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 61 of the Bulletin features 10 safety investigations:
Jet aircraft
- Descent below lowest safe altitude involving Boeing 747, N416MC
- Descent below lowest safe altitude involving Boeing 777, 9V-SRP
- Loading related event involving Boeing 737, VH-VUF
Turboprop aircraft
- In-flight smoke in the cockpit involving GIE Avions de Transport Regional ATR72, VH-VPJ
- In-flight engine shutdown involving Bombardier DHC-8, VH-XKI
Piston aircraft
- Fuel starvation involving Cessna 210, VH-HZE
- Runway excursion involving Gippsland Aeronautics GA-8, VH-AZH
- Hard landing involving Cessna 182,VH-JXX
Helicopters
Remotely Piloted Aircraft