Aviation Short Investigations Bulletin - Issue 53

The Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin covers a range of the ATSB’s short investigations and highlights valuable safety lessons for pilots, operators and safety managers.

Released periodically, the Bulletin provides a summary of the less-complex factual investigation reports conducted by the ATSB. The results, based on information supplied by organisations or individuals involved in the occurrence, detail the facts behind the event, as well as any safety actions undertaken. The Bulletin also highlights important Safety Messages for the broader aviation community, drawing on earlier ATSB investigations and research.

Issue 53 of the Bulletin features ten safety investigations:

Turboprop aircraft

• Pilot incapacitation involving Cessna 208, VH-NTQ
• Runway incursion involving Fairchild SA227, VH-HPE

Piston aircraft

• Flap cable failure and ground strike involving Airparts NZ FU-24, VH-TTD
• Engine power loss and forced landing involving Piper PA-28, VH-TAK
• Low fuel and precautionary landing involving Cessna 172, VH-WKB
• Wheels up landing involving Beech 58, VH-UZO
• Separation issue due to runway incursion involving Cessna 172, VH-EKV, and Beech 58, VH-MLB
• Separation issue due to runway incursion involving Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8, VH-BFL, and Cessna 210, VH-NLV

Helicopters

• Wirestrike involving Robinson R22, VH-HRL

Hot Air Balloons

• Hard landing involving Kavanagh Balloons E-300, VH-LPG