The ATSB is investigating a mid-air collision between two light aircraft, a Jabiru and a Cessna 182, south-west of Sydney on 26 October 2024.
A team of transport safety investigators from the ATSB's Canberra office, with experience in aircraft operations and maintenance, was deployed to the accident sites of both aircraft to begin evidence-collecting activities. The evidence collection phase of the investigation involves interviewing witnesses and involved parties, site mapping, examination of the wreckage of both aircraft, and collect relevant recorded information including any air traffic control and flight tracking data, as well as pilot and aircraft maintenance records, and weather information.
The ATSB asks anyone who may have witnessed and has footage of the accident, or who has footage of either aircraft in any phase of their flights, to contact us via the witness form at their earliest convenience.
The ATSB will release a preliminary report detailing factual information established in the investigation’s evidence-gathering phase in about two months. A final report will be released at the conclusion of the investigation and will detail analysis and findings.
However, if at any point during the investigation we uncover any critical safety issues we will immediately inform relevant parties so they can take safety actions.