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 32 of the Bulletin features 10 safety investigations:
Jet aircraft
- Loss of separation between a foreign military Boeing 737 and a Cessna 206, VH-RAP
- Runway incursion involving a Cessna 172, VH-WGL, and a de Havilland DHC-8, VH-QQD
Piston aircraft
- VFR into IMC involving a Piper PA-28R, VH-TBB
- Near collision involving a Piper PA-31, VH-XGW, and a Piper PA-28, VH-IBX
- Flight instrument issue in IMC involving a Piper PA 27, VH-DTL
- Wheels up landing involving a Beech BE58, VH-AKG
- Runway excursion involving a Cessna 172, VH-MKQ
Helicopters
- Total power loss involving a Bell 206B, VH-NDL
- Fuel starvation event involving an Osborne Aviation OH-58A helicopter, VH-OSQ
Balloons
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AB-2014-099
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