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Incident involving a vessel in the Perth Protection Zone, Western Australia, between 31 July and 1 August 2021
Subsection 49(2) notice for incident in the Perth Protection Zone, Western Australia, between 31 July and 1 August 2021 The ATSB received a report that between 31 July and 1 August 2021, in the Perth Protection Zone, Western Australia, submarine cables on the seabed were damaged by a vessel dragging its anchor across the cables.  Based on the information available, the ATSB did not conduct an investigation. For the purpose of subsection 49(2) of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (Cth) (TSI Act), I declare that any on-board recordings (as defined under section 48 of…
Grounding of RSV Nuyina, off Heard Island, on 13 October 2025
Heard Island, RSV Nuyina, Australia, 9797060, Unknown, Grounding
MO-2025-011
Collision with terrain involving a Robinson R22, near Century Mine, Queensland, on 22 September 2025
AB-2025-048
Safety study into the limitations in the application of safety management systems within air transport operators
AS-2025-005
Collision with terrain involving Piper PA-32-300, VH-JVA, Shellharbour Airport, New South Wales, on 11 October 2025
Shellharbour Airport, New South Wales, Bathurst Airport, New South Wales, PA-32R-300, 32R-7680030, Piston, VH-JVA, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Destroyed, Piper Aircraft Corp
AO-2025-064
Collision with terrain involving Robinson R22 Beta II, VH-LYD, Rutland Plains, Queensland, on 9 October 2025
R22 Beta, 4471, Helicopter, VH-LYD, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Destroyed, Robinson Helicopter Co, MDH Pty Ltd
AO-2025-063
Uncommanded release of an underslung load involving a Eurocopter AS 350 B2, North Queensland, 13 September 2025
AB-2025-046
Gundaroo Cirrus light aircraft accident final report published
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has published the final report from its investigation into an accident involving a Cirrus SR22 light aircraft near Gundaroo, north of Canberra, which…
Medical incapacitation likely prior to Ogilvie aircraft accident
The pilot of a Cessna 150 light aircraft which collided with terrain near Ogilvie, in mid-west WA, likely experienced an incapacitating medical event prior to the aircraft entering a spiral…
Shellharbour aircraft accident
UPDATED 10AM 13 OCTOBER: The ATSB is conducting a transport safety investigation into an accident involving a Piper Cherokee Lance aircraft at Shellharbour Airport on Saturday morning. The aircraft was departing from runway 26 when soon after take-off flight tracking data shows it deviating to the left and impacting the end of the intersecting runway. Despite a timely response from first responders the aircraft was consumed by a post-impact fire and the three occupants were fatally injured. The ATSB deployed a team of 4 transport safety investigators from its Canberra and Melbourne…