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nosewheel detached on contact with the runway. Both occupants were uninjured.


FATIGUE FACTOR? Boeing Stearman Wickenby Airport, 22 July 2018


JAMMED CONTROLS DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 Nr White Waltham, Berkshire 8 September 2018


After completing the final manoeuvre of a display sequence, an aileron roll at 600ft, the Chipmunk continued to roll and pitch nose-down despite the pilot’s control inputs. The pilot reduced power and declared a Mayday. Realising there was a restriction in the rudder controls the pilot moved all the flying controls vigorously which cleared the restriction and the pilot regained control at 50ft. An inspection immediately after landing showed that the controls appeared to operate normally and were undamaged, but a detailed inspection a few days later confirmed that while there were no control defects, a partially crushed pen was found in the fuselage and the probable cause of the control restriction. The pilot reported that, prior to the incident flight, a pen top had been recovered from the rear cockpit of the aircraft during the preflight loose article check but no other articles had been seen.


HUMP THUMP Aero AT-3 R100 Sherburn-in-Elmet North Yorkshire 17 February 2019


During the take-off roll on the grass runway, the aircraft went over a ‘hump’ at about 40kt and became airborne. The pilot reported that, as the aircraft was “below flying speed”, he reduced the pitch attitude slightly, but the nose continued to drop and the


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The pilot was conducting wing-walking flights and had completed nine without incident. On the tenth flight, while landing on a grass runway, the Stearman overran, crossing a hard runway before continuing onto the grass beyond, clipping a runway marker board at an estimated speed of 5 to 7kt. The weather was hot, with calm winds and thermal activity, requiring greater concentration by the pilot and fatigue may have been a factor.


TOO CLOSE ENCOUNTER Cessna 152 North Weald Airfield, Essex 18 November 2018


After a flight from Elstree the pilot taxied close to an RV-9 which was parked with its tail towards the taxiway and he saw two people in front of it. The pilot didn’t know whether the RV-9 was fully in the parking slot and did not realise how close the right wing of his Cessna was to its tail. He saw a man signal but misinterpreted this as an indication to go forward and, as he taxied closer to the RV, the man quickly changed his signal to indicate to stop. However, it was too late and the 152’s wing hit the RV’s rudder. The pilot commented that, in hindsight, he should have consciously taxied away from the centre of the taxiway to give a wide berth to the parked aircraft as there were only aircraft parked to one side.


’CHUTE SAVE Cirrus SR22 Benington, Hertfordshire 9 June 2018


Approximately eight minutes into a flight from North Weald to Retford Gamston the engine failed catastrophically. At approximately 800ft above ground the pilot operated


ROBBIE ROLLOVER Robinson R22 Beta East Lound, Doncaster 19 February 2019


As the helicopter lifted into the hover during a training flight the student applied full left pedal in reaction to a right roll. This caused a dynamic rollover and the instructor was unable to react quickly enough to prevent the rollover.


BRIEFING NOTE Skyranger Swift 912S Private strip, Aughrim, County Down 2 February 2019


The pilot was landing to the left of the runway centreline to avoid rutted ground to the right but the aircraft veered off the runway during the landing due to wet, sloping ground. Despite applying corrective control inputs, he couldn’t prevent the Skyranger from colliding with a boundary wall and coming to rest in a ditch. The pilot felt that had he requested a full briefing from the owner of the airfield, he would have landed further to the right of the centreline to stay on the level ground.


the Cirrus’s parachute recovery system (CAPS) in accordance with the manual and it descended into a field near the village of Benington. Neither the pilot nor passenger were injured. The failure was due to overheating of the connecting rod cap bolts due to insufficient cooling by the engine oil.


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