Aviation Short Investigations Bulletin - Issue 43

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 43 of the Bulletin features 10 safety investigations:

Jet aircraft

• Descent below minimum altitude involving a Boeing 777, A6-ECO
• Flight below minimum altitude involving an Avro 146, VH-NJW

Turboprop aircraft

• Stall warning event involving a Raytheon B200, VH-ZCO
• Loss of separation involving a Cessna 441, VH-JLT, and a Raytheon B200, VH-ZCJ

Piston aircraft

• Fuel starvation event involving a Cessna 210, VH-BKD
• Smoke event involving a Cirrus SR22T, VH-EPG
• Low fuel event involving a Piper PA‑28, VH-MHI
• Wirestrike involving an Eagle DW1, VH-FHP

Helicopters

• Collision with terrain involving a Robinson R22, VH-RBO
• Collision with terrain involving a Robinson R44, VH-VOH