Background
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has issued a corrigendum to a previously published bulletin concerning an incident involving a Piper PA-32-300 aircraft, registration G-MCAR, which occurred on 4 August 2000 at RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire. The original report appeared in AAIB Bulletin 1/2000 and was based on an Aircraft Accident Report Form submitted by the pilot along with other enquiries conducted by the AAIB.
Amendments
The corrigendum, filed under EW/G2000/08/39, specifies two corrections to the original text:
1. In paragraph 2 of the original report, the sentence that read "the pilot attempted to apply the toe brakes" has been amended to include the word "twice," so that it now states "the pilot attempted twice to apply the toe brakes."
2. In the penultimate paragraph, the sentence beginning "He also recalled that the engine started…" has been deleted and replaced with "A witness reported that the engine started…"
No other changes were made to the bulletin. The corrigendum serves to clarify the sequence of events as described in the original report.
Conclusion
The AAIB has corrected two factual inaccuracies in its initial account of the incident involving G-MCAR. The amendments ensure that the official record accurately reflects the pilot's attempts at braking and the source of observations regarding the engine start. Further details about the incident itself remain unchanged as per the original bulletin.