Aviation Short Investigations Bulletin - Issue 54

The Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin covers a range of the ATSB’s short investigations and highlights valuable safety lessons for pilots, operators and safety managers.

Released periodically, the Bulletin provides a summary of the less-complex factual investigation reports conducted by the ATSB. The results, based on information supplied by organisations or individuals involved in the occurrence, detail the facts behind the event, as well as any safety actions undertaken. The Bulletin also highlights important Safety Messages for the broader aviation community, drawing on earlier ATSB investigations and research.

Issue 54 of the Bulletin features ten safety investigations:

Jet aircraft

• Aircraft preparation event involving Airbus A330, VH-QPC
• Loss of separation due to runway incursion involving Airbus A320, VH-VGI, and Fokker F50, VH-FKV

Turboprop aircraft

• Loading event involving Embraer EMB-120, VH-ANQ
• In-flight engine shutdown involving Saab 340, VH-ZRJ
• Runway collision with arrestor cable involving Raytheon B200, VH-ZCJ

Piston aircraft

• Propeller failure involving de Havilland DH-82, VH-ARU
• Engine failure and collision with terrain involving Van's RV-9A, VH-KLV

Helicopters

• Sling load incident involving Aerospatiale Industries AS350, VH‑BII

Separation Issues

• Near collision due to runway incursion involving Van’s RV-7, VH-VTZ, and Glaser-Dirks DG-400 motor-glider, VH-XJZ
• Separation issue involving Robinson R44, VH-EYD, and Cessna 152, VH-MRC