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  • Aircraft flew into the sea, Irish Sea near Puffin Island, Anglesey, 25 November 2019.

  • Canopy opened during takeoff, Lydd Airport, Kent, 29 July 2016.

  • Tail strike on takeoff, Manchester Airport, 9 March 2022.

  • Loss of control on landing, Lake Farm, Old Race Course, Bideford, Devon, 11 July 2016

  • Loss of canopy in flight, near Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, 30 June 2015.

  • Landing gear did not indicate down and locked and subsequently collapsed, Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield, Warwickshire, 6 September 2016.

  • Failed to stop after landing at Eshott Airfield, on 7 August 2015.

  • Nose gear collapsed on landing, Rochester Airport, Kent, 30 September 2018.

  • Uncommanded flying control input, 20 nm west of SAM VOR, 7 October 2014

  • Aircraft stalled while avoiding power lines at low level and fell into a river, Near Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, 9 March 2017.

  • Heavy landing, Firs Farm, Newbury, 2 September 2015.

  • Hard landing, Old Sarum Airfield, Wiltshire, 17 July 2021.

  • Power loss on takeoff, Brickwall Farm, Hundon, Suffolk, 26 August 2016.

  • Nose landing gear fork failure during landing, High Cross airstrip, Hertfordshire, 15 September 2019.

  • Lost control in flight, Sywell Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 2 September 2020.

  • Tow rope disconnection from glider after takeoff, Troed yr Harn, Talgarth, Powys, 12 August 2022.

  • Loss of control during landing, Mayfield Airstrip, Ormskirk, Lancashire, 18 April 2014.

  • Partial loss of control due to disconnection of right aileron cable turnbuckle, 1nm South of Kernan Airfield, Tandragee, County Armagh, 6 March 2022.

  • Suspected rapid decompression and emergency descent, en route Birmingham to Aberdeen on 3 February 2016.

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

  • Tail scrape on landing, Newquay Airport, 17 April 2018.

  • Landing accident, Saltford (Avon Lane) Airfield, Somerset, 4 August 2020.

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

  • Low rotor speed warning led to autorotation and subsequent tail boom damage due to rotor blade contact, Humberston Fitties Beach, Lincolnshire, 15 October 2021.

  • Electrical burning smell in cockpit after landing leading to rapid disembarkation on the runway, Leeds Bradford Airport, 9 October 2022

  • Forced landing following propeller detachment, near Polzeath, Cornwall on 14 October 2015.

  • Smoke, fumes and communication failures caused by spilled coffee, North Atlantic Ocean, 6 February 2019.

  • Pilot suffered a heart attack in-flight, near Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, 4 May 2019.

  • Loss of control after landing, Haverfordwest Airport, Pembrokeshire, 26 November 2020.

  • Rigging failure leading to aircraft damage during landing, Darley Moor Airfield, Derbyshire, 17 November 2023

  • Loss of control on departure, Leicester, 27 October 2018.

  • Rotor blades struck propeller during takeoff, Shoreham Airport, 1 November 2014.

  • Passenger fell out of basket during landing, Bashall Eaves, Lancashire, 14 June 2017.

  • Loss of control on landing, Old Park Farm Airfield, Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, 18 June 2017.

  • Runway excursion resulting in ditching in the sea, Hollym Airfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, 10 August 2016.

  • Loss of engine power leading to a forced landing, near Shobdon, Leominster, Herefordshire, 21 May 2020.

  • Loss of control from landing on disused runway, Chatteris Airfield, Cambridgeshire, 25 June 2022.

  • Nose gear collapse on landing, Sandown Airport, Isle of Wight, 7 June 2015.

  • Aircraft struck airstrip perimeter fence during a practise forced landing, Porthtowan, Cornwall, 13 September 2020.

  • Bounced landing and nose gear collapse, Fenland Airfield, Lincolnshire, 18 September 2014.

  • Loss of control in-flight after reported engine failure, Belhus Woods Country Park, Essex, 7 September 2024

  • Loss of cabin pressure, en route from Bristol Airport to Paderborn Lippstadt, Germany, 20 September 2017.

  • Control restriction, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, 29 December 2015

  • Inadvertent flight control restriction, near Derby, Derbyshire, 21 September 2014.

  • Engine failure due to lack of fuel, near Ross-on-Wye, 15 April 2014.

  • Loss of directional control on landing at Arclid Airfield, Cheshire on 29 June 2015.

  • Cabin doors opened in flight, Gunnersbury Park, London, 4 October 2023

  • Birdstrike resulted in broken windscreen, approx 8 miles north of Manchester Barton Airport, 13 June 2016.

  • Runway overrun after landing, Clacton Airfield, Essex, 17 April 2022.