AAIU Reports

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When landing the gear was not extended and a wheels-up landing ensued.  Minor damage resulted.  There was no injury or fire.

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The aircraft, following landing, damaged its nose gear and propeller during an off-runway excursion.  There was no injury or fire.

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While making an approach to a private grass airfield in Navan, the Pilot experienced a 5 mph drop in his normal approach airspeed and the aircraft drifted left of centerline.  The nose was lowered and full power was applied, however, this action failed to recover the situation. The aircraft struck a wooden post, touched down in a field, and then impacted into a ditch, which was located left abeam the threshold of the easterly runway (RWY 09).  Both occupants self evacuated from the aircraft without injury.  There was no fire.

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Following an approach to land and hover, an un-intentional rearward movement caused the tail rotor guard to strike the ground.  The helicopter landed back on, but as a result of the impact, the tail rotor and vertical fin sheared off. There were no injuries.

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The pilot intended carrying out some circuit training in his newly acquired Luton Minor aircraft at Kilrush airfield.  It was his second flight of the day.  On approach to land, the aircraft bounced and, as the pilot initiated a go-around, the aircraft struck an ESB power line with the tail wheel.  This caused the aircraft to spin down onto the main Kilcullen to Athy road.  While there was a heavy vertical impact, with subsequent serious aircraft damage, the pilot exited the aircraft uninjured.  There was no fire.  The Gardaí and Fire services were quickly on the scene and the road remained closed to traffic for over three hours.

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EI-DAA was cruising at FL 380 in smooth conditions with no turbulence reported.  During the cruise, at 35° West Longitude, the aircraft received several severe jolts, which caused the autopilot to disengage.  The Captain immediately took control of the aircraft.  The seat belt sign had not been switched on before the encounter, but was switched on immediately the turbulence started.  For approximately one minute the aircraft experienced moderate turbulence, with the aircraft flown in manual control.  When the turbulence eased the autopilot was re-engaged.  The Cabin Manager advised the Captain that six crewmembers were injured during the turbulence.  On arrival into JFK, five of the injured crewmembers were taken to see the company doctor.  The injuries to the Cabin Crew were not considered serious.  Seven of the crewmembers operated back to Dublin the following day and the remaining three positioned home on the same flight.

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Grob G.115A registration EI-DJY was engaged on a local training detail at Cork Airport.  The aircraft experienced a hard landing on Runway (RWY) 35 following a ‘simulated engine failure after take-off’ (EFATO) exercise.  Following the hard landing, EI-DJY completed another circuit and landed on RWY 35.  During the landing roll the left main landing gear leg collapsed and the aircraft sank on the runway incurring further damage.  There were no injuries.