The Air Accidents Investigation Branch investigates air accidents in the United Kingdom. It is a branch of the Department for Transport and is based at Aldershot. Image File history File links AAIB Logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport is the government department responsible for the transport network. ... Map sources for Aldershot at grid reference SU8650 Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, on a moorland 55 km (35 miles) southwest of London, and is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. ...
The accident was notified to the AirAccidentsInvestigationBranch (AAIB) on 9 January 1998 at 1530 hrs and the investigation was initiated that afternoon.
In this configuration the upwards blast of the condenser exhaust air impinged on the underside of the floor panels, floor support structure and several wiring looms, and it was apparent that a proportion of this flow was re-circulated through the inlet of the condenser heat exchanger.
The worst case temperature of condenser discharge air is about 155°F however in the cruise it is usually in the region of 90°F. The blue painted cover for the chiller unit was made from a single sheet of aluminium folded to form the top and two sides of the box, and its attachment flanges.
He was killed in a Socata TBM 700 aircraft crash on December 6, 2003 during approach to Oxford Airport.
The AirAccidentsInvestigationBranch could find no cause for the crash.
There was no technical problems with the plane, and they could only speculate that the pilot of the plane was distracted by a bird as he tried to land.
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