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Corporate Plan 2025-26
It is my pleasure to present the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s corporate plan for the period of 2025-26 to 2028-29, in which we outline our priorities and key activities to deliver on our purpose. It also sets out the broader environment we operate in, our risks and capabilities, and how we will measure our performance. Our primary focus is to improve transport safety through the independent investigation of accidents and incidents in aviation, marine and rail. We prioritise investigating accidents or incidents that occur in these modes that are most likely to provide the greatest…
Ground strike involving Air Tractor AT-802, 20 km north-north-east of Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, Greece, on 30 July 2025
AB-2025-036
E190 continued unstable approach into Darwin
A continued unstable approach into Darwin by an Embraer E190 has resulted in Alliance Airlines clarifying its stabilised approach criteria and amending the applicable stabilisation height, an…
Aircraft preparation event involving a Van’s RV-8, Halls Creek Airport, Western Australia, on 31 July 2025
AB-2025-037
Depressurisation involving a Raytheon B200, 192 km east of Darwin Airport, Northern Territory, on 23 July 2025
AB-2025-034
ATSB issues PT6A uncommanded acceleration advisory after Lizard Island Cessna Caravan accident
The ATSB is advising operators of single-engine Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A powered aircraft to train pilots for uncommanded engine acceleration malfunctions, after 10 people were…
Windshear escape involving a Saab 340, 5 km east of Sydney Airport, New South Wales, on 6 July 2025
AB-2025-029
Uncommanded engine acceleration events on single-engine PT6A powered aircraft
AO-2024-001
Safety Advisory Notice To operators of single-engine PT6A powered aircraft Increased awareness and training for pilots in uncommanded engine acceleration events involving PT6A engines will improve outcomes for such malfunctions.  What happened On 8 January 2024, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, departed Lizard Island Airport, Queensland on a flight to Cairns with the pilot and 9 passengers on board. During the climb, the pilot observed the aircraft’s speed and thrust increase uncommanded, and some engine parameters were exceeded or were not indicating. The pilot…
Descent below minimum safe altitude and ground proximity alert involving Cessna 560, VH-OHE, 23 km north-east of Perth Airport, Western Australia, on 13 August 2025
Learmonth Airport, Western Australia, Perth Airport, Western Australia, 560, 560-0320, Jet, VH-OHE, Part 121 Air transport operations - larger aeroplanes, Nil, Cessna Aircraft Company, Avcair Pty Ltd
AO-2025-048
ATSB issues Cessna 206 safety advisories after passengers unable to exit rear cargo doors following landing accident
The ATSB has issued a safety advisory notice urging Cessna 206 operators to consider fitting an approved emergency exit modification or removing a middle row seat to allow better passenger…