Originally Posted by
Bell_ringer
What is the definition of an incident?
If there was no damage, the issue didn't occur during a flight but during a test, does it fall within the jurisdiction of the accident board?
On their website, the AAIB say they investigate accidents and serious incidents (where an accident nearly occurs, but no damage). It seems the threshold for investigating incidents seems to be much higher for small privately operated aircraft vs commercially operated aircraft.
2 and a half undemanded rotations.......it seems only pure luck and skill the aircraft didn't end up on it's side. This incident surely falls into the "serious incident to commercial aircraft" category.
Maybe the AAIB have picked this up now, but I read an article a month ago stating the AAIB had been informed but were taking no further action. I'm not sure this was the right decision.