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Air accident monthly bulletin December 2013

The monthly bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 12 December 2013

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Air Accident Monthly Bulletin December 2013

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December Bulletin 12/2013

Special Bulletins / Interim Reports

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

• Special Bulletin AS332 L2 Super Puma (G-WNSB), accident approximately 1.5 nm west of Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands, 23 August 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

• Boeing 737-377 (G-CELS), Smoke in the cabin during pre-flight preparation, Gatwick Airport, 1 March 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

• Airbus A330-243 (G-OMYT), aborted takeoff following right engine power loss, Manchester Airport, 24 June 2013

• BAE 146-300 (EC-LOF), suspected structural damage led to diversion, during climb abeam KENET waypoint, 19 September 2013

• Beech 58 (G-BTFT), landed without landing gear extended at Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset on 2 September 2013

• Beechcraft 58TC Baron (N6751W), landing overrun, Panshanger Aerodrome, Hertfordshire, 30 July 2013

• Piper PA31-350 (VQ-TAC), gear-up landing due to a defective MLG oleo seal, at Grand Turk on 28 June 2013

General Aviation

• AS350B (G-JESI), cockpit fire in flight, forced landing, Lindley Hall Farm nr Fenny Drayton, 3 August 2013

• Champion 7ECA (G-EGWN), elevator control restricted by loose article, RAF Halton, 18 July 2013

• Cirrus SR22 (N936CT), pilot disorientated on approach and operated aircraft ballistic recovery system, 5 miles east of Gloucestershire Airport, 6 June 2013

• DH60G Gipsy Moth (G-AAZG), struck the ground following recovery from a spin, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, 12 August 2013

• Gardan GY80-160 (G-ASZS), gear-up landing, Leicester Airport, 14 August 2013

• Lancair 320 (G-PJMT), landing gear collapsed after normal landing, Exeter Airport, 9 June 2013

• Morane Saulnier MS.893A (G-AVVJ), hit trees on approach to Felthorpe airfield on 17 August 2013

• Piper PA-28-140 (G-DIAT), nosewheel detached on landing, Sandtoft Airfield, Lincolnshire, 30 August 2013

• Piper PA-28-161 (G-BSVG), wingtip to wingtip impact on a parked aircraft, Perranporth Airfield, 4 September 2013

• Reims Cessna FRA150M (G-BFGZ), nose gear leg collapse on landing, Old Buckenham, 26 July 2013

• Socata TB20 (G-TBXX), left main landing gear leg failed after landing, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, 7 July 2013

• Yak C.11 (G-BTZE), inadvertent retraction of landing gear, Wycombe Air Park, 11 August 2013

• Zenair Ch 250 (G-RAYS), loss of control following bounced landing at Skegness Airfield on 19 August 2013

• Zenair CH 601HD (G-BVAC), cockpit canopy opened during takeoff from Gloucestershire Airport on 22 August 2013

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Christen A-1 Husky (G-WATR), flipped over during practice forced landing on Loch Awe, Argyll and Bute, 7 August 2013

• EV-97 TeamEurostar UK (G-CEFZ), bounced landing and nose landing gear collapse, Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire, 26 August 2013

• Ikarus C42 (PH-3L3); stall during landing; Bellarena Airfield, County Londonderry; 17 July 2013

• Ikarus C42 (G-ILRS), wing folded on takeoff, East Fortune Airfield East Lothian, 5 October 2013

• Kiss 400-582(1) (G-CBMX), struck fence on approach, Harringe Court Farm Strip, Kent, 31 August 2013

• P & M Aviation QuikR (UR-KWIK), runway excursion on landing, Glenforsa Airfield, Isle of Mull, 7 July 2013

• Pegasus Quantum 15 (G-CCRT), loss of control during landing in gusty conditions, East Fortune Airfield (East Lothian), 7 July 2013

• SLA 80 Executive (G-CCJJ), heavy landing and gear failure at Stoke airfield, Kent on 10 August 2013

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

• Zenair CH 601U1 (G-CDAK), loss of control on approach, Old Park Farm Airfield, near Port Talbot, South Wales, 29 September 2013

Miscellaneous

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

• Correction - Valentin Taifun 17E (D-KFIH), Weybourne Airfield, 11 August 2013

Published 12 December 2013