Monthly Meeting March 2026

2025213

PA28 (A) (Civ FW)

PA28 (B) (Civ FW)

Wolverhampton ATZ (G)

E

2025226

Typhoon (2) (HQ Air (Ops))

Typhoon (1) (HQ Air (Ops))

Coningsby MATZ (G)

C

Recommendation: RAF Coningsby considers a further review of all their departure profiles, including a review of the balance between RT brevity and pilot experience.

2025228

C152 (Civ FW)

PA28 (Civ FW)

Coventry ATZ (G)

C

2025229

AW189 (Coast Guard)

C42 (Civ FW)

Scottish FIR (G)

C

2025231

C172 (Civ FW)

PA28 (Civ FW)

London FIR (G)

A

2025232

C172 (Civ FW)

C182 (Civ FW)

London FIR (G)

B

2025233

PA28 (Civ FW)

C172 (Civ FW)

London FIR (G)

C

2025234

PA28 (Civ FW)

Vixxen (Civ FW)

Wolverhampton ATZ (G)

C

2025235

A400M (HQ Air (Ops))

Puma UAS (Mil UAS)

Scottish FIR (G)

C

Recommendation: The MAA reviews the MRP GEN 1600 series: uncrewed air systems (UAS) to highlight to their regulated community the existence of the 2000 series (FLY) and its applicability to UAS operations within the UKMLFS (specifically RA 2330). Concurrently, the MAA reviews the content of the UKMLFHB to ensure that military UAS operations within the UKMLFS are considered.

2025236

Typhoon (HQ Air (Ops))

Light aircraft (Unknown)

Scottish FIR (G)

E

2025237

Mavic 3M (Civ UAS)

Hawk HQ Air (Trg)

Scottish FIR (G)

B

2025239

C152 (Civ FW)

C172 (A) (Civ FW)

Cambridge ATZ (G)

C

2025240

PA28(A) (Civ FW)

PA28(B) (Civ FW)

London FIR (G)

C

2025241

A340 (Civ Comm)

Falcon 20 (Civ Comm)

Bournemouth CTR (D)

C

2025242

Juno (HQ Air (Trg))

PA28 (Civ FW)

London FIR (G)

C

2025243

Explorer (Civ FW)

C172 (Civ FW)

London FIR (G)

B

2026008

29 Jan 26

1541

Hawk T2

HQ Air (Trg)

Unk Obj

5344N 00304W

2NM SW Blackpool Airport

4780ft

London FIR (G)

The Hawk pilot reports carrying out a practice diversion to Warton. On climb out from Warton, under a Traffic Service, an unidentified object was observed to have passed very close to the left-hand side of the aircraft canopy. Just prior to the incident the nearest traffic reported was 12NM north from where the Airprox occurred. There was no datalink or TCAS information that correlated with the Airprox object. The time line of events was as follows:

1541:26 Front seat pilot (handling the aircraft) called “Tally” with the object.

1541:27 Front seat pilot took avoiding action and rolled right, away from the object.

1541:28 Object passed down the left-hand side of the aircraft.

1541:29 Both crew asked “What was that?”

1541:32 Front seat pilot informed Warton radar of “a close pass to what appeared to be a drone or a balloon”

1541:48 Warton radar acknowledged and stated that “nothing seen on radar” and that they “were not in contact with anything in the vicinity”

The object appeared to be about 0.25m in length. The object was of no discernible detail but appeared to be flat and solid.

Reported Separation: ~5ft V/~5m H

Reported Risk of Collision: High

The Warton controller reports they received a call from a Hawk [pilot] at approximately 5000ft, departing to the NW of Warton. The pilot reported some kind of object or drone while climbing into a block between 5000ft and 10000ft on Holyhead RPS 984hPa. The pilot avoided the object and continued with the sortie.

[UKAB Note: There were no UAS NOTAMs for the area, time and date of the Airprox]

In the Board’s opinion the reported altitude and/or description of the object, including post-flight analysis of the HUD recording, were such that they were unable to determine the nature of the unknown object.

Applicable Contributory Factors: 4, 6

Risk: The Board considered that safety had been much reduced below the norm to the extent that safety had not been assured.

B