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Power lever friction lock adjustment
AO-2021-034
Safety advisory notice To King Air series aircraft operators and pilots Friction locks fitted on the Beechcraft King Air series aircraft require careful adjustment to prevent the power levers migrating rearwards to the idle position, particularly during take-off. What happened On the night of 19 August 2021, the pilot and medical crew of a Hawker Beechcraft King Air B200C aircraft, registered VH‑VAH, departed Essendon Fields Airport, Victoria on a patient retrieval flight. During the take-off, there was a loss of left engine power and…
Lack of effective risk controls prior to Blacktown rail overspeed event
Expectation bias and a lack of effective risk controls contributed to a passenger train travelling through a turnout near Blacktown Station at four times faster than the posted speed limit, a…
Broome Cessna Conquest accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into the accident involving a Cessna 441 Conquest twin turboprop aircraft near Broome Airport, in northern WA. As reported to the ATSB, shortly after the aircraft took off from Broome’s runway 10 it encountered a loss of engine power. The ATSB is deploying a team of transport safety investigators, specialising in aircraft operations and engineering, and accident survivability, to the accident site from its Perth, Canberra, and Brisbane offices. Once on site on Friday the investigation team will…
PA-28 lost electrical power, radio before close proximity incident with F-35 fighter jet
The pilot of a Piper PA-28 that flew into the path of two F-35 fighter jets while approaching to land at RAAF Base Tindal, in the Northern Territory, was unable to communicate with air…
Collision with tree involving GippsAero GA8 Airvan, VH-WSU, at Lindeman Island, Queensland, on 8 March 2026
Shute Harbour Aircraft Landing Area, Queensland, Lindeman Island Aircraft Landing Area, Queensland, GA8, GA8-17-244, Piston, VH-WSU, Part 135 Air transport operations - smaller aeroplanes, Substantial, Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd, Wave Air
AO-2026-065
ATSB preliminary report details Nuyina research vessel grounding
An ATSB preliminary investigation report details the circumstances leading up to the brief grounding of the Australian research vessel Nuyina off Heard…
B412 firefighting helicopter sustained substantial damage during bucketing operations, ATSB interim report details
A firefighting helicopter sustained substantial damage when it unexpectedly lost height when filling its underslung bucket from the Murchison River on Tasmania’s West Coast, an ATSB…
Collision with terrain involving Robinson R44, VH-TCF, 84 km west of Lismore Airport, New South Wales, on 13 March 2026
R44 II, 11912, Helicopter, VH-TCF, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Destroyed, Robinson Helicopter Co, Tasklake Pty Ltd
AO-2026-067
Cataract NP helicopter accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has commenced a transport safety investigation into an accident involving a Robinson R44 helicopter in the Cataract National Park near Tenterfield, NSW. The helicopter, which was operating a private flight from the Gold Coast to Armidale, was reported missing on Friday night and was discovered by search and rescue on Saturday.  ATSB transport safety investigators from Canberra and Brisbane are deploying to the accident site, where they are expected to arrive on Sunday. Over coming days they will conduct a range of evidence-gathering activities…
Controlled flight into terrain involving a Kavanagh Balloons E240, South Yarra, Victoria, on 15 February 2026
AB-2026-014