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Unlit obstacle in close proximity to helicopter landing site
RA2025-00023
Mona Vale light aircraft accident
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is calling for witnesses who have video of Sunday’s aircraft accident at the Mona Vale Golf Course, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, to make contact via our website. The Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee had departed Camden Airport and was conducting a training flight with a pilot and instructor on board when it reportedly experienced engine power loss. As part of the evidence-gathering phase of the investigation, ATSB transport safety investigators will interview the pilots, other involved parties and witnesses, and collect available recorded information,…
Wheels up landing involving a Lancair 200 amateur-built aircraft, Aldinga Aerodrome, South Australia, on 31 July 2025
AB-2025-035
Ground handling involving Boeing 737 MAX 8, DQ-FAE, Brisbane Airport, Queensland, on 26 July 2025
Nadi International Airport, Fiji, Brisbane Airport, Queensland, 737 MAX 8, 64309, Jet, DQ-FAE, Part 129 Foreign air transport operators, Minor, The Boeing Company, Fiji Airways
AO-2025-047
Level crossing collision between passenger train DB09 and B-double truck near Runcorn, Queensland, on 14 August 2025
DB09, Passenger - metropolitan, Minor, Level Crossing, Queensland Rail
RO-2025-006
Propulsion failure of Basic Victory, 33 km north of Newcastle, New South Wales, on 30 July 2025
Port of Newcastle, New South Wales, Basic Victory, Bulk carrier, Marshall Islands, 9836787, Nil, Engine Failure, Glocal Maritime Ltd
MO-2025-010
Effective decision-making contributed to successful forced landing on highway after engine failure and fire
The pilot of a Cirrus SR22 conducted a forced landing on the Mitchell Highway in central NSW after the light aircraft experienced an engine failure and in-flight fire, an ATSB investigation…
Fall overboard during pilot transfer, Moreton Bay, Queensland, on 2 July 2025
MB-2025-005
Runcorn level crossing collision
The ATSB has commenced a transport safety investigation into a collision between a B-double truck and a city-bound Queensland Rail suburban passenger train near Runcorn, Queensland on Thursday morning. As reported to the ATSB, the truck was travelling south on Bonemill Road and entered the level crossing to turn left onto Beenleigh Road. While negotiating the turn, the truck became stuck, with its rear trailer obstructing the level crossing. The driver of the passenger train, which was travelling from the Gold Coast towards Brisbane, applied emergency braking before the train collided with…
Taxiing collision involving a Piper PA-32R-300 and a Cessna 152, Moorabbin Airport, Victoria, on 21 July 2025
AB-2025-032