex, 28 February 2021.

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

  • Uncontrolled flight into trees, Fareham, Hampshire, 19 February 2021.

  • Cessna 185A (G-BLOS), aircraft collided with trees shortly after takeoff Pauncefoot Airstrip, Romsey 7 October 2020.

  • The AAIB Annual Safety Review 2020 has been published. It includes information on occurrences and the safety action taken or planned in response to AAIB investigations concluded in 2020.

  • Near controlled flight into terrain, private landing site near Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, 14 October 2019.

  • Dynamic rollover during landing, Landmead Farm Airfield, Oxfordshire, 4 November 2020.

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

  • Controlled flight into building, Seal Sands, Middlesborough, 19 August 2020.

  • Loss of control and collision with a parked aircraft while landing at Cotswold (Kemble) Airport, 31 July 2020.

  • Loss of control due to detached propeller, Newtongrange, Dalkeith, Midlothian, 2 December 2020.

  • Struck gravel pile during final approach, Enstone Airfield, Oxfordshire, 13 September 2020.

  • Loss of power after takeoff, White Waltham, Berkshire, 13 September 2020.

  • Loss of engine power and wheels-up forced landing, near Abergavenny Airfield, Gwent, 25 May 2020.

  • Nose gear failed during landing, Nottingham City Airport, Nottinghamshire, 7 December 2020.

  • Electrical arcing and smoke in the cockpit during final approach, Bournemouth Airport, 23 October 2020.

  • Smoke in the cabin following engine start, Guernsey Airport, 29 June and 22 July 2020.

  • Failure to maintain correct approach profile, Birmingham Airport, Birmingham, West Midlands, 16 July 2020.

  • Engine malfunction after takeoff from London Gatwick Airport.

  • Lost control in flight, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 2 September 2020.

  • Glider struck treetops while trying to land out, London Road, Cheltenham, Gloucester-shire, 26 August 2020.

  • Runway excursion, Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 23 September 2020.

  • Alternator pinion bearing failure within the left accessory gearbox, Aberdeen Airport, 23 September 2020.

  • Roll control difficulties and loss of flight director after uncommanded autopilot disengagement, after departure from Jersey Airport, 18 August 2020.

  • Mobile phone crushed in seat mechanism, London Heathrow Airport, 1 October 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.