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May 2012 Bulletin

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Special Bulletin

BAE Systems Jetstream 31 (G-CCPW), main landing gear failure, Isle of Man Airport, 8 March 2012

Commercial Air Transport - Fixed wing

Airbus A319-111 (G-EZFI), smoke in the cabin after landing and aircraft evacuation, Belfast International Airport, 6 January 2011
Airbus A300-B4-622R (TF-ELK), serious incident during aborted landing, East Midlands Airport, 10 January 2011
Boeing 767-324 (G-OOBK), hard landing, Bristol Airport, 3 October 2010
BN2A-26 Islander (VP-MON), runway excursion after landing, John A Osborne Airport, Montserrat, 22 May 2011

Commercial Air Transport - Rotorcraft

MD900 Explorer (G-CEMS), landing gear failure at Leeds Bradford Airport on 29 July 2011

General Aviation - Fixed wing

Robin R2100 (G-BGBA), bounced landing, Gloucestershire Airport, 3 February 2012
Breezer B600 (G-OLSA), engine stoppage after takeoff from Membury Airfield, Berkshire, on 25 June 2011
Corben Junior Ace (G-BDSI), power loss forced landing, White Ox Mead airstrip, Bath & North East Somerset, 25 February 2012
Piper PA-28 (G-BOFZ), engine fire on ground, Newcastle Airport, 4 February 2012
Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior II (G-BRBB), runway overrun on landing, Caernarfon Airport, 11 March 2012
Piper PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow (G-AWBA), struck bushes on short finals, Stapleford Airfield, 2 January 2012
Piper PA34-200T (G-BOCG), smoke in cockpit, Birmingham Airport, 15 February 2012
Piper PA-38 (G-BRSJ), nosewheel collapse following aborted takeoff, Swansea Airport, 3 March 2012
Yak-52 (G-LYFA), brake failure during taxi, Manchester Barton Airfield, 15 January 2012

General Aviation - Rotorcraft

Robinson R22 Beta (G-BXUC), loss of control after landing at Gloucester Airport on 22 September 2011
Robinson R44 II, Raven II (G-ROTG), loss of control in cloud, Marhamchurch, near Bude, Cornwall, 24 July 2011

Sport Aviation and Balloons

Challenger II (G-MYOZ), engine power loss after takeoff, Longside Airfield on 1 November 2011
Falcon (3) 195 Hang Glider crashed during an aerotow launch at Darley Moor, Derbyshire on 28 October 2011
Magni M24C (G-ORDW), struck runway during late go-around and rolled onto side, Cark Airfield Cumbria, 2 March 2012
Rans S6-ES (G-CCJN), engine failure forced landing after takeoff, 5 February 2012
Savannah Jabiru(4) (G-CDAT), hard bounced landing, Eshott, 17 February 2012
VPM M16 Tandem Trainer (G-CVPM), rotor blade strike during takeoff, Halfpenny Green Airport, 14 February 2012