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August 2012 Bulletin

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SPECIAL BULLETINS / INTERIM REPORTS

This section contains Special Bulletins and Interim Reports that have been published since the last AAIB monthly bulletin.

Special Bulletin S3/2012 EC225 LP Super Puma (G-REDW), investigation update, 20 nm east of Aberdeen, 10 May 2012

AAIB FIELD INVESTIGATIONS

Commercial Air Transport - Fixed wing

Piper PA-31-325 (G-BWHF), controlled flight into terrain, Long Mountain near Welshpool Airport, Wales on 18 January 2012

General Aviation - Fixed wing

Beech 95-B55 (N7148R), landing gear malfunction, Exeter Airport, 22 October 2011
Socata TB10 Tobago (G-RIAM), electrical overheating, near Coventry on 27 July 2011

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

Cessna 421 (G-HIJK), nose landing gear collapse on landing, Bournemouth Airport, 16 May 2012

General Aviation

Cessna 172S Skyhawk (G-SHSP), bounced/hard landing, Sleap Aerodrome, Shropshire, 13 April 2012
EAA Biplane (G-BBMH), aircraft damaged during ground power checks, RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, 15 April 2012
Europa (G-BYJI), pilot’s door opened in flight on 28 April 2012
Europa XS (G-WIKI), bounced landing, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire, 6 May 2012
Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar (G-OOGA), crashed on takeoff, Andrewsfield Airfield, Essex on 6 January 2011
Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee (G-ZZIJ) and DH82A Tiger Moth (G-AMTF); ground collision; Lashenden (Headcorn) Aerodrome, Kent; 1 April 2012
Rans S6-116 Coyote II (G-BWWP), engine failure after takeoff, Old Park Farm, near Port Talbot, 15 April 2012
Reims Cessna FA152 Aerobat (G-MPBH), forced landing following engine failure, 11 nm south-west of RAF Kinloss, 28 April 2012
SA341G Gazelle 1 (G-WDEV), crashed during landing, Salisbury, Wilsthire, 10 January 2012
Vans RV-8 (G-HILZ), runway overrun on landing, airstrip near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, 21 April 2012

Sport Aviation / Balloons

Cameron Z-350 (G-CCSA), struck trees during landing, 8nm south of Bath, 6 April 2012
Gemini Flash IIA (G-MVPI), tipped onto its side whilst landing at Perth Airport, 24 May 2012
Mainair Blade (G-CBXV), undershot the runway, Northrepps Airfield, 9 May 2012
Scheibe SF25C Falke (G-BPZU), collision with trees during landing, West Sussex, 29 May 2012
Skyranger 912(2) (G-CCTR), gear collapse on landing, Pound Green Airstrip, Bewdley, Worcestershire, 26 March 2012
Thruster T600N (G-CBIO), carburettor icing and forced landing, near Compton Abbas Airfield, Dorset, 17 January 2012