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  • Stalled and hit the ground while attempting to go around from a bounced landing, Southend Airport, Essex, 11 February 2018.

  • Flew into trees shortly after takeoff, Blue Bell Hill, Kent, 31 October 2022.

  • Inadvertent flap retraction, on departure from Bristol Airport, 30 June 2016.

  • Engine failure and forced landing after takeoff, Otherton Airfield, Staffordshire, 24 August 2020.

  • Aircraft wheels and spats dug into soft ground during landing and the aircraft nosed over on to its back, Farm ttrip near Goose Green, West Sussex, 28 February 2021.

  • Left door detached in flight, Brinkworth, Wiltshire, 23 June 2021.

  • Hoist cable severed during startup procedure, Humberside Airport, North Lincolnshire, 21 February 2023.

  • Loss of control on takeoff at Lydeway Field, on 29 August 2015.

  • Right landing gear bungee failure during taxi, Sandown Airport, Isle of Wight, 24 June 2015.

  • Loss of control during go-around, Baynards Farm, Ellens Green, Surrey, 20 April 2018.

  • Loss of control during approach to land, private landing site, Organford, Dorset, 15 July 2021.

  • Having entered IMC, descended and struck the Summit of Rhinog Fawr, Snowdonia, 29 March 2017.

  • Left main landing gear collapse, Exeter Airport, Devon, 3 January 2022.

  • Right main landing gear detached in-flight, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 4 September 2021.

  • Stall immediately after takeoff in tailwind conditions, Bagby (Thirsk) Airfield, Yorkshire, 20 June 2017.

  • Nose landing gear failed to lock down, Shoreham Airport, Sussex, 30 June 2017.

  • Engine failure and forced landing at Biggin Hill Airport on 1 August 2015.

  • Loss of power, deployed Ballistic Parachute Recovery System and landed in sea, Calshot Spit, Hampshire, 31 May 2020.

  • Nose landing gear collapsed on landing, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 12 August 2017.

  • Air conditioning fumes event, on descent into Gatwick Airport, 25 August 2020.

  • Rough running engine after takeoff and forced landing, Ludham Airfield, Norfolk, 19 June 2022.

  • Stall during precautionary landing, Coniston, Cumbria, 30 October 2018.

  • Ground loop on landing, MOD St Athan, South Wales, 13 May 2017.

  • Pressurisation system not turned on leading to emergency descent, near Edinburgh Airport, 21 September 2018.

  • Damage to right main landing gear, Fowlmere Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, 7 October 2018.

  • Precautionary landing due to fuel exhaustion, Winchfield, Hampshire, 10 July 2020.

  • Stall/spin accident at low level, near Writtle, Essex, 29 March 2014.

  • Loss of control on takeoff, near Burrows Lane, Middle Stoke, Kent, 20 March 2016.

  • Overran runway following rejected takeoff, Sherburn-in-Elmet Aerodrome, West Yorkshire, 13 October 2017.

  • Helicopter downwash detached a sign which injured a waiting passenger, West Usk Lighthouse, Newport, Gwent, 5 September 2022.

  • Main landing gear collapse whilst taxiing, Fenland Airfield, Lincolnshire, 20 August 2022

  • Loss of control during taxiing practice, Rossall Field airstrip, Cockerham, Lancashire, 16 April 2015.

  • Spiralled to the ground near Holy Cross Green, Clent, West Midlands on 15 August 2016.

  • Tow bar disconnected during the pushback, Belfast International Airport, 3 April 2019.

  • Gyroplane rolled over while being taxied by a student under instruction, Turweston Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 13 February 2017.

  • Overshot landing site and landed on fence, Tongwynlais, Caerphilly, 27 July 2019.

  • Hard landing, Full Sutton Airfield, York, 8 April 2019.

  • Nosewheel detached during landing roll, Highland Gliding Club, Easterton Airfield, Elgin, 29 May 2021.

  • Incorrect takeoff configuration for calculated performance, Dublin Airport, Ireland, 11 August 2018.

  • Unsuccessful forced landing following engine failure, MOD Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 14 May 2017.

  • Engine failure followed by runway overrun during forced landing, Strathallen Airfield, Perthshire, 17 January 2015.

  • Aircraft left the runway after aborted takeoff, Hamilton Farm Airstrip, Ashford, Kent, 25 April 2023.

  • Bounce on touchdown, nose landing gear collapse, Beverly (Linley Hill) Aerodrome, 11 April 2014.

  • Smoke in the cockpit en-route Liverpool to Naples on 28 August 2014.

  • Autorotation following loss of drive to main rotor, Near Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire, 1 August 2018.

  • Engine failure during cruise, north-east of Aberdeen International Airport, 23 July 2024

  • Hard landing, Lasham Airfield, Hampshire, 7 April 2025

  • Ground collision with runway marker board, Wickenby Airport, Lincolnshire, 22 July 2018.

  • Failure of propeller pitch change mechanism leading to loss of engine thrust, field near Rugby, Warwickshire, 5 August 2018.