09 Oct 2025
AAIB October Bulletin
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch has published its bulletin for October 2025.
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) October Bulletin includes three correspondence investigations and 25 record-only investigations. Safety action has been taken as a result of our investigations.
The correspondence investigations and record-only investigations are published for the first time today. The correspondence investigations comprise:
Commercial Air Transport
- Short Bros SD3-60 (N915GD), runway undershoot at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, British Virgin Islands, 6 November 2024
General Aviation
- Spitfire IXT (G-BMSB), loss of engine power and forced landing, near Hythe, Kent, 3 May 2025
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- UAS PW Orca, inadvertent in-flight shutdown leading to loss of control, Coombe Country Park, Warwickshire, 25 March 2025
Contact Information
Anna Withrington
Head of Communications Air, Marine and Rail Accident Investigation Branches
Accident Investigation Branches (AIBs)
01932 440015
Anna.Withrington@dft.gov.uk
Notes to editors
Correspondence reports are based on investigations on accidents and incidents that are not subject to a field investigation. They are wholly, or largely, based on information provided by the aircraft commander and in some cases additional information from other sources.
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