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Engine failures and malfunctions in light aeroplanes 2009 - 2014 AR-2013-107 Final
Examination of failed thrust bearings from a Teledyne Continental Motors GTSIO520M engine 200500620 Final
Reliability of Piper PA-31-350 aircraft engine turbocharger units AI-2009-008 Final
Flight instrumentation failure and descent below glideslope involving Saab 340, VH-VEQ, 9 km south of Sydney Airport, New South Wales, on 24 October 2022 AO-2022-050 Final
Flight below minimum altitude occurrences, 40 km south of Cairns Airport, Queensland, on 24 and 26 October 2022 AO-2022-051 Final
Air traffic control error involving Boeing 737, VH-YFT, near Armidale, New South Wales, on 19 October 2022 AO-2022-052 Final
In-flight fire and collision with terrain involving Mooney Aircraft Corporation M20J, VH-UDQ, near Luskintyre Airfield, New South Wales, on 17 October 2022 AO-2022-049 Final
Collision with terrain involving Bell Helicopter 206B, VH-PHP, 6.5 km east-north-east of Maitland Airport, New South Wales, on 6 October 2022 AO-2022-048 Final
Fuel starvation and forced landing involving Pilatus Britten-Norman Islander BN2A, VH-WQA, Moa Island, Queensland, on 3 October 2022 AO-2022-046 Final
In-flight break-up involving Robinson R22 Beta II, VH-RAS, 13 km south-west of Koorda, Western Australia, on 2 October 2022 AO-2022-045 Final
Loss of separation involving Airbus A330, VH-EBK and Boeing 787, G-ZBKF, near Sydney Airport, New South Wales, on 28 September 2022 AO-2022-047 Final
Collision with terrain involving Robinson R22 Beta, VH-CWE, Budgerygar Station, Queensland on 26 September 2022 AO-2022-044 Discontinued
Birdstrike and collision with terrain involving Air Tractor AT-502B, VH-KDR, 32 km east-north-east of Chinchilla Airport, Queensland, on 19 September 2022 AO-2022-043 Final
Technical Assistance to Recreational Aviation Australia - Collision with terrain involving Jabiru J230-C, registration 24-5067, near Lucyvale, Victoria, on 18 September 2022 AE-2022-003 Final
Ground strike involving Ayres Corporation S2R-T15, VH-IWI, Trangie, New South Wales, on 31 August 2022 AO-2022-042 Final
VFR into IMC and controlled flight into terrain involving Cessna R182, VH-EHM, 36 km north-west of Archerfield Airport, Queensland, on 29 August 2022 AO-2022-041 Final
Fuel starvation event involving Cessna 310, VH-JQK, near Sunshine Coast Airport, Queensland, on 18 August 2022 AO-2022-040 Final
Flight below minimum altitude involving Beech Aircraft Corp 95-B55, VH-ALR, 20km north-north-east of Parafield Airport, South Australia, on 12 August 2022 AO-2022-039 Final
Engine malfunction and forced landing involving Robinson R22 Beta II, VH-NKV, 85 NM north-east of Karumba Airport, Queensland, on 6 August 2022 AO-2022-038 Final
Mid-air collision between hot air balloons, VH-FSR and VH-OOP, 6 km south-east of Alice Springs Airport, Northern Territory, on 18 July 2022 AO-2022-037 Final