The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is calling for witnesses who have video of Sunday’s aircraft accident at the Mona Vale Golf Course, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, to make contact via our website.
The Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee had departed Camden Airport and was conducting a training flight with a pilot and instructor on board when it reportedly experienced engine power loss.
As part of the evidence-gathering phase of the investigation, ATSB transport safety investigators will interview the pilots, other involved parties and witnesses, and collect available recorded information, including footage and ADS-B flight tracking data, as well as weather information and pilot and aircraft maintenance records.
Investigators may also seek to recover any relevant aircraft componentry from the aircraft for further examination at the ATSB’s technical facilities in Canberra.
The ATSB calls for anyone who may have footage of the aircraft in any stage of its flight to submit it via atsb.gov.au/witness.
The ATSB will publish a final report at the conclusion of its investigation, detailing findings and the analysis to support those findings.
However, should a critical safety issue be identified at any stage during the investigation, the ATSB will immediately notify relevant parties so safety action can be taken.