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Loss of control and near collision with terrain, Leonardo Helicopters AW139, VH-TJO, 25 km east of Goulburn Airport, New South Wales, on 24 July 2020 AO-2020-038 Final
Runway incursion involving Sling 2, VH-ZSD, Moorabbin Airport, Victoria, on 23 July 2020 AO-2020-037 Final
Door failure and depressurisation involving a Cessna 441, VH-LBY, near Broome, Western Australia, on 22 July 2020 AO-2020-036 Final
Runway undershoot involving Beechcraft B200, VH-FDO, at Cairns Airport, Queensland, on 9 July 2020 AO-2020-034 Final
In-flight break-up, Robinson R44 Raven I, VH-NBY, 3 km north of Broome Airport, Western Australia, on 4 July 2020 AO-2020-033 Final
Pilot incapacitation involving Cessna 208B, VH-DQP, near Brisbane Airport, Queensland, on 2 July 2020 AO-2020-032 Final
Unreliable Airspeed Indication involving Pilatus PC-12/47E, VH-OWI, near Albany, Western Australia, on 22 June 2020 AO-2020-030 Final
Main rotor blade strike involving Leonardo Helicopters AW139, VH-EGK, 16 km west-south-west of Caboolture Airport, Queensland on 20 June 2020 AO-2020-031 Discontinued
Loss of control during taxi, involving RF Designs Mephisto, remotely piloted aircraft, Bruhl Airfield, 2 km south-west of Tara, Queensland, on 19 June 2020 AO-2020-035 Final
Collision with terrain involving amateur-built Osprey 2 amphibian aircraft, VH-WID, near Maitland Airport, New South Wales, on 17 May 2020 AO-2020-028 Final
Aircraft loading and in-flight controllability issue involving Fairchild SA227, VH-HPE, Rockhampton Airport, Queensland, on 11 May 2020 AO-2020-027 Final
Collision with terrain involving a Bell 206L-1, VH-NBR, at Banks Peak, Moa Island, Queensland, on 22 April 2020 AO-2020-023 Final
Near collisions involving Piper PA-28-151, VH-SEW; Cessna 172, VH-JBC; and Cessna 182, VH-BMS overhead Parramatta, New South Wales, on 15 April 2020 AO-2020-024 Discontinued
Technical Assistance to Recreational Aviation Australia – Collision with terrain, Pipistrel, Virus SW 100, 24-8190, near Heck Field Aerodrome, Queensland, on 5 April 2020 AE-2022-002 Final
Main rotor blade disbonding involving, Robinson R44 Raven I, VH-RJN Mareeba Airport, Queensland, 3 April 2020 AO-2020-049 Discontinued
Technical assistance to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines – Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board investigation of an accident involving an IAI Westwind 1124A aircraft, RP-C5880, Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila AE-2020-052 Final
Collision with terrain involving Cessna 172, VH-CBB, 31 km west of Mittagong, New South Wales, on 22 March 2020 AO-2020-020 Final
Runway incursion and communication issues involving Bombardier Dash 8, VH-LQJ, Gladstone, Queensland, on 17 March 2020 AO-2020-019 Final
Accredited representative to the Papua New Guinea Accident Investigation Commission’s investigation into an air contamination event involving Bombardier Inc. DHC-8-402, VH-QOE, on 16 March 2020 AE-2020-029 Final
Controlled flight into terrain involving Cessna 404, VH-OZO, Lockhart River, Queensland, on 11 March 2020 AO-2020-017 Final