AAIU Reports

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As the helicopter approached the mouth of the River Boyne Estuary the engine suddenly went to idle/tick-over. There was no response from the foot throttle. The pilot banked the aircraft hard right and crash landed on the beach, striking it hard on its starboard side. The pilot and passenger received serious injuries, necessitating hospitalisation in excess of 48 hours.

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Flight AF5003, with passengers on board, was about to depart Stand 42A at Dublin Airport when an equipment tug engaged in loading baggage on to the aircraft, slid and struck the aircraft rear fuselage. The skin of the aircraft was punctured in the process.

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The aircraft taxied on to Stand 32 at Dublin Airport at 13.10 hours on 3rd September, 1999.  

The Captain manoeuvred the aircraft on to the yellow taxiline.  Before reaching the stop point at the hammerhead however the left wing forward slat came in contact with a bus parked in the area of the stand.  The rear window of the bus was shattered on impact and the forward slat and wing tip were damaged.

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Flight JEM910 was about to taxi on to Runway 10 for take off on a flight to Liverpool when the aircraft lurched to starboard. When the crew tried to bring the aircraft back to the taxiway centreline, the nose strut collapsed rearward under the fuselage and the nose of the aircraft struck the ground. The Captain then ordered the First Officer to declare a Mayday call.

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At 21:02 hrs on 01 July 1999 the Helvick Lifeboat and the Irish Air Corps Dauphin, DH248, located at Waterford Regional Airport, were launched, in very bad visibility, to assist in locating a boat reported lost off Dungarvan. In the event, Helvick Lifeboat located the casualty and subsequently requested DH248 to provide navigational assistance back to Helvick Pier, as the Lifeboat"s GPS (navigation system) was not functioning correctly.

The DH248 crew were advised that the weather conditions at Waterford Airport were deteriorating. The Aircraft Commander decided to return to base. DH248 carried out two unsuccessful Instrument Landing System (ILS) approaches to Runway (RWY) 21 at Waterford Airport. The Aircraft advised Waterford Control Tower that they were then going to  carry out a "coastal approach". During a probable go-around from this approach, DH248 impacted sand dunes adjacent to Tramore Strand. There were no survivors. The aircraft was destroyed. There was severe post-impact fire.

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The aircraft intended flying from Galway Airport to Birr, Co. Offaly. The pilot, occupied the rear cabin seat, with his wife as passenger in the front cabin seat. The pilot stated that after getting airborne the right wing of the aircraft was lifted by a gust of wind. Despite his full control input the aircraft was blown some 90° left of the runway direction and flew about 80 metres over the grass perimeter and impacted the airfield boundary stone wall. The airport Fire Services helped remove the passenger from the crushed front cabin area. She was then transferred to hospital in Galway city for medical attention and was released later in the afternoon.  

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It was the pilot’s intention to carry out one circuit from this field to flight test the aircraft for the purpose of the issue of the Permit.  Take-off was just after 1800 hours into a light south-westerly wind.  The orientation of the field is from east to west.  Once airborne, the pilot commenced his circuit and lost sight of the airfield.  He carried out a further two or three more circuits to regain sight of the airfield.   Once sighted, he made one final low pass to confirm his position and commenced his final approach to land.  With full flaps set, airspeed at 60 MPH and throttle closed, the pilot lined up with the field and flew into one of four large ash trees, about 35 feet high, on the airfield boundary.   On impact the aircraft spun into the ground and disintegrated, with the exception of the cabin pod structure. In this instance, the intact cabin structure may have prevented serious injury or loss of life. The pilot quickly freed himself from the cockpit and walked away unaided.  There was no fire.

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At 09.45 hours on 27th November 1998, EI-BXB was on the approach to RWY 28 at Dublin Airport.  The aircraft was being flown by the First Officer.  At 500 ft he found that abnormal right aileron had to be applied and held until the aircraft was safely on the ground.

At 11.30 hours the aircraft took off on the flight, towing an advertising banner from Weston Airfield, for a 2 hour flying detail in the Dublin south city area.  At 12.50 hours, whilst the aircraft was over Perrystown, the banner became detached from the aircraft and fell to the ground.