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Limbunya station R22 accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into the collision with terrain of a Robinson R22 helicopter during aerial mustering operations at Limbunya Station, about 500 km south of Darwin. The ATSB is deploying investigators from its Canberra office, with experience in helicopter maintenance and engineering, to the accident site to begin the evidence collection phase of the investigation. Over coming days investigators will examine the helicopter wreckage, survey and map the…
Preliminary report details Geelong level crossing accident
A preliminary report has been released from an ongoing transport safety investigation into a fatal level crossing collision in South Geelong, Victoria. The report details factual…
Air Tractor low-level spraying accident highlights ongoing risk of birdstrike
A large bird struck the right Perspex windshield of an Air Tractor aircraft while conducting agricultural spraying near Chinchilla, Queensland, an Australian Transport Safety Bureau…
Inadvertent autopilot activation involving a Cessna 172R, Stanthorpe, Queensland, on 14 March 2023
AB-2023-001
Stall warning activation involving Saab 340, VH-TRX, 5 km north of Merimbula Airport, New South Wales, on 8 June 2023
Sydney Airport, Merimbula Airport, 340B, 340B-287, Turboprop, VH-TRX, Part 121 Air transport operations - larger aeroplanes, Nil, Saab Aircraft Co., Regional Express Pty Ltd (Rex)
AO-2023-030
Voyage planning errors, spurious false alarms contribute to cargo ship grounding
Key points Cargo ship was using newly planned route when it grounded on Harrington Shoal off Cape York; Route had not been properly reviewed or approved, and planning tool…
Flight crew incapacitation involving Boeing 717-200, VH-NXM, on approach to Hobart Airport, Tasmania, on 6 June 2023
Sydney Airport, Hobart Airport, 717-200, 55094, Jet, VH-NXM, Part 121 Air transport operations - larger aeroplanes, Nil, The Boeing Company, National Jet Systems Pty Ltd
AO-2023-026
Fuel starvation resulting in a forced landing involving Cessna 310R, VH-DAW, about 5 km south-east of Derby Airport, Western Australia, on 20 June 2023
Turkey Creek Aircraft Landing Area, Western Australia, Derby Airport, Western Australia, 310R, 310R0148, Piston, VH-DAW, Part 135 Air transport operations - smaller aeroplanes, Substantial, Cessna Aircraft Company, Broome Aviation Pty Ltd
AO-2023-029
Infant seatbelt requirements
RA2022-00042
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is responsible for the formulation and promulgation of international safety standards and policies for member states. The requirements for the methods of restraining infants during flight are set out in ICAO Annex 6 Part 1, Chapter 6. This requires an aircraft to be equipped with a seat and restraining belt for each passenger above an age that is stipulated by the ‘state of the operator.’ Additionally, ICAO defines an infant as a passenger who has not reached their second birthday, and does not provide an international standard for…
Fatigue management of driver only operations
RR2021-00091