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ATSB annual reports
Annual Report 2023–24 The ATSB Annual Report 2023–23 outlines performance against the outcome and program structure in the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts' Portfolio Budget Statements 2023–24. Annual Report 2023–24 | ATSB Previous annual reports Annual Report 2022–23 | ATSB Annual Report 2021–22 | ATSB Annual Report 2020–21 | ATSB Annual Report 2019–20 | ATSB Annual Report 2018–19 | ATSB Annual Report 2017–18 | ATSB Annual Report 2016–17…
Collision with terrain involving Hughes Helicopters 269C, VH-OBK, near Moorabbin Airport, Victoria, on 30 November 2022
Moorabbin Airport, Victoria, Moorabbin Airport, Victoria, 269C, 1190855, Helicopter, VH-OBK, Part 141 Recreational, private and commercial pilot flight training, Substantial, Hughes Helicopters, The Helicopter Group
AO-2022-063
Safety information policy statement
The ATSB collects, holds and uses a range of information for the purposes of improving transport safety. The ATSB is a part of Australia's aviation safety system, and the information gathered by the ATSB may be provided to other agencies for the specific purpose of maintaining and improving aviation safety. It is an additional legislative function for the ATSB to cooperate with these agencies. Mandatory reporting A principal source of safety information is the mandatory reporting scheme established under the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (TSI Act). The scheme gathers…
Circuit operations at [Location] aerodrome
RA2022-00034
Technical Assistance to Recreational Aviation Australia - Collision with terrain involving Jabiru J230-C, registration 24-5067, near Lucyvale, Victoria, on 18 September 2022
AE-2022-003
Flight below minimum altitude involving Cessna Citation 510, VH-IEQ, 13 km west of Bankstown Airport, New South Wales, 16 November 2022
Young Aerodrome, Bankstown Aerodrome, 510, 510-0462, Jet, VH-IEQ, Part 135 Air transport operations - smaller aeroplanes, Nil, Textron Aviation Inc., NAVAIR FLIGHT OPERATIONS PTY LTD
AO-2022-061
Derailment of freight train 4PM9 Inverleigh, Victoria, on 14 November 2022
4PM9, Freight, Substantial, Perth, Western Australia, Derailment, Melbourne, Victoria, SCT Logistics
RO-2022-013
Collision with terrain involving Robinson R44, VH-TKI, at Forresters Beach, New South Wales, on 19 November 2022
Jilliby, Forresters Beach, R44, 40, Helicopter, VH-TKI, Part 91 General operating and flight rules, Substantial, Robinson Helicopter Co
AO-2022-060
About mandatory occurrence reporting 
Typically, the ATSB safety reporting team receives more than 17,000 notifications of safety occurrences each year, spread over aviation, marine and rail. While there may be duplicate notifications of the same occurrence and many of the notifications submitted are about matters not required to be reported under the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003, each one is reviewed and recorded.   The TSI Act requires any responsible person who has knowledge of any accident or serious incident (or any immediately reportable matter) to report it as soon as it is reasonably practicable.…
Investigative response prioritisation
The level of investigative response is determined by resource availability and factors such as those detailed below. These factors (expressed in no particular order) may vary in the degree to which they influence ATSB decisions to investigate and respond. Factors include:   the anticipated safety value of an investigation, including the likelihood of furthering the understanding of the scope and impact of any safety system failures   the likelihood of safety action arising from the investigation, particularly of national or global significance   the existence and extent of…