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Collision with terrain involving Cessna 172N, VH-SCU, about 7 km south-south-east of Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, on 7 November 2025
Newcastle Waters Aircraft Landing Area, Northern Territory, Newcastle Waters Aircraft Landing Area, Northern Territory, 172N, 17268700, Piston, VH-SCU, Part 141 Recreational, private and commercial pilot flight training, Destroyed, Cessna Aircraft Company
AO-2025-066
ATSB safety advisory urges Mode S transponder use on ground after Wagga Wagga runway incursion
The ATSB has issued a safety advisory notice urging pilots to switch on their mode S transponder from engine start, after a Dash 8 entered Wagga Wagga’s main runway while a Piper Cherokee was…
ATSB publishes preliminary report into Moruya skydiving aircraft accident
The operation of a Pilatus PC-6 skydiving aircraft’s horizontal stabiliser electric trim system will be examined as part of the ATSB’s ongoing investigation…
Mode S transponder usage on the ground
AO-2024-041
Safety advisory notice To pilots and aircraft operators Correct operation of approved mode S transponders can significantly improve situational awareness of other traffic on the ground. Electronic surveillance information is an effective trigger to alert pilots of other ground traffic. Early use of mode S transponders before taxi assists the process of ‘alerted see‑and‑avoid’ to identify and avoid traffic conflict. What happened On 15 July 2024, a De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited DHC-8 (Dash 8), registered VH-QOD, entered runway 05 at…
Flight crews unaware of shortened runway before taking off over Melbourne Airport work sites
Two international airliners, both with more than 200 people on board, overran a shortened runway and took off only metres above an active worksite at Melbourne Airport in September 2023, an…
Passengers assisted from submerged Beaver floatplane that overturned during water landing
The pilot and passengers of a Beaver floatplane were unable to open the left rear cabin door to escape the aircraft after it overturned and became submerged on landing off Whitsunday Island’s…
Fuel exhaustion event involving a Schweizer Aircraft Corp 269C-1, Kankool, New South Wales, on 5 October 2025
AB-2025-053
Training aircraft operated with unserviceable aural stall warning system
RA2025-00138
The ATSB acknowledges that CASA addressed the regulatory component of the reporter's concern. The ATSB requested a further response from CASA to specifically address the reporter's ultimate concern that CASR Part 23 normal category aircraft (in particular those used for ab-initio flight training) allows operators to legally operate aircraft with an inoperative aural stall warning system.' CASA reiterated the current requirements for aural stall warnings / stall warnings in general, and CASR Part 23, are in alignment with international…
EC120 uncommanded yaw accident highlights importance of type recency
The pilot of an EC120 helicopter had not flown that type in almost 15 years prior to an uncommanded yaw on take‑off accident at Porepunkah, in north‑east Victoria, an ATSB final report…
R22 could not be recovered from unplanned manoeuvre
An R22 helicopter was conducting unplanned and unnecessary torque turns at a low height during a commercial pilot licence training flight when it struck the ground before it could be…