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Air accident monthly bulletin March 2019

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: 14 March 2019
• Last updated: 14 March 2019 — See all updates

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AAIB Bulletin 3/2019

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March Bulletin 3/2019

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

• Piper PA-31 (N250AC), collision with runway following reported pitch control problems, Caernarfon Airport, Gwynedd, 6 September 2017

General Aviation - Fixed wing

• Auster AOP.9 (G-BXON), crashed after takeoff, Spanhoe Airfield, Northamptonshire, 18 June 2017
• Cessna 152 (G-UFCO), loss of control at low level, Near Crumlin, Northern Ireland, 19 April 2018

General Aviation – Rotorcraft

• Bell 206B3 (G-OPEN), inadvertent climb into cloud and subsequent loss of control, near Aldborough, North Yorkshire, 30 May 2018

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

• AW109SP (G-FRRN), engine started with rotor brake on, London Heliport (Battersea), 19 November 2018
• Dornier Alpha Jet FB (OE-FAS), on final approach flames emitted from the wing-mounted smoke generators, Farnborough Airport, Hampshire, 13 July 2018

General Aviation

• Boeing A75N1 (G-CIOC), ground collision with runway marker board, Wickenby Airport, Lincolnshire, 22 July 2018
• Cirrus SR22 (G-SRTT), engine failure and operation of CAPS ballistic recovery system, Benington, Hertfordshire, 9 June 2018
• DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 (G-BCPU), loss of control due to flying control restriction, near White Waltham Airfield, Berkshire, 8 September 2018
• Eurofox 912(S) (G-CHUP), aircraft nosed over during engine start, Nympsfield Airfield, Gloucestershire, 4 January 201
• Extra 400 (D-EXKG), takeoff aborted and aircraft overran runway, Oban Airport, Argyll and Bute, 13 July 2018
• Grumman AA-5 (G-BEZF), collided with a parked aircraft during taxi, Turweston Aerodrome, 2 September 2018
• Jabiru SK (G-OJAB), NOSE landing gear collapse after landing, Higham (Private strip), Kent, 25 July 2018
• Piper J5A (G-BSXT), landing overrun, Felthorpe Airfield, Norwich, 20 July 2018
• Piper PA-28-140 (G-AYIG), ground loop after attempted PFL, West Wales Airport, 18 October 2018
• Piper PA-28-161 (G-BSZT), aircraft left the runway on takeoff, Shoreham Airport, West Sussex, 26 October 2018
• Piper PA-28-181 (G-BXTW), aircraft collided with a tree on approach, Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 22 November 2018
• Piper PA-28R-200-2 (G-EDVL), right main landing gear collapsed while taxiing, Redhill Aerodrome, Surrey, 18 June 2018
• Piper PA-34-200T (G-FILE), landing gear collapse, Cotswold (Kemble) Airport, Gloucestershire, 11 July 2018
• Robinson R22 Beta (G-MACA), helicopter rolled uncontrollably in a low hover, private grounds near Haighton, Lancashire, 13 September 2018
• Siai Marchetti S.205 20/R (G-BFAP), aircraft touched down with the landing gear retracted, Leicester Airport, 6 August 2018
• Skystar Kitfox Mk 7 (G-FBCY), failure of propeller pitch change mechanism leading to loss of engine thrust, field near Rugby, Warwickshire, 5 August 2018
• Slingsby T61F Venture T Mk 2 (G-BUGT), collision with field boundary after engine failure, Field near Rufforth Airfield, York, 9 December 2018
• Vans RV-12 (G-CMKL), runway excursion on landing, Midlem Airfield, nr Selkirk, 28 October 2018

Sport Aviation / Balloons

• Denney Kitfox Mk2 (G-BSDD), stall during precautionary landing, Coniston, Cumbria, 30 October 2018
• Ikarus C42 FB80 Bravo (G-SAMC), stalled and landed heavily during go-around, Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 25 August 20
• Jabiru UL-D (G-EUAN), nose gear collapsed on landing, Rochester Airport, Kent, 30 September 2018
• Quik GT450 (G-DTAR), heavy landing and go-around due to wake turbulence, Perth Airfield, 15 September 2018
• RAF 2000 GTX-SE (G-BXDE), loss of control on takeoff, North Weald Airfield, Essex, 14 September 2018

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

• (UAS) Yuneec Typhoon H480, loss of electrical power on approach to land, RAF St Athan, Wales 26 September 2018

Published 14 March 2019
Last updated 14 March 2019 + show all updates

1. 14 March 2019

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

2. 14 March 2019

   First published.