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Bacchus Marsh light aircraft accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into an accident involving a Cessna 150 light aircraft near Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome, Victoria, on Tuesday. As reported to the ATSB, shortly after take-off from Bacchus Marsh, the aircraft descended and collided with terrain in a paddock adjacent to the aerodrome. The ATSB is deploying to the accident site a team of transport safety investigators from its Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney offices, specialising in aircraft maintenance and operations.…
Collision with terrain involving Extra EA 300-LT, VH-XKW, about 10 km west-south-west of Bathurst Airport, New South Wales, on 13 October 2024
Bathurst Airport, New South Wales, Bathurst Airport, New South Wales, EA 300/LT, LT001, Piston, VH-XKW, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Minor, Extra-Flugzeugbau GmbH, HP Automotive Pty Ltd
AO-2024-052
Flight into a thunderstorm involving Beech Aircraft B200, VH-ZMW, 108 km west-north-west of Toowoomba, Queensland, on 9 October 2024
Toowoomba Airport, Qld, Normanton Airport, Qld, B200, BB1460, Turboprop, VH-ZMW, Part 135 Air transport operations - smaller aeroplanes, Minor, Beech Aircraft Corp, Austrek Aviation Pty Ltd
AO-2024-051
Bankstown forced landing likely after fuel starvation due to low quantity, unbalanced flight
A Cessna 210 was force landed on a Bankstown Airport taxiway, likely after a low amount of fuel combined with unbalanced flight to starve the engine, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau…
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TB-20 high rate of descent before collision with terrain consistent with spatial disorientation after flying into cloud
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