Aviation Short Investigation Bulletin - Issue 50

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 50 of the Bulletin features ten safety investigations:

Jet Aircraft

• Smoke and fumes event involving Boeing 787, N36962
• Smoke event involving Airbus A380, VH-OQD

Turboprop Aircraft

• Runway incursion involving Hawker Beechcraft Corporation B200, VH-FDG, and vehicle

Piston Aircraft

• Hard landing involving Maule MT-7, VH-DRS
• Loss of control and collision with terrain involving Cessna 206, VH-NTK
• Collision with terrain involving de Havilland DH-82, VH-BJE
• Collision on ground involving Cessna 172, VH-EWZ, and Cessna 172, VH-SYH

Helicopters

• Loss of control involving Robinson R22, VH-WGB

Hot Air Balloon

• Navigation event involving Kavanagh Balloons E-240, VH-VBM

Near Collision

• Near collision involving Piper PA-28, VH-MJT, and Airbus Helicopters EC 130, VH-ZVO