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February 2012 Bulletin

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Commercial Air Transport - Fixed Wing

BAe.ATP (G-MANH), landing gear failure, Cardiff Airport, 9 April 2011
Beech 90 (N46BM), forced landing, near Bournemouth Airport, 18 May 2011
BN2T Islander (G-BSWR), touched down short of the runway, Belfast International Airport, 13 July 2011
Boeing 737-8F2, (TC-JKF), deviation from standard departure, Stansted, Essex,13 March 2011
Boeing 737-8K5 (G-FDZR), landing overrun at Newcastle Airport, 25 November 2010
Britten Norman Islander BN-2A-27 (VP-MNI), runway excursion at John A Osborne Aiport, Montserrat, 17 April 2011
Cessna 441, (G-USAR), landing gear failure at Doncaster Airport, 25 July 2011
Mid-air collision between P51D Mustang (D-FBBD) and Douglas AD-4N Skyraider (F-AZDP), near Duxford Aerodrome, 10 July 2011


Commercial Air Transport - Rotorcraft

Agusta A109E (G-GCMM), tail rotor strike, Fiveways Trading Estate, Corsham, Wiltshire, 19 July 2011


General Aviation - Fixed Wing

Boeing A75N1 Stearman (G-BTFG), landing accident, Manston Airport, 14 October 2011
Cessna 152 (G-CCHT), landing gear failure at Redhill Aerodrome, 17 September 2011
Emeraude CP301A (G-BXAH), stall during takeoff, Henstridge Airfield, 19 November 2011
Europa XS (G-KDCC), landing accident, Sewards Hall Farm, Dunmow, Essex, 23 October 2010
Falconar F-11-3, G-AWHY, fuel exhaustion, North Hill Airfield, Devon, 7 October 2011
Great Lakes Sport Trainer (G-GLST), engine failure after takeoff, White Waltham, 23 September 2011
Grumman AA-5 Traveller (G-OBMW), nose gear collapsed, Sherburn-in-Elmet, 25 October 2011
Midget Mustang (G-IIMT), loss of power on takeoff, Gloucester Airport, 24 August 2011
MS.893E Rallye 180GT (G-BFGS), nose gear collapse, Holmbeck Farm Airfield, Buckinghamshire, 31 July 2011
Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub (G-BIDK), ground loop during landing, Cranfield Airport, 1 September 2011
Piper PA-28-181 Archer II (N4514X), landing accident, Cambridge Airport; 15 October 2011
Piper PA-28-151 Cherokee Warrior (G-BSCY), runway excursion, Wellesbourne Mountford Aerodrome, 1 September 2011
Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III (N6920B), landing accident, Shipdam Airfield, Norfolk, 5 July 2011
Piper PA-34-220T Seneca III (G-GFCD), rejected takeoff, Kimberley, near Norwich, Norfolk, 16 October 2011
Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk (G-BOMO), bounced landing at Swansea Airport on 23 August 2011
Pitts S-1C (G-BUWJ), landing gear collapsed, Lower Upham Farm, Wiltshire, 2 October 2011
Taylorcraft BC12D Twosome (G-BSDA), landing accident, Shoreham Airport, 29 September 2011 (1 serious injury)
Vans RV-6 (G-ORVG), taxiway infringement, Biggin Hill Airport, 16 October 2011
Zlin Z.526F (G-PCDP) and Ikarus C42 (G-CDVI), ground collision at Popham Airfield, 13 November 2011


General Aviation - Rotorcraft

Hughes 369E (G-KSWI), partial tail rotor control failure, Somerset, 19 June 2011 (1 serious injury)


Sport Aviation / Balloons

Cameron Z-275 (G-CBZZ), landing accident, Derbyshire, 24 August 2011 (1 serious injury)
Cameron Z-400 (G-VBFV), boarding injury, Shuttleworth Park, 30 September 2011
Pegasus XL-Q (G-MWKY), precautionary landing, Leicestershire, 29 October 2011
Rotorsport UK MTOSport (G-LZED), struck a wall while taking off, 27 June 2011