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ATSB releases preliminary report from on-going Gold Coast helicopter mid-air collision investigation
Key points Preliminary report details factual information but contains no findings; Report details accident’s sequence of events; Investigation will look closely at the issues…
Weather diversion from Sydney Airport to an emergency alternate involving Qantas B787-9 VH-ZNJ, on 18 February 2023
Santiago International Airport, Chile, Sydney Airport, New South Wales, 787-9, 66074, Jet, VH-ZNJ, Part 121 Air transport operations - larger aeroplanes, Nil, The Boeing Company
AO-2023-009
Changes underway after loss of separation after take-off from Sydney
Key points A loss of separation occurred between a Boeing 787 and an Airbus A330 shortly after take-off from Sydney Airport in September 2022; The standard instrument departure…
Interim report outlines Cairns approaches below minimum altitude
Key points Two Boeing 737-800 aircraft descended below minimum altitude during approach into Cairns on separate flights in October 2022; ATSB’s interim report details…
Tertiary qualifications for transport safety investigators
Under a strategic partnership launched in early 2019, RMIT University delivers the Graduate Certificate in Transport Safety Investigation to both the ATSB’s own transport safety investigators and industry participants.  Through the partnership the ATSB provides advice on the development of the program structure and the course material, and a significant number of topics are delivered by ATSB subject matter experts with in-depth investigation and industry experience.  The ATSB-RMIT University partnership provides industry in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region with…
Collision with terrain involving Textron Aviation Cessna 340A, RP-C2080, Mount Mayon, Albay Province, Philippines, on 18 February 2023
Bicol International Airport, Philippines, Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Philippines, CE340A, RP-C2080, Charter, Destroyed, Textron Aviation Inc.
AA-2023-002
Inverleigh derailment investigation preliminary report released
Key points 16 of 55 wagons of a freight train derailed as it passed over a culvert near Inverleigh, Victoria; Heavy rainfall had been recorded in the area prior to the…
Fatal wirestrike investigation highlights hazards of low-level flight
Key points Pilot of a Cessna 172 was fatally injured when their aircraft contacted wires above a field adjacent to Coonabarabran Aerodrome during an intentional low-level pass;…
Changes to belt stretching guidance after Whitsundays R44 drive system failure
Key points Pilot successfully conducted emergency autorotation landing on a beach after smelling burning rubber and noting the clutch warning light flicker; The drive belt set…
Aviation reporting requirements
The requirements for reporting aviation accidents and incidents to the ATSB are detailed in the Transport Safety Investigations Regulations (TSI Regulations). The TSI Regulations set out the ATSB’s safety occurrence reporting scheme and prescribe what occurrences must be reported to the ATSB, the timeframes those reports must be made in, the ‘responsible persons’ who are required to make a report, and the particulars to be included in a report. Guidance for the aviation industry on what and how to report to the ATSB as prescribed in the TSI…