3 October
- Aircraft: Robinson R22 Beta
- Location: Bankstown Airport, NSW
- Fatalities: 1
- Description: Training flight encountered gusty conditions on downwind circuit leg and crashed on approach to landing, striking trees and parked car. Instructor killed.
7 October
- Aircraft: Austflight Drifter
- Location: Near Tibooburra, NSW
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Open cockpit aircraft struck wire, causing damage and serious injury to pilot.
8 October
- Aircraft: Robinson R44
- Location: Near Horn Island, Qld
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Pilot deployed floats and ditched after engine failure during cruise flight. Minor injuries to pilot and 2 passengers.
9 October
- Aircraft: Robinson R22
- Location: Near Normanton, Qld
- Fatalities: 1
- Description: Pilot checking bushfire attempted to return to homestead after dark. Wreckage and pilot’s body found next day.
11 October
- Aircraft: Piper PA-32R-300 Cherokee Lance
- Location: Shellharbour Airport, NSW
- Fatalities: 3
- Description: Aircraft pitched up and yawed left immediately after becoming airborne. Bank angle increased and aircraft descended from about 50 feet and crashed.
21 October
- Aircraft: RPAS
- Location: Near Olney, NSW
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Pilot of firefighting drone lost situational awareness. Drone collided with a structure.
21 October
- Aircraft: Robinson R22 Beta
- Location: Southport Airport, Qld
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Pilot lost control of helicopter during landing attempt. It flew close to hangars before crashing.
31 October
- Aircraft: Brumby 610 Evolution
- Location: Near Port Macquarie Airport, NSW
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Aircraft on flight from Narrabri to Port Macquarie force landed after engine failure.
1 November
- Aircraft: DJI (RPAS)
- Location: Near Caloundra, Qld
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Drone encountered wind gusts during aerial towing flight. Payload tether became caught in a rotor. Drone crashed and was damaged.
5 November
- Aircraft: Tecnam P92 Eaglet
- Location: Near Hay, NSW
- Fatalities: 1
- Description: Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances. Pilot died in hospital later that day.
6 November
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Brisbane International Airport, Qld
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Brakes of airliner caught fire on landing roll after flight from Darwin. Airport firefighting personnel attended. No injuries among 180 passengers.
12 November
- Aircraft: Fairchild SA227-DC Metro 23
- Location: Mackay Airport, Qld
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Pilot of cargo aircraft saw vehicle on runway during take-off and overflew it.
18 November
- Aircraft: DJI (RPAS)
- Location: Near Hernani, NSW
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Drone struck powerline during aerial spraying and crashed.
24 November
- Aircraft: Robinson R22
- Location: Barkly Tableland, NT
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Helicopter skid clipped ground on take-off during aerial mustering and aircraft crashed.
24 November
- Aircraft: Robinson R22
- Location: Near Chillagoe Aerodrome, Qld
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Pilot felt airframe vibration in flight and saw abnormal rotor RPM indicated. Pilot chose to autorotate and make forced landing. Helicopter landed hard. Pilot reported seeing rotor drive belt on ground. Wreckage destroyed by fire.
25 November
- Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8
- Location: Melbourne Tullamarine Airport, Vic
- Fatalities: 0
- Batik Air Malaysia flight to Bali had failure of left engine climbing through 800 feet on departure. Aircraft circled north of airport for 40 minutes before landing without further incident.
30 November
- Aircraft: Van’s RV-7
- Location: Wedderburn, NSW
- Fatalities: 1
- Description: Two aircraft in 4 aircraft civilian formation flying display team collided on approach to runway. One landed, the other crashed into forest.
4 December
- Air Tractor AT-802
- Location: Linga, Vic
- Fatalities: 0
- Description: Agricultural aircraft engaged in firefighting crashed on take-off and caught fire. Pilot survived with injuries.
28 December
- Aircraft: Grob G103 Twin Astir
- Location: Tunbridge, Tas
- Fatalities: 1
- Description: Glider crashed while being towed by Eurofox aircraft, killing student on first flight and seriously injuring instructor pilot.
29 December
- Aircraft: Glider
- Location: Narrogin, WA
- Fatalities: 1
- Description: Glider crashed while making outlanding, pilot killed.
Sources: ATSB, Aviation Safety Network, AvHerald, RA-Aus
