The ATSB has been advised by the operator that this procedure has been withdrawn.

If the landing gear mount had failed during a charter flight resulting in minor damage to the aircraft this would be a routinely reportable matter in accordance with the Transport Safety Investigation Regulations 2003 2.4 (1) (b). The operator has stated that the landing gear mount failed during a private flight with minor damage, which is not a reportable matter under the Transport Safety Investigation Regulations 2003.

The ATSB has not passed the dates of the incident in question to the operator as this would identify a particular incident and hence the controllers involved would be identified. The REPCON legislation requires that no person can be identified in a REPCON report.

After the REPCON Brief was forwarded to Airservices Australia they provided the following comments: Consistent with our response dated 26 February 2015, Airservices has conducted testing on the mitigation measure utilising the National Aeronautical Information Processing System (NAIPS) and re-configuring the air traffic management system Eurocat. The testing was completed on 5 March 2015 where SPECls were successfully distributed to relevant controllers for 2 test aerodromes. Following the successful test outcome, the relevant technical instructions and changes to the Manual of Air Traffic…