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  • In-flight load shift, Guernsey Airport, 16 April 2021.

  • Engine ingested balloon fragment causing loss of power, ditched by beach, Herne Bay, Kent, 14 August 2016.

  • Collided with the ground whilst practicing a limbo manoeuvre, Damyns Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, Essex, 16 October 2021.

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

  • Fumes incident, London Heathrow Airport, 18 December 2014

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Pilot disorientation in inadvertent IMC, Tevioyhead, Scottish Borders, 17 August 2021.

  • Entered a spin and impacted a ploughed field near Whitwell, North Yorkshire, 30 April 2016.

  • Loss of automatic stabiliser trim, in-flight from Heraklion to London Gatwick, 27 July 2016.

  • Aircraft struck livestock on landing, Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, 16 August 2015.

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

  • Unsuccessful forced landing following engine failure, Dunkeswell Airfield, Devon, 7 July 2018.

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

  • High speed rejected takeoff, East Midlands Airport, 9 February 2020.

  • Loss of control during a go-around, Hinton-in-the-Hedges Aerodrome, 4 September 2015.

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

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

  • Ground handling wheel fell off in flight over Hampshire, 10 September 2023

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

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

  • Runway excursion, near Defford, Worcestershire, 13 November 2014.

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

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

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

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

  • Control restriction, Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, 29 December 2015

  • Engine failure and forced landing, Lansil Golf Course, 22 June 2014.

  • Runway excursion on landing, Bristol Airport, 22 December 2017.

  • Aircraft rolled over during a precautionary landing on a beach, north of Hushinish on Isle of Harris, 15 July 2015.

  • Gear-up landing, Rayne Hall Farm Airfield, Essex, 5 June 2016.

  • Touched down with undercarriage retracted, Biggin Hill Airport, 15 September 2017.

  • Runway excursion on landing due to collapse of right main landing gear, North Coates Airfield, Lincolnshire, 5 August 2017.

  • Loss of control on landing, London Southend Airport, 12 November 2014.

  • Rudder partially detached due to upper hinge falling apart, en route from Gamston Airport to Leeds East Airport, 12 May 2018.

  • Aircraft failed to climb after takeoff and struck the airfield boundary hedge, Slinfold Airfield, West Sussex, 22 March 2018.

  • Struck terrain during attempted go-around, St Michaels Airfield, Lancashire, 7 May 2017.

  • Tailstrike during go-around, London Heathrow Airport, 2 January 2022.

  • Cargo Fire Warning during pre-flight preparation, London Heathrow Airport, 2 July 2021.