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Air accident monthly bulletin March 2016

The monthly bulletin is a compilation of AAIB reports.

• From: Air Accidents Investigation Branch
• Published: 10 March 2016
• Last updated: 10 March 2016 — See all updates

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AAIB Bulletin 3/2016

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March Bulletin 3/2016

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

• BAe 146-200 (G-RAJJ), separation of the shock absorber on the left main landing gear, Gatwick / Guernsey Airport, 23 February 2015

General Aviation - Fixed wing

• Alpi Pioneer 400, G-CGVO, collided with terrain while approaching Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 3 January 2015
• McKenzie Edge 360 (G-EDGJ), inadvertent spin during aerobatics, Old Buckenham Aerodrome, 22 April 2015

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

• Spitfire IX (G-BRRA), engine failure and forced landing at Biggin Hill Airport on 1 August 2015

General Aviation

• Cessna 210D Centurion (G-OWAN), runway excursion during takeoff, Tosside Airstrip, Lancashire, 5 September 2015
• Cessna F172H (G-BGIU), nosewheel strike on landing, Perranporth Airfield, 30 July 2015
• Europa (G-BWJH), mishandled landing, Perth, Scotland, 17 November 2015
• Europa Trigear (G-BXGG), runway excursion during takeoff roll, Abbots Bromley Airfield, 6 September 2015

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Chevvron 2-32C (G-MZDP), heavy landing, Watnall Airfield, 31 October 2015
• Flight Design CTSW (G-CETF), engine failure, near Boston, Lincolnshire, 2 August 2015

Miscellaneous

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

• Correction: Agusta Bell 206B (G-SUEX), loss of engine power in a position from which it was not possible to conduct a safe landing, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, 16 September 2014
• Correction: Pitts S-1S (G-EEPJ), steering link failure, loss of control during taxi, Leicester, 10 August 2013

Published 10 March 2016
Last updated 10 March 2016 + show all updates

1. 10 March 2016

   Individual reports featured in the March Bulletin are now available to view.

2. 10 March 2016

   First published.