SYNOPSIS

The aircraft, carrying the Pilot and two passengers, departed EIMH with the intention of flying to Cheltenham (UK).  After take-off the aircraft failed to climb and accelerate as the Pilot expected and the port stabiliser struck a hedge that forms the airfield boundary.  The Pilot elected to make a forced landing in the adjacent stubble field.  During the forced landing the aircraft suffered substantial damage, the nose wheel sheared off and the starboard undercarriage leg collapsed before the aircraft eventually came to rest 165 metres (m) into the field.  There were no injuries and the Pilot and passengers exited the aircraft without third party assistance.  There was no post-impact fire.

SYNOPSIS

During take-off, the Tail Skid Assembly shoe on the underside of the aft fuselage came in contact with the runway surface.  The aircraft continued on its departure, and levelled off at Flight Level (FL)120, where the Flight Crew then completed the ‘Tailstrike on Takeoff’ checklist.  While completing this checklist the aircraft was depressurised.  After communication with the Cabin Crew, the passenger oxygen masks were deployed manually.  The Flight Crew declared an Emergency and returned to Dublin Airport where the flight landed without further incident. 

SYNOPSIS 

During the EI-RJF pushback from Stand C4 in preparation for departure to London City Airport (LCY), while the tug operator carried out a minor realignment of the aircraft on the taxi-line, the tug was turned through 180 degrees, shearing the end off the tow bar at the tug end. With the engines running at idle power, the aircraft continued to move forward under its own inertia, colliding with the tug and came to rest with the tug wedged against the right hand side of the fuselage below the cockpit. This impact caused serious structural damage to the aircraft. There were no injuries.

SYNOPSIS

Just prior to touch down on an instructional flight, with the student as the handling pilot, the aircraft was allowed to yaw to the left and touched down in a crabbed orientation.  The aircraft skidded to the left, departed the runway and suffered significant damage.

SYNOPSIS

The Pilot was flying circuits in strengthening wind conditions. On landing off the fourth circuit the aircraft bounced twice. On the second bounce the nose undercarriage collapsed.

SYNOPSIS

The tail-wheel configured aircraft encountered difficult crosswind conditions on landing at EICM, and entered a ground loop just after touchdown.  The port undercarriage leg failed. The Pilot was uninjured and the aircraft sustained minor damage.

SYNOPSIS

The student lost control of the aircraft after landing and departed to the side of the tarmacadam runway into adjacent rough ground.  There were no injuries.

SYNOPSIS

The Pilot, the sole occupant of EI-SBM, was on a flight from Celtic Heliport, Knocksedan, Co Dublin to Weston Airport, Co. Kildare.  En route, the Pilot advised Air Traffic Control (ATC) that he was approaching Dunshaughlin. Shortly thereafter, he informed ATC that he had a problem and then, almost immediately, reported that he would have to make an emergency landing and made a “MAYDAY” call.  This was the Pilot’s final transmission to ATC.

The helicopter landed heavily on soft ground and rolled over onto its left hand side.  The helicopter was substantially damaged and the Pilot suffered serious back injuries.  During the initial AAIU Investigation at the accident site, some cleaning cloth material was found entangled on the long tail rotor drive-shaft, between the first and second bearing (first bearing facing FWD). 

It was also found that the drive-shaft had completely severed just forward of the second bearing, thus cutting off the vital drive to the tail rotor gearbox.  The Investigation concluded that the cloth induced out-of-balance forces on the shaft, causing the drive-shaft to fail. There was no fire.

SYNOPSIS

While an Airbus 320, EI-DVF, was lined up and holding on Runway (RWY) 27, a Cessna 172 was given permission to land on the same runway by the duty Air Traffic Controller.  This landing clearance meant that the Cessna aircraft over flew the stationary Airbus prior to touchdown deep on RWY 27.  This was contrary to Air Traffic Control (ATC) procedures and was not a safe manoeuvre.