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Air accident monthly bulletin April 2024

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: 11 April 2024

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AAIB Bulletin 4/2024

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April Bulletin 4/2024

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

• ATR 72-212A 600 (EI-GPN), partial electrical systems failure during approach, Belfast City Airport, 19 September 2022

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Extra NG (G-MIIL), aircraft canopy failed in flight, ​Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, 2 April 2022​

• Ikarus C42 FB80 Bravo (G-CICF), in-flight battery fire, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, 8 December 2022

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

• AS355F1 (G-BOSN), cabin doors opened in flight, Gunnersbury Park, London, 4 October 2023

General Aviation

• Cessna 120 (G-BRUN), attempted go-around, loss of control, Kitty Hawk Farm Strip, Sussex, 15 Sep 2023
• Denney Kitfox MK2 (G-BUKP), forced landing due to fuel exhaustion near Old Buckenham Airfield, Norwich, 3 September 2023

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Flylight Nine (G-CMRF),rigging failure leading to aircraft damage during landing, Darley Moor Airfield, Derbyshire, 17 November 2023
• RAF 2000 GTX-SE (G-CDJN), Forced landing in canal after takeoff, Great Heck, North Yorkshire, 15 September 2023

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 2024.

Published 11 April 2024