Aviation

After allowing for activity levels, ATSB research indicates that
Robinson R22 helicopters have a similar safety profile to other
comparable helicopters.

The ATSB's aviation safety survey of commercial pilots, Common
Flying Errors, has revealed that, violations of standard operating
procedures were more prevalent in general aviation and were
involved in 11.8% of all events.

The ATSB has found that a stabilised approach and a ground proximity warning system would have reduced the risk of the controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accident that occurred at Coffs Harbour on 15 May 2003.

The ATSB has found that the fatal accident at Camden aerodrome on 7 February last year was the result of a simulated engine failure during a flight test at night that was initiated at too low a height to ensure safety.

A media briefing to discuss the circumstances of the 28 July 2004 Piper Cheyenne, VH-TNP accident near Benalla, Victoria will be held at Myrrhee Hall off Boggy Creek Road at 4.00pm today, 29 July 2004.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has dispatched a team of four investigators and support staff to determine the circumstances surrounding the tragic accident near Benalla, Victoria, on 28 July 2004.

A study by the ATSB has shown that just under half of the general aviation fatal accidents in the ten year period between 1991 and 2000 were Uncontrolled Flight Into Terrain (UFIT) accidents, where an intact aircraft collided with a stationary obstacle or terrain after an in-flight loss of contro

The ATSB has released a major accident report on behalf of the Government of East Timor into the fatal accident on 31 January 2003 which resulted in six fatalities.

A new ATSB research investigation report analyses the 37 midair collisions in Australia from 1961 to 2003. None involved scheduled passenger (RPT) aircraft and over three quarters involved general aviation aircraft that collided in good weather in or near the circuit area of an airport.

An ATSB interim factual investigation report has found that the airspace incident near Brisbane on 7 April involving a B737 and a Lancair aircraft was not an 'airprox' event.