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In-­flight engine shut down - VH-­NTQ, Beagle Bay, Western Australia, on 14 January 2010 AO-2010-003 Final
Flight Data Recovery for RNZAF - Collision with terrain - Airtrainer CT-4, RNZAF Base Ohakea, 14 January 2010 AE-2010-024 Final
Collision on ground - Cessna A185E floatplane, VH-ELQ, ‘Tippler’s Passage’, South Stradbroke Island, Queensland, on 9 January 2010 AO-2010-002 Final
In-flight fire - Convair 580, VH-PDW, 74 km south of Tamworth Airport, New South Wales, on 7 January 2009 AO-2010-001 Final
Total power loss - Cessna 208, VH-UMV, near Cairns Airport, Queensland, on 31 December 2009 AO-2010-005 Final
Fairchild SA227-AC, VH-UZP, near Casino Aerodrome, NSW, 24 December 2009 AO-2009-082 Discontinued
Loss of tailrotor control - Garlick TH-1F, VH-UHD, Nangar National Park, New South Wales, on 23 December 2009 AO-2009-081 Final
Loss of separation assurance - Airbus A330-300, B-HLV and Boeing B737-800, VH-VUJ, 222 km north-west of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, on 22 December 2009 AO-2009-080 Final
Recreational Aviation Australia Inc (RA-Aus) assistance - Taylor Monoplane ultralight aircraft AE-2009-074 Final
Depressurisation - De Havilland Canada, VH-XFU, 296 km north-east of Perth Airport, Western Australia, on 15 December 2009 AO-2009-078 Final
Visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions – Dorrigo, New South Wales, on 9 December 2009, VH-MJO, Bell Helicopter 206L-1 LongRanger AO-2009-077 Final
Total power loss - Bell helicopter TH-1F, VH-LIQ, 56 km south-east of Tamworth Aerodrome, New South Wales, on 8 December 2009 AO-2009-076 Final
Mid-air collision - 20 km south-east of Orange, New South Wales, Aerospatiale AS350-B2, VH-NFO and a Kawasaki BK117, VH-LXC, on 8 December 2009 AO-2009-075 Final
In-flight cargo door separation - Eurocopter AS350D, VH-PIH, 28km north-west of Sunshine Coast Airport, Queensland, on 1 December 2009 AO-2009-073 Final
Loss of aircraft control - Ayres 2R-T34, VH-NZB, Longreach Aerodrome, Queensland, on 25 November 2009 AO-2009-079 Final
Fuel planning event, weather-related event and ditching involving Israel Aircraft Industries Westwind 1124A, VH‑NGA, 6.4 km west-south-west of Norfolk Island Airport, on 18 November 2009 AO-2009-072 Final
Collision with terrain - VH-ZRR, 21 km south-east of Kojonup (ALA), Western Australia, on 17 November 2009 AO-2009-070 Final
In-flight engine malfunction and air turn-back - Boeing 737-476, VH-TJY, 120 km south-west of Brisbane Airport, Queensland, on 10 November 2009 AO-2009-069 Final
Operational event - Bell 412, VH-EMZ, 132 km west of Horn Island, Queensland, on 9 November 2009 AO-2009-068 Final
Boeing 737-8FE, VH-VON, Darwin Aerodrome NT, 9 November 2009 AO-2009-071 Discontinued