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Of Type Bulletin - Field investigation
  • Step ladder left on the runway, Runway 33 at Birmingham Airport, West Midlands, 8 September 2020.

  • Two occurrences of in-flight deployment of recovery parachute, near Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, 21 September 2019 and Montrose, Angus, 29 November 2019.

  • Loss of control resulting in a fly-away and eventual crash, Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex, 4 July 2019.

  • Loss of control during aerobatic manoeuvring, Stonor, Oxfordshire, 24 August 2019.

  • Uncommanded roll after departure, Bournemouth Airport, 13 April 2019.

  • Exited the runway surface, Liverpool Airport, 11 December 2019.

  • Aircraft flew into the sea, Irish Sea near Puffin Island, Anglesey, 25 November 2019.

  • Emergency landing after baggage door detached in flight, Membury Airfield, Berkshire, 30 May 2020.

  • Aileron cable failure, in-flight from Newquay Airport to London Heathrow Airport, 14 November 2019.

  • Partial engine failure after takeoff, Northfield Farm, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, 15 December 2019.

  • Separation of right outer mainwheel due to bearing failure, Manchester Airport, 24 December 2019.

  • Smoke and fumes in cabin during takeoff, resulting in emergency evacuation, Exeter Airport, Devon, 28 February 2019.

  • Incorrect approach profile and go-around, Birmingham Airport, 26 August 2019.

  • Evacuation following rejected takeoff due to left engine failure, London Stansted Airport, 1 March 2019.

  • Takeoff using incorrect performance data, Lisbon Airport, Portugal, 16 September 2019.

  • Fumes on the flight deck, on approach to London Heathrow Airport, 23 September 2019.

  • A DH-82A Tiger Moth (N54556) rolled into a steeply banked turn and struck the ground in a steep nose-down attitude near Hythe, Kent, 21 July 2019.

  • UAS collided with a house roof after a GPS-compass error, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, 13 December 2019.

  • Partial electrical failure followed by missed approach, Brussels National Airport, Belgium, 4 June 2019.

  • Engine lost power shortly after takeoff, A40, Abergavenny, Wales, 12 May 2019.

  • Loss of control during aerotow launch after the horizontal tailplane detached, Gwernesney Airfield, Monmouthshire, 27 July 2019.

  • Smoke and fumes event, en route from Newcastle International Airport to Bristol Airport, 11 May 2019.

  • Runway excursion on landing, John A Osborne Airport, Montserrat, 23 September 2019.

  • Unreliable airspeed indications, in flight from London Heathrow Airport to Phoenix International Airport, USA, 9 June 2019.

  • Un-commanded yaw during Power Assurance Check, Melksham Airbase, Wiltshire, 2 January 2019.

  • Unstable approach followed by loss of altitude during go-around, Runway 27, Bristol Airport, 1 June 2019.

  • Fuel system contamination leading to engine abnormalities on both engines at London Gatwick Airport, 26 February 2020.

  • Collided with a stationary glider whilst attempting to go around, Cambridge Gliding Club, Gransden Lodge Airfield, Sandy, Cambridgeshire, 27 October 2019.

  • Hard landing, Full Sutton Airfield, York, 8 April 2019.

  • ESC failure, Hangingstone Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, 18 September 2019.

  • Aircraft fire due to electrical short circuit, Wycombe Air Park, 22 July 2019.

  • Control restriction on takeoff, Marchwood, Hampshire, 1 February 2018.

  • Nose landing gear fork failure during landing, High Cross airstrip, Hertfordshire, 15 September 2019.

  • Ran over a towbar on landing dropped by Cessna P210N, London Southend Airport, 7 August 2019.

  • Takeoff using incorrect performance data, Lisbon Airport, Portugal, 24 April 2019.

  • Loss of power and control due to electronic speed controller failure, Temple Newsam, Leeds, Yorkshire, 16 March 2019.

  • Corrosion-initiated fracture of a main rotor actuator tie bar, Owen Roberts International Airport, Cayman Islands, 26 February 2019.

  • Pilot suffered a heart attack in-flight, near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, 4 May 2019.

  • Wing distortion caused loss of control after unintended takeoff, Bedlands Gate, Newby, Cumbria, 22 June 2019.

  • IRS fault and associated system malfunctions, en route from Porto Airport, Portugal to Edinburgh Airport, 9 October 2018.

  • Pitot static probe contamination, Exeter Airport, 15 November 2018.

  • Loss of NR control during flight test due to a faulty N2 adjuster, Morpeth, Northumberland, 5 April 2018.

  • Autorotation following loss of drive to main rotor, Near Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, 1 August 2018.

  • Loss of control in hover, Goodwood Aerodrome, Sussex, 8 June 2018.

  • Crashed into a field, near Belchamp Walter, Essex, 3 February 2019.

  • Boeing 737- 4Q8 (G-JMCR), loss of electrical power, en route to East Midlands Airport, 12 October 2018.

  • Vehicle incursion of runway occupied by aircraft, London Gatwick Airport, 3 February 2018.

  • Pilot became temporarily spatially disorientated in cloud at night, Beinn Narnain, Scotland, 17 February 2018.

  • Loss of control during attempted night landing, approximately 1 nm north-west of Beverley Airfield, East Yorkshire, 10 October 2018.

  • Loss of control and impact with water after underslung load struck tail rotor, Loch Scadavay, North Uist, Western Isles, 13 June 2018.