G-BOAD - Accident Reports

Bounced landing on nose landing gear, Maypole Airfield, Kent, 10 August 2017.

Loss of control and impact with water after underslung load struck tail rotor, Loch Scadavay, North Uist, Western Isles, 13 June 2018.

Landed in a field on approach to Runway 26, East Kirkby Airfield, Lincolnshire, 1 March 2025

Investigation update to the accident on 23 August 2013, approximately 1.5 nm west of Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands

Loss of control during a go around, Peterborough/Conington Airport, Cambridgeshire, 27 February 2016.

Tail strike on takeoff, Manchester Airport, 9 March 2022.

Loss of engine power and forced landing, near White Waltham Aerodrome, 17 October 2014.

Forced landing following simultaneous shutdown of both engines, Lydd Airport, Kent, 29 December 2020.

Right landing gear bungee failure during taxi, Sandown Airport, Isle of Wight, 24 June 2015.

Investigation update to accident on 10 May 2012, 20 nm east of Aberdeen

Temporary loss of communications link, Temporary Danger Area EG D098 over English Channel, 17 January 2023.

Loss of control during attempted night landing, approximately 1 nm north-west of Beverley Airfield, East Yorkshire, 10 October 2018.

Helicopter landed heavily and rolled onto its side, near Crowden, Glossop, Derbyshire, 5 August 2016.

Hard landing, Exeter Airport, Devon, 19 January 2021.

When approaching the airfield to rejoin the circuit, the aircraft’s engine began to run rough then lost power completely. During the subsequent forced landing the aircraft came to rest inverted and the pilot sustained minor injuries. A post-accident inspection of the engine revealed a crack on the plastic rocker arm in the fuel pump. After the accident, the LAA issued an Airworthiness Information Leaflet which requires plastic rocker arms to be replaced with metal rocker arms in affected aircraft. Loss of engine power resulting in a forced landing, Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, 18 October 2020.

Lost control in flight, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 2 September 2020.

Struck hedge during forced landing, Temple Bruer Airfield, Lincolnshire, 3 May 2014.

Heavy landing, Firs Farm, Newbury, 2 September 2015.

Nose leg collapsed during landing, Stoke Golding Airfield, Leicestershire, 19 April 2015.