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Air accident monthly bulletin April 2014

The monthly bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 10 April 2014

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AAIB Bulletin 4/2014

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April Bulletin 4/2014

Special Bulletins / Interim Reports

This section contains Special Bulletins and Interim Reports that have been published since the last AAIB monthly bulletin.

• Eurocopter EC135 T2+, G-SPAO, Glasgow City Centre, 29 November 2013 - investigation update

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

• Boeing 747-4H6 (9M-MPL), electrical failures during the approach, London Heathrow Airport, 17 August 2012

• Cessna 525 Citation Jet (D-IPCS), partial blockage of both engine fuel filters due to suspected fuel icing, during cruise over South East England, 31 October 2013

General Aviation - Fixed wing

• Cirrus SR22 (N147KA), aircraft crashed into sea, English Channel, 21 July 2013

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.

Commercial Air Transport

• BAE 146 RJ85 (EI-RJW), contained engine fire on the ground during maintenance, Norwich Airport, 24 October 2013

• Boeing 737-33A (G-POWC), aircraft incorrectly loaded, Edinburgh Airport, 19 November 2013

• Boeing 747-436 (G-BNLW), fire in IFE equipment en-route, 14 October 2013

• Britten-Norman BN2A Mk III-2 Trislander (G-RLON), No 2 engine cowling partially detached due to fastener failure, en-route Jersey to Guernsey, 11 October 2013

General Aviation

• Agusta A109S (G-IOOZ), tail rotor strike on landing, at a private site near Withypool, Somerset, 8 December 2013

• Auster J5K (G-AMMS), abandoned takeoff and runway overrun at Watchford Farm, 6 October 2013

• Jabiru SPL-450 (G-BZST), heavy landing and propeller strike at Dunkeswell Aerodrome, 1 August 2013

• Jodel D117 (G-AZKP), loss of control during landing roll at Blair Atholl farm strip, 14 September 2013

• Maule MT-7-235 (G-HIND), struck trees during a go-around at a private strip west of Durham Tees Valley Airport, 15 August 2013

• Piper PA-34-200 (G-BASM), runway excursion on landing, Denham Aerodrome, Buckinghamshire, 24 October 2013

• Rans S7 (G-CBNF), aircraft landed heavily causing landing gear to fail and the aircraft flipped over, Netherly Airstrip, 9 November 2013

• Reims Cessna FRA150L (G-BCKU), engine failure and forced landing on Shaw Fell, Kirkcudbrightshire, 25 November 2013

• Socata TB10 Tobago (G-BSDL), engine failure and forced landing at Fenland Airfield on 7 November 2013

• Socata TB10 (G-FAIR), engine fire after landing at Rayne Hall Farm, Essex, 23 September 2013

• Vans RV-9A (G-CDCD), engine failure and forced landing near Wellesbourne Mountford, 6 August 2013

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Quik GTR (G-CHFU), tipped onto its side during takeoff at Broadmeadow Farm, Hereford, 24 November 2013

• QuikR (G-CGLO), loss of directional control on takeoff at a farm strip near Farley, Wiltshire, 23 November 2013

• Rotorsport UK MTOsport (G-PAFF), low-speed rotor strike on the aircraft rudder tip, Graveley Airfield (farm strip), Hertfordshire, 28 December 2013

Miscellaneous

This section contains Addenda, Corrections and a list of the ten most recent Air Accident (‘Formal’) reports published by the AAIB.

• Zenair CH 601UL (G-BZFV), propeller blade loss, forced landing, Glebe Farm near Sibson, 15 June 2013

Published 10 April 2014