Interim Factual Report: In-flight break-up of Aero Commander near Hobart
The ATSB investigation into the fatal Aero Commander accident on 19 February 2004, 58 km NNW of Hobart is focusing on the reason for an overload failure of the wings in flight.
The ATSB investigation into the fatal Aero Commander accident on 19 February 2004, 58 km NNW of Hobart is focusing on the reason for an overload failure of the wings in flight.
The ATSB final investigation report into the crash that killed the two occupants of a Robinson R22 helicopter at Yakka Munga Station in Western Australia, has found that a drive shaft to the main rotor blades failed.
The ATSB's final investigation report into an airspace incident on 7 April involving a Boeing 737 and a Lancair aircraft has found that while it was an 'airprox' it was not a 'serious incident' because of timely action by the air traffic controller and both crews.
An ATSB report has found that a recent airspace incident was both an 'airprox' and a 'serious incident' and that after taking evasive action, a Cirrus SR20 and a Cessna 172 aircraft passed about 200 metres horizontally and 50 ft vertically from each other.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has dispatched a team of two investigators to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal aviation accident near St George, 19 October 2004.
Failure to keep a proper lookout by either vessel has been
identified as the immediate cause of the ninth collision in five
years between a fishing vessel and a ship off the Australian
coast.
The ATSB investigation Preliminary Report into the accident in
which six lives were lost when a privately operated Piper Cheyenne
aircraft crashed near Benalla, Victoria, on 28 July 2004, found
that the aircraft was off course for a substantial period.
A media briefing on the circumstances of the 8 September 2004,
Robinson R44 Helicopter, VH-JWX near Roma, Queensland will be held
in the Roma airport car park, outside the terminal at 6.00pm today,
10 September 2004.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is seeking assistance from the public to locate a door that fell from an aircraft at about 0715 EST Tuesday 7 September 2004.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has found that fatigue cracking in the blade slots of a high-pressure turbine disk led directly to the uncontained failure of the left engine of a Boeing 767 aircraft that occurred near Brisbane on 8 December 2002.