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Air accident monthly bulletin June 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: 10 June 2021

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AAIB Bulletin 6/2021

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June Bulletin 6/2021

Summaries of Aircraft Accident Reports

This section contains summaries of Aircraft Accident (‘Formal’) Reports published since the last AAIB monthly bulletin.

• AAR 1/2021: Airbus A321-211 (G-POWN), engine malfunction after takeoff from London Gatwick Airport.

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- Rotorcraft

• EC175B (G-EMEB), alternator pinion bearing failure within the left accessory gearbox, Aberdeen Airport, 23 September 2020

General Aviation - Fixed wing

• Replica Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c (G-AWYI), lost control in flight, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 02 September 2020

General Aviation – Rotorcraft

• Schleicher ASH 25 E (G-CFST), glider struck treetops while trying to land out, London Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 26 August 2020

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

• DJI Phantom 4 RTK, loss of control due to detached propeller, Newtongrange, Dalkeith, Midlothian, 2 December 2020

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.

General Aviation

• Cirrus SR 22 (N8163P), loss of control and collision with a parked aircraft while landing at Cotswold (Kemble) Airport, 31 July 2020
• Rotorway Executive 90 (G-BVTV), dynamic rollover during landing, Landmead Farm Airfield, Oxfordshire, 4 November 2020

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• EV-97 TeamEurostar UK (G-CIKT), collided with a fence during landing at Peterborough/Conington Airport, Cambridgeshire, 8 August 2020

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

• DJI Mavic Pro 2, controlled flight into building, Seal Sands Road, Seal Sands, Middlesborough, 19 August 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 March and April 2021.

Miscellaneous

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

• Correction: AAR 1/2020: Piper PA-46-310P, (N264DB), aircraft lost 22 nm north-northwest of Guernsey, 21 January 2019

Published 10 June 2021