Aviation Short Investigations Bulletin - Issue 52

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 52 of the Bulletin features ten safety investigations:

Jet Aircraft

• Depressurisation involving Fokker F28, VH-NHF
• Incorrect configuration involving Boeing 717, VH-YQV
• Personal electronic device fire in-flight involving Boeing 747, VH-OJS

Piston Aircraft

• VFR into IMC involving Cessna 172, VH-EOV
• Fuel Starvation involving Lancair ES, VH-DFH
• Engine failure involving Piper PA-28, VH-IPO
• Precautionary landing involving Cessna 150, VH-TDZ, and Cessna 152, VH-KTL

Helicopters

• Controlled flight into terrain involving Agusta A109, VH-XPB
• Wirestrike and collision with terrain involving Schweizer 269C, VH-NTZ

Hot Air Balloons

• Fire prior to passenger disembarkation involving Kavanagh Balloons, B-400, VH-WNV