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June 2012 Bulletin

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Special Bulletin

Special Bulletin S2/2012, EC225 LP Super Puma (G-REDW), controlled ditching, 20 nm east of Aberdeen, 10 May 2012

Commercial Air Transport - Fixed wing

Antonov An-12 (UR-DWF), ground collision during taxi, Birmingham Airport, 9 February 2012
Boeing 757-21B (G-LSAI), loss of electrical power in Bulgarian airspace on 7 September 2011
DHC-8-402 Dash 8 (G-JECF), GPWS warning on approach, Exeter Airport, 11 September 2010
DHC-8-402 Dash 8, (G-JEDV), depressurisation overhead the Thames Estuary, 29 November 2011

General Aviation - Fixed wing

Alpi Aviation Pioneer 300 (G-VIXX), ground collision at Gloucester Airport on 25 November 2011
Tiger Moth (G-AOIL), entered a spin and crashed at Witchampton, 15 May 2011
Maule MX-7-180B (G-URUS), ground loop during landing, Treborough Airfield, Somerset, 11 November 2011
Pioneer 200 (G-CEVJ), struck power lines on approach, Godney Moor Airstrip, Somerset, 25 March 2012
Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior II (G-BOER), ground collision whilst taxiing, Coventry Airport, 16 February 2012
Reims Cessna F152 (G-BIUM), inverted after heavy landing, Netherthorpe Airfield, 21 March 2012
Rockwell Commander 112TC (N4599W), runway overrun, Fenland Airfield, Lincolnshire, 10 March 2012
Vans RV-6A (G-RVGC) and DA 40D Diamond Star (G-CEZR), midair collision at Shoreham Airport on 4 July 2011

General Aviation - Rotorcraft

Robinson R44 (G-SRPH), loss of control on takeoff, Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland on 11 February 2012

Sport Aviation and Balloons

Cameron N-77 balloon (G-BEEI), struck power lines during landing, Bozeat, Northamptonshire on 25 March 2012
Gemini Flash IIA (G-MVSN), aircraft engine ran to full power on start up, Eshott Airfield, Northumberland on 17 March 2012
Lindstrand LBL 330A (G-LRGE), pilot injured during launch, Micheldever, Hampshire, 22 September 2011
Rotorsport UK MTOsport (G-CGGL), engine power loss after takeoff, Kirkbride Airfield, Cumbria, 31 March 2012