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Traffic conflict involving Cessna 208, VH-SJJ and Robinson R22, VH-MFH, at Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, New South Wales, on 19 September 2017 AO-2017-097 Final
Fuel starvation and forced landing involving Piper PA-28, VH-BDB, 15 km west-south-west of Bankstown Airport, New South Wales, on 19 September 2017 AO-2017-094 Final
Aircraft loading event involving Saab 340 VH-ZRB, Sydney Airport, NSW, on 14 September 2017 AO-2017-093 Discontinued
Overspeed and pitch up resulting in cabin crew injury involving Boeing 737, VH‑VUE, 42 NM east-south-east of Adelaide Airport, South Australia, on 13 September 2017 AO-2017-092 Final
Loss of control and collision with terrain involving Diamond DA40, VH-YPQ, 1 km south of Port Macquarie Airport, New South Wales, on 8 September 2017 AO-2017-090 Final
Operational non-compliance involving GIE Avions De Transport Regional ATR72, P2-ATR, Cairns Airport, Queensland, on 4 September 2017 AO-2017-091 Final
In-flight engine fire warning involving Fairchild SA227, VH-SEZ, near Avalon Airport, Victoria, on 3 September 2017 AO-2017-089 Final
Winching event involving Sikorsky S92A, VH-IPE, near Broome, Western Australia, on 26 August 2017 AO-2017-095 Final
Hard landing involving Robinson R44 II, VH-LGN, Channel Point, Northern Territory, on 18 August 2017 AO-2017-086 Final
Collision with terrain involving Robinson R44, VH-HBV, Julatten, Queensland, on 15 August 2017 AO-2017-083 Final
Collision with terrain involving The Airplane Factory Sling 4, VH-BEG, Caloundra Aerodrome, Queensland, on 12 August 2017 AO-2017-081 Final
Collision with runway lighting involving Embraer ERJ-135, VH-JGB, Middlemount Airport, Queensland, on 8 August 2017 AO-2017-080 Final
Engine malfunction involving a Pilatus PC-12, VH-OWS, near Meekatharra Airport, Western Australia, on 7 August 2017 AO-2017-087 Final
Accredited representative to the TAIC New Zealand investigation into a flight below minimum altitude involving an Airbus A320, VH-VGY, near Christchurch, New Zealand, on 6 August 2017 AE-2018-052 Final
Loss of cyclic control and in-flight break-up involving Robinson R22 helicopter, VH-HGU, 7 km north-north-west of Cloncurry Airport, Queensland, on 2 August 2017 AO-2017-078 Final
Hard landing involving Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8, VH-MQI, Djamardi (Jimarda) ALA, Northern Territory, on 2 August 2017 AO-2017-079 Final
Collision with terrain involving Zaklad Remontow I Produkeji Spreztu Lotnicz MDM-1P FOX-P glider, VH-GPT, Lismore Airport, NSW on 29 July 2017 AO-2017-077 Discontinued
Flight below minimum altitude involving Pilatus PC-12, VH-FDJ, near Adelaide, South Australia, on 18 July 2017 AO-2017-075 Final
In-flight collision with object, SOCATA TB-10 Tobago, VH-YTG, Parafield Airport, South Australia on 11 July 2017 AO-2017-073 Discontinued
Accredited Representative – Engine failure involving an Arion Lightning aircraft, registered N273DB, New River, Arizona, United States, on 10 July 2017 AE-2017-076 Final