Air accident monthly bulletin January 2021
The AAIB Bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports and is published on the second Thursday of the month.
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January Bulletin 1/2021
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.
General Aviation - Fixed wing
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
- Agusta A109E (G-ETPJ), localised burning in equipment bay, Boscombe Down Airfield, Wiltshire, 2 July 2020
- Beech 200 (G-FSEU), smoke in the cabin during climb, Doncaster, 28 February 2020
- Westland Scout AH1 (G-CIBW), loss of door window in flight, West Dean, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 17 September 2020
General Aviation
- Aeroprakt A22-LS Foxbat (G-FXBA), hard landing, Holmbeck Farm Airfield, Buckinghamshire, 10 August 2020
- Cessna 172N (G-BUJN), nose landing gear collapsed, Coventry Airport, West Midlands, 30 July 2020
- Jodel D112 (G-INNI), heavy landing and go around followed by stiff aileron control at Old Hay Airfield, Kent, 22 August 2020
- Jodel DR250/160 (G-BUVM), loss of directional control after landing, Crosland Moor Airfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, 11 August 2020
- Piper PA-24-180 Comanche (N5839P), undercarriage collapsed on roll out from landing, Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 13 September 2020
- Sportstar Max (G-TMAX), propeller blade detached during climb out, White Ox Mead Farm Airstrip, near Bath, Somerset, 25 May 2020
Sport Aviation / Balloons
- Mainair Blade 912 (G-BZNS), landing gear collapsed while taxiing, Athey’s Moor airfield, Northumberland, 17 September 2020
- Mignet HM-1000 Balerit (G-MRAM), engine failure on takeoff, Coleman Green Airstrip, Hertfordshire, 31 August 2020
- Savannah VG Jabiru, G-CGTV, inadvertent flap deployment, Scurf Dyke Farm, nr Driffield, Yorkshire, 25 June 2020
- Skyranger Swift 912S(1) (G-CFIA), stall on takeoff at Baxby Airfield, Husthwaite, North Yorkshire, 2 October 2020
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Aeryon Sky Ranger R60, SR 5074049, unintended pilot activation of emergency cut-out system in flight, Maidenbower Pond, Crawley, West Sussex, 17 June 2020
- Wingcopter 178 Heavylift, loss of control due to ESC overheating, Mayfield Farm, Ilsley Road, Compton, Newbury, 4 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 UAS investigations reviewed in October and November 2020.
Miscellaneous
This section contains Addenda, Corrections and a list of the ten most recent Air Accident reports published by the AAIB.