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Air accident monthly bulletin April 2013

The monthly bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 11 April 2013

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Air Accident Monthly Bulletin April 2013

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April Bulletin 4/2013

AAIB Field Investigations

A field investigation is an independent investigation in which AAIB investigators collect, record and analyse evidence.

The process may include, attending the scene of the accident or serious incident; interviewing witnesses; reviewing documents, procedures and practices; examining aircraft wreckage or components; and analysing recorded data.

The investigation, which can take a number of months to complete, will conclude with a published report.

Commercial Air Transport - Fixed wing

• Beech B200 Super King Air (OO-LET), landing gear collapse, Cambridge Airport, 28 July 2012

• BN2A MK.III-2 Trislander, G-BDTO, Uncontained engine failure, 27 nm north-east of Alderney, Channel Islands, 27 March 2012

• Boeing 737-33A (G-ZAPZ), tailstrike on takeoff, Chambery Airport, 14 April 2012

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Shadow Series CD (G-MYUS), collision with terrain due to pilot incapacitation, near Salisbury, Wiltshire on 22 August 2012

• Team Minimax 93 (G-CBPL), loss of control in flight and crash, field adjacent to Newnham Way, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, 18 May 2012

AAIB Correspondence Investigations

These are reports on accidents and incidents which were not subject to a Field Investigation.

They are wholly, or largely, based on information provided by the aircraft commander in an Aircraft Accident Report Form (AARF) and in some cases additional information from other sources.

The accuracy of the information provided cannot be assured.

General Aviation

• Cessna 172RG (G-BILU), landed with the nose gear retracted at Stapleford Aerodrome on 16 December 2012

• DH82A Tiger Moth (G-AMTF), engine failure and forced landing near Hollingbourne on 30 November 2012

• Hiller UH-12 B (N38763), tail struck ground during landing, Elstree Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, 4 August 2012

• Pioneer 400 (G-TLOY), landed with gear partially extended after the pilot experienced difficulty with pitch control, Ledbury Airstrip, 26 August 2012

• Piper PA-22-135 (G-APYI), loss of control during takeoff, near Bethesda, Pembrokeshire, 26 October 2012

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Rotorsport UK Calidus (G-CGJD), bounced landing and rollover, Kirkbride Airfield, Cumbria, 23 January 2013

Published 11 April 2013