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Runway incursion involving a SAAB 340B, VH-ZRH Carnarvon Airport, Western Australia, on 31 August 2020 AO-2020-045 Final
Rotor drive system failure and collision with terrain involving a Robinson Helicopter Company R22, VH-YMU 44 km south of McArthur River Mine Airport, Northern Territory on 16 August 2020 AO-2020-043 Final
Unforecast weather involving Boeing 737-838, VH-VYZ, Adelaide Airport, South Australia, on 16 August 2020 AO-2020-044 Discontinued
Depressurisation involving a Fokker 100, VH-NHC, 167 km SSE Geraldton Airport, Western Australia, on 10 August 2020 AO-2020-041 Final
Loss of control and near collision with terrain, Leonardo Helicopters AW139, VH-TJO 26 km east of Goulburn Airport, New South Wales, 24 July 2020 AO-2020-038 Final
Wirestrike and collision with terrain involving Robinson R44, VH-HNF 69 km south-east of Hay Airport (Steam Plains), New South Wales, on 31 July 2020 AO-2020-040 Final
Door failure and depressurisation involving a Cessna 441, VH-LBY near Broome, Western Australia, on 22 July 2020 AO-2020-036 Final
Runway incursion involving Sling 2, VH-ZSD Moorabbin Airport, Victoria, on 23 July 2020 AO-2020-037 Final
Accredited representative to the Papua New Guinea Accident Investigation Commission investigation into a collision with terrain, involving Cessna 402C, registered VH-TSI, near Papa Lealea, Central Province, Papua New Guinea, on 26 July 2020 AE-2020-039 Final
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
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 helicopter, 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
Main rotor blade strike involving Leonardo Helicopters AW139, VH-EGK, 21 km west-southwest of Caboolture Airport, Queensland on 20 June 2020 AO-2020-031 Preliminary
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
Unreliable Airspeed Indication involving Pilatus PC-12/47E, VH-OWI, near Albany, Western Australia, on 22 June 2020 AO-2020-030 Final
Collision with terrain involving amateur-built Osprey 2 amphibian aircraft, registered 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
Partial crew incapacitation involving Cessna 172, VH-YXZ 44 km south of Adelaide Airport, South Australia, 22 December 2019 AO-2020-026 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