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Collision with water involving Cessna 208 Caravan, VH-WTY, Thomson Bay, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, on 7 January 2025
Thomson Bay, Rottnest Island, WA, Elizabeth Quay Aircraft Landing Area, WA, 208, 20800586, Turboprop, VH-WTY, Part 135 Air transport operations - smaller aeroplanes, Destroyed, Textron Aviation Inc.
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Rottnest Island Cessna 208 accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into a collision with water accident involving a Cessna 208 floatplane during take-off near Rottnest Island, off Perth, on Tuesday afternoon. As reported to the ATSB, during take-off the floatplane collided with the water, before coming to rest partially submerged. The ATSB will deploy a team of transport safety investigators from its Perth, Brisbane and Canberra offices, specialising in human performance, and aircraft operations and maintenance.…
Technical assistance to the New South Wales Police – Collision with water involving TL-Ultralight Sting S4, 23-1677, 5 km north-west of Scotts Head, New South Wales, on 4 January 2025
Sting S4, Piston, 23-1677, Part 103 Sport and recreational aircraft, Destroyed, TL Ultralight
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VFR into IMC involving Leonardo Helicopters AW139, 11 km east-north-east of Sydney Airport, on 6 December 2024
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Near collision involving a Jonker JS3 and Cessna 208B about 18.5 km west-north-west of Lake Keepit, New South Wales, on 1 December 2024
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Collisions at level crossings
Despite continued concerted efforts to prevent collisions at level crossings by local, state and federal governments in conjunction with the rail industry, the ATSB continues to investigate similar occurrences.  Over the past decade the Bureau has conducted 17 investigations and one safety study. The following investigations highlight some key learnings for both road users and rail infrastructure managers to help reduce collisions at level crossings.
The Oaks mid-air collision sequence of events detailed in ATSB preliminary report
An ATSB preliminary report outlines the sequence of events prior to a mid-air collision between a Cessna and a Jabiru light aircraft near The Oaks, south-west of Sydney on 26 October.…
ATSB safety recommendations seek to eliminate single point of failure following bulk carrier grounding
The ATSB has issued a number of safety recommendations after an electrical short circuit led to the grounding of a bulk carrier in the channel off Port Hedland, in Western Australia’s Pilbara…
Expectation bias a factor in truck-train level crossing accident near Goondiwindi
A truck driver who failed to stop before a level crossing collision in southern Queensland was probably influenced by expectation bias, having likely never seen a train at the crossing in the…
ATSB releases preliminary report from on-going Gippsland aircraft accident investigation
An ATSB preliminary report details factual information gathered in the early stages of the on-going transport safety investigation into a light aircraft accident north of Sale last month.…