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Air accident monthly bulletin April 2020

The AAIB Bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports and is published on the second Thursday of the month.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 9 April 2020

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AAIB Bulletin 4/2020

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April Bulletin 4/2020

Summaries of Aircraft Accident Reports

This section contains summaries of Aircraft Accident (‘Formal’) Reports published since the last AAIB monthly bulletin.

• AAR 1/2020: Piper PA-46-310P Malibu N264DB, aircraft lost 22 nm north-northwest of Guernsey, 21 January 2019

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.

General Aviation – Rotorcraft

• Guimbal Cabri G2 (G-CILR), aircraft fire due to electrical short circuit, Wycombe Air Park, 22 July 2019

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

• Airbus A319-111 (G-EZBI), incorrect takeoff performance used, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport, France, 29 August 2019
• DHC-8-402 (G-PRPK), aircraft de-pressurisation, En route from Edinburgh Airport to London City Airport, 22 July 2019
• Embraer E55P Phenom (D-COLT), aircraft commenced takeoff on runway side stripe, RWY 23R, Manchester Airport, 12 March 2019

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

• Velos Single Rotor, (UAS, registration n/a), ESC failure, Hangingstone Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, 18 September 2019

Record-Only Investigations

This section provides details of accidents and incidents which were not subject to a Field or full Correspondence Investigation.

They are wholly, or largely, based on information provided by the aircraft commander at the time of reporting and in some cases additional information from other sources.

The accuracy of the information provided cannot be assured.

Record-only Correspondence investigations reviewed in January and February 2020.

Miscellaneous

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

• Correction: Sikorsky S-61N (G-ATBJ), control restriction on takeoff, Marchwood, Hampshire, 1 February 2018

Published 9 April 2020