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Air accident monthly bulletin March 2014

The monthly bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 13 March 2014

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AAIB Bulletin 3/2014

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March Bulletin 3/2014

Special Bulletins / Interim Reports

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

• Special Bulletin S1/2014 - AS332 L2 Super Puma (G-WNSB), approximately 1.5 nm west of Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands, 23 August 2013 - investigation update

Summaries of Aircraft Accident Reports

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

• AAR 1/2014 - Airbus A330-343 (G-VSXY), emergency evacuation, London Gatwick Airport, 16 April 2012

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

• Piper PA-38-112 (G-BGBN), loss of control at low height following an engine failure, Cranfield Airfield, 5 June 2013

• Replica Fokker EIII (G-CHFS), loss of control, Middle Wallop Airfield, 27 April 2013

General Aviation - Rotorcraft

• Eurocopter AS350B3e Squirrel (G-ECUK), loss of control following hydraulic failure, Private helicopter landing site near Oxford, 19 June 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

• Boeing 767-31K (G-TCCB); smoke from rear galley oven shortly after take off; 14 September 2013

General Aviation

• Cozy (G-BXDO), nose landing gear not locked down on landing at Perth Airfield on 31 August 2013

• Piper PA-18-150 (Modified) (G-BJIV), landing gear collapse on landing at Sutton Bank, on 27 August 2013

• Piper PA-28-161 (G-BTNV), runway overrun, Manchester Barton aerodrome, 11 December 2013

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• EV-97 TeamEurostar UK (G-CGZF), loss of control on takeoff at Membury Airfield 26 August 2013

Published 13 March 2014