The ATSB has released a new aviation bulletin containing 10 investigation reports. The Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin Issue 20 covers short, office-based investigations.
The bulletin covers incidents, serious incidents and accidents involving turboprop, piston aircraft and helicopters. Only one of the incidents involved injury, however, some of the aircraft suffered substantial damage.
Short investigations cover incidents and accidents where the associated factors are usually well-understood and do not require more detailed investigations. Nonetheless, each investigation has the potential to produce important Safety Messages for pilots, operators and others in the aviation industry. The investigations also help the ATSB identify statistics and trends in air safety.
The incidents covered in the report include:
- Weight and balance event involving Fairchild SA-227AC, VH-UUO
- Landing gear separation involving Piper PA28, VH-JXR
- Wheels up landing involving Cessna 210M, VH-PBV
- Collision with terrain involving Grob G-115, VH-ZTM
- Aircraft proximity event between a Piper PA-44, VH-TYS and a Cessna 172S, VH-EUH
- Landing gear collapse involving Piper PA-30, VH-HPR
- Wheels up landing involving Piper PA-24-260, VH-DRB
- Weather related precautionary landing involving a Piper a PA-28, VH-MSG
- Collision with terrain, involving AS350, VH-EWM
- Wirestrike involving Enstrom 480B, VH-VDC
Read the ATSB’s Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin – Issue 20