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  • Skidded from runway onto ploughed field, Roddige Airfield, Lichfield, 2 November 2017.

  • Forced landing in hedgerow following loss of power after takeoff, Lenham Airstrip, near Ashford, Kent, 16 March 2018.

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

  • Nose gear collapsed during bounced landing, Lane Farm Airfield, Powys, 4 February 2018.

  • Loss of control whilst landing, Membury Airfield, Berkshire, 16 February 2018.

  • Aircraft veered off runway into a hedge during takeoff, Welshpool Airport, Powys, 5 February 2018.

  • Loss of control when downdraught encountered while landing with a crosswind, Little Gransden Airfield, Cambridgeshire, 17 February 2018.

  • Stalled shortly after takeoff, Over Farm, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, 8 October 2017.

  • Pilot attempted to abandon takeoff when the aircraft did not perform as expected, Perth Airport, 20 October 2017.

  • Nose gear leg collapsed while landing, Bagby Airfield, North Yorkshire, 15 June 2017.

  • Rolled onto left side following loss of control during takeoff run, RAF Scampton, 11 September 2017.

  • Bounced on landing and crashed into trees adjacent to the runway, Membury Airfield, Berkshire, 22 September 2017.

  • Departure from controlled flight, Luffenhall, Hertfordshire, 20 June 2017.

  • Loss of elevator control during launch, Currock Hill Airfield, Northumbria, 8 April 2017...

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

  • Attempted circuit following launch failure, Brentor Airfield, Devon, 4 December 2016.

  • Left wing failed in flight, near Builth Wells, Powys, 18 September 2016.

  • Impacted livestock, Farm Strip, Haringe Court, East of Ashford, Kent, 16 September 2017.

  • Nose gear collapse on landing, Otherton Airport, Staffordshire, 2 July 2017.

  • Overran runway while landing, Ince Airfield, Merseyside, 18 June 2017.

  • Heavy landing, Orston Airfield, Nottinghamshire, 24 September 2017.

  • Landed in trees due to deteriorating weather, near Castlewellan, Co Down, 29 May 2017.

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

  • Heavy landing, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, 17 June 2017.

  • Nose landing gear failure, Private airstrip, Peasemore Common, Berkshire, 19 August 2017

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

  • Bounced landing on nose landing gear, Maypole Airfield, Kent, 10 August 2017.

  • Loss of control during landing, East Fortune Airfield, East Lothian, 30 July 2017.

  • Gyroplane rolled onto its side during takeoff due to inappropriate control inputs, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 10 August 2017.

  • Inverted during precautionary landing in a field of standing crop, Filey, North Yorkshire, 5 July 2017.

  • Overran landing area, Harthill Court Farm, Gloucestershire, 28 August 2017.

  • Aircraft overturned due to loss of control during takeoff run, Headcorn Aerodrome, Kent, 13 July 2017.

  • Loss of forward visibility and sink during landing, Ince Airfield, Merseyside, 8 July 2017.

  • Engine failure after takeoff and loss of control on landing, Oakley Airfield, Buckinghamshire, 6 August 2017.

  • Inadvertent loss of control, Friskney, Boston, Lincolnshire, 28 May 2017.

  • Flipped on landing due to turbulence, Winscott Barton Flying Club, Bideford, Devon, 14 May 2017.

  • Forced landing following loss of power on takeoff, Stoke Microlight Airfield, Kent, 18 June 2017.

  • Aircraft struck obstacle during go around, Cobbs Cross Airstrip, Worcestershire, 16 June 2017.

  • Loss of climb performance on takeoff, near Carrickmore Airfield, Co. Tyrone, 7 May 2017.

  • Low-level windshear caused gyroplane to veer on landing and rotor struck the ground, Crouch Farm Strip, Swanley, Kent, 27 July 2017.

  • Front Electric Sustainer (FES) battery fire during landing, Parham Airfield, West Sussex, 10 August 2017.

  • Aircraft bounced during landing and nose leg collapsed on second touchdown, Lydd Airport, Kent, 9 July 2017.

  • Loss of control during touchdown, Turweston Aerodrome, Northamptonshire, 3 July 2017.

  • Low speed runway excursion during a training flight, Shobdon Airfield, Herefordshire, 19 June 2017.

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

  • Heavy landing led to loss of directional control before aircraft overturned, Headon Airfield, Nottinghamshire, 25 March 2017.

  • Loss of control on landing, Eshott Airfield, Northumberland, 18 June 2017.

  • Loss of control during takeoff, Shobdon Aerodrome, Herefordshire, 8 May 2017.

  • Loss of control while landing by student pilot led to gyroplane’s rotors striking the ground, Popham Airfield, Hampshire, 17 June 2017.

  • Loss of power on takeoff and unsuccessful forced landing, Oakley, Bedfordshire, 31 May 2017.