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Wirestrike and collision with terrain involving Schweizer 269C, VH-NTZ, Deloraine, Tasmania, 20 July 2016 AO-2016-081 Final
Loss of engine power and forced landing involving amateur built Europa, VH-BWI, near Bridport, Tasmania, on 17 July 2016 AO-2016-077 Final
Fuel exhaustion and collision with terrain involving McDonnell Douglas Corporation 369, VH-PLY, 36 km north-west of Hawker, South Australia, on 17 July 2016 AO-2016-078 Final
Hard landing involving Kavanagh Balloons E-300, VH-LPG, near York, Western Australia, on 16 July 2016 AO-2016-080 Final
Descent below minimum assigned altitude near Melbourne Airport, Victoria, involving Airbus A380, registered A6-EDD on 25 June 2016, and Airbus A380, registered A6-EDM on 14 July 2016 AO-2016-076 Discontinued
Loss of control and collision with terrain involving Cessna 150, VH-RXU, 270 km south-east of Alice Springs, Northern Territory, on 12 July 2016 AO-2016-074 Final
Pilot incapacitation involving Cessna 208, VH-NTQ, near Horn Island, Queensland, 12 July 2016 AO-2016-075 Final
Wheels up landing involving Piper PA31, VH-ETW, Birdsville Airport, Queensland, on 4 July 2016 AO-2016-072 Final
Precautionary landing involving Cessna 150, VH-TDZ, and Cessna 152, VH-KTL, 22 km west-south-west of Exmouth (ALA), Western Australia, 3 July 2016 AO-2016-073 Final
Propeller failure involving de Havilland DH-82, VH-ARU, near Shute Harbour ALA, Queensland, on 2 July 2016 AO-2016-071 Final
Technical assistance to CASA in the examination of a cracked Cessna 402C wing attach fitting AE-2016-070 Final
Accredited representative to the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee investigation of the damage sustained by ATR 72 aircraft, registered PK-WGL AE-2016-069 Final
Flap cable failure and ground strike involving Airparts NZ FU-24, VH-TTD, 50 km east-south-east of Tamworth Airport, New South Wales, on 26 June 2016 AO-2016-067 Final
Technical Assistance to the Myanmar Accident Investigation Bureau - ERJ 190-100, XY-AGQ and ATR-72-600, XY-AIP, Dawei Airport, Myanmar, 25 June 2016 AE-2016-083 Discontinued
Personal electronic device fire in-flight involving Boeing 747, VH-OJS, 500 km west-north-west of John F. Kennedy International Airport, United States, on 21 June 2016 AO-2016-066 Final
Incorrect configuration involving Boeing 717, VH-YQV, Canberra Airport, Australian Capital Territory, on 20 June 2016 AO-2016-065 Final
Synthetic vision display error involving Pilatus PC-12, VH-OWA, Meekatharra Airport, Western Australia, 18 June 2016 AO-2016-064 Final
Flight below the minimum permitted altitude involving Boeing 737-376, VH-XMO, at Launceston Airport, Tasmania, on 17 June 2016 AO-2016-061 Final
Engine failure involving Piper PA-28, VH-IPO, Mangalore Airport, Victoria, on 16 June 2016 AO-2016-059 Final
Separation issue due to runway incursion involving Cessna 172, VH-EKV and Beech 58, VH-MLB, Alice Springs Airport, Northern Territory, on 16 June 2016 AO-2016-062 Final