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Air accident monthly bulletin February 2013

The monthly bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 14 February 2013

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Air Accident Monthly Bulletin February 2013

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February Bulletin 2/2013

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.

General Aviation - Rotorcraft

• Robinson R22 Beta (G-CHZN), in-flight separation of main rotor blades, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, 6 January 2012

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Schleicher ASW 24 (G-CGDU), loss of control in flight, near Dunstable, Bedfordshire, 30 April 2012

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-EZDN), reduced takeoff performance safety margin, Prague Airport, 4 July 2012

• Airbus A320 (G-MRJK) and Airbus A321 (G-OZBM); ground collision during pushback; London Luton Airport; 30 May 2012

• Boeing 757-2K2 (G-LSAN), fuel leak from right engine resulting in a single-engine diversion to Newcastle Airport, approximately 85 nm north-east of Newcastle Airport, 7 August 2012

• Hawker Hunter T7 (G-VETA), Fuel drop tank detached during landing, Cotswold Airport (Kemble), Gloucestershire, 16 September 2012

• Sikorsky S-76C (G-CGOU), precautionary landing following smell of smoke in flight, 19 nm east-north-east of Humberside Airport, 26 September 2012

General Aviation

• Eurocopter AS350B2 (G-BXGA), empty lifting chain struck tail rotor system, 1.5 nm south of Kettlewell, Yorkshire, 16 October 2012

• AS350B2 (G-ORKY), load lifting chain struck tail in severe turbulence, 30 nm south-east of Inverness, 8 October 2012

• Cessna F172H (G-CGRE), forced landing following loss of engine power, Hoddesdon, 18 August 2012

• Cessna 172S Skyhawk (D-EFUC), forced landing due to loss of power, Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire, 2 August 2012

• CZAW Sportcruiser (G-CFNV), nose leg failure whilst taxiing, Skegness Airfield, 11 August 2012

• Focke Wulf (Piaggio) P149D (D-EARY), aircraft drifted on landing and struck obstacle, Stretton Airfield, Nr Warrington, 17 November 2012

• Jodel D120 (G-ATLV), brief description, Shenstone Airfield, Staffordshire, 21 October 2012

• Mooney M20J (N12ZX), Landing Gear Failure, Oxford (Kidlington) Airport, 8 September 2012

• Percival Proctor 3 (G-ALJF), aircraft struck a tree and hedgerow following an aborted attempt to go-around, airstrip 12 nm south-west of Ashford, Kent, 24 July 2012

• Piper PA-25-235 (G-BFEV), landing gear failure, Kirton in Lindsey Airfield, 18 August 2012

• Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk (D-EIBR), loss of control on landing, Dornoch Airfield, Scotland, 3 November 2012

• Robin DR400/500 (G-VIRR), heavy landing and nose gear collapse at Jersey Airport 15 October 2012

• Robinson R22 Beta (G-BTHI), loss of tail rotor thrust, on approach to Leicester Airport, 14 August 2012

• Rotorway Executive 162F (G-FLIT), drive shaft failure, near Haslemere, 26 August 2012

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Escapade 912(1) (G-CDKL), loss of control on landing, Eshott Airfield, Northumberland, 22 September 2012

• Mainair Blade (G-MZED), encounter with helicopter downwash, Eshott Airfield, Northumberland, 22 September 2012

• Pegasus Quantum 15 (G-MYRN), forced landing after engine failure, 4 nm south-east of Perth (Scone) Aerodrome, Perthshire, 17 November 2012

• Rotorsport UK MT-03 (G-CFKA), runway overshoot on landing, Rufforth Airfield East, 31 July 2012

Miscellaneous

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

• Correction - Robinson R44 Raven, G-GDOV, Gidleigh Park Hotel, Chagford, Devon, 16 May 2011

• Addendum - Thruster T600N 450, G-CBIO, near Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 17 January 2012

Published 14 February 2013