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March 2012 Bulletin

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Commercial Air Transport - Fixed wing

BN2T Turbine Islander (G-LEAP), double engine flameout 5 nm south of Swansea Airport on 27 August 2011
Hawker Hurricane IIB (G-HHII), wheels up landing at North Weald Airfield, Essex, 28 August 2011
Catalina (N9767), elevator damage during mooring, Gublusk Bay, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, 24 September 2011


Commercial Air Transport - Rotorcraft

Agusta A109C (N109TK), emergency landing after bird strike near Kew Bridge, London, 5 July 2011


General Aviation - Fixed wing

Beech 76 Duchess (G-OADY), nose landing gear collapse at Leeds Bradford Airport, 17 September 2011
Piper PA-18-150 (G-BJIV), right landing gear failure during takeoff, Sutton Bank, N Yorkshire, 30 August 2011
Piper PA-22-160 (G-BTLM), forced landing due to carburettor icing, Leicester Airport, 13 November 2011
Piper PA-23-160 (N100MC), power loss forced landing, South Cave Humberside, 16 December 2011.
Piper PA-24-250 Comanche (G-BYTI), landing gear failed to extend, Gamston Airport, 17 July 2011
Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee (G-ZANG), overrun on takeoff at Netherthorpe on 22 October 2011
Piper PA-32RT Cherokee Lance II (G-RHHT), struck hedge during takeoff, Wycombe Air Park, 3 June 2011 (minor injuries)
Rockwell Commander (G-BFPO), landing with nose gear unlocked,


General Aviation - Rotorcraft

Guimbal Cabri G2 (G-UIMB), heavy landing, Cotswold Airport (Kemble), 26 October 2011


Sport Aviation and Balloons

Thruster T600N 450 (G-CCRN), power loss and forced landing near Keal Coats airstrip, Lincolnshire,31 July 2011


Addenda and Corrections

McDonnell Douglas Helicopters Hughes 369E, G-KSWI - Correction