The ATSB has just released a new aviation bulletin containing 10 investigation reports. The Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin Issue 32 covers short, office-based investigations.
The bulletin covers incidents, serious incidents and accidents involving helicopters, jet, piston aircraft, as well as helicopters and a balloon.
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.
Issue 32 of the Bulletin features 10 safety investigations:
Jet aircraft
- Loss of separation between a foreign military Boeing 737 and a Cessna 206, VH-RAP
- Runway incursion involving a Cessna 172, VH-WGL, and a de Havilland DHC-8, VH-QQD
Piston aircraft
- VFR into IMC involving a Piper PA-28R, VH-TBB
- Near collision involving a Piper PA-31, VH-XGW, and a Piper PA-28, VH-IBX
- Flight instrument issue in IMC involving a Piper PA 27, VH-DTL
- Wheels up landing involving a Beech BE58, VH-AKG
- Runway excursion involving a Cessna 172, VH-MKQ
Helicopters
- Total power loss involving a Bell 206B, VH-NDL
- Fuel starvation event involving an Osborne Aviation OH-58A helicopter, VH-OSQ
Balloon
Read the ATSB’s Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin – Issue 32