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Air accident monthly bulletin April 2021

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: 8 April 2021

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AAIB Bulletin 4/2021

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April Bulletin 4/2021

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

• BAe ATP (SE-MAO), runway excursion on landing, Birmingham Airport, 22 May 2020

General Aviation - Fixed wing

• Rans S6-116 (G-BUWK), aircraft lost control shortly after departure, Bradley’s Lawn airstrip, Cross in Hand, Heathfield, East Sussex, 04 August 2020
• Scheibe Super Falke SF25E (G-KDEY), probable incapacitation followed by flight into terrain, Aston Down Airfield, Gloucestershire, 23 March 2020

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• SB-5E glider (G-DEJH), in-flight structural failure, Summit of Cross Fell, Pennines, Cumbria, 7 August 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-EZDD), air conditioning fumes event, on descent into Gatwick Airport, 25 August 2020
• Boeing 737-8K5 (G-TAWG), actual takeoff weight was greater than that stated on the loadsheet, at Birmingham Airport, 21 July 2020

General Aviation

• Europa (G-BXTD), forced landing after engine failure, Enstone Airfield, Oxfordshire, 28 July 2020
• Rockwell Commander 112 (G-LITE), overran runway, Perranporth Airfield, Cornwall, 23 September 2020

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Aviad Zigolo MG12 (G-CIUF), forced landing after propeller drive belt failure, near West Heath Common Sandpit, West Sussex, 4 November 2020
• Ikarus C42 FB100 Bravo (G-OSPH), hard landing, Chilbolton airfield, Stockbridge, Hampshire, 1 December 2020
• Mainair Blade (G-CBJT), engine failure and forced landing after takeoff, Otherton Airfield, Staffordshire, 24 August 2020
• X’Air Falcon 582(2) (G-CGOV), hard landing following engine failure, Old Park Farm airstrip, Port Talbot, 13 September 2020

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 2021.

Published 8 April 2021