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ATSB update on Mallard investigation -

Via Oz Flying:

VH-CQA as it appeared at Ausfly in 2013. (Steve Hitchen)

Air Show Approvals under Scrutiny after Mallard Crash
29 September 2017

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is looking closely at air show approvals following the fatal crash of a Grumman Mallard into the Swan River in Perth earlier this year.

Mallard VH-CQA was part of an air display on 26 January when it stalled mid turn and crashed into the water, killing both occupants.

In an update to the investigation issued last week, the ATSB said they could find no sign of pilot incapacity or defect in the aircraft that would account for the crash.

"The investigation has not identified any evidence to indicate that pilot incapacitation or aircraft serviceability were contributing factors to the collision with water," the ATSB stated in the update.

"Further analysis around the aircraft performance and operational factors, as well as the review of the planning, approval and oversight of the air display is ongoing."

During the investigation ATSB has examined the sequence of events leading up to the occurrence, aspects of the air display coordination, as well as the regulations, procedures and guidance relating to CASA-approved air displays, including:

• approval process for the Perth Australia Day Sky Show going back several years and for other air display events across Australia
  
• air displays applications from this and other events
  
• CASA's Air Display Safety and Administrative Arrangements manual in use at the time and the revised version published earlier this month
  
• surveillance and oversight of air displays as a whole
  

The ATSB has also examined the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch report into the crash of Hawker Hunter G-BXFI at Shoreham in August 2015, which killed 11 bystanders.

The ATSB investigation is currently ongoing.


Read more at http://www.australianflying.com.au/lates...1mCWfmj.99

Makes you wonder why they would discontinue this airshow/display related accident:

Collision with terrain involving Zaklad Remontow I Produkeji Spreztu Lotnicz MDM-1P FOX-P glider, VH-GPT, Lismore Airport, NSW on 29 July 2017
 
Investigation number: AO-2017-077
Investigation status: Discontinued
 

• Tab - Discontinued
  

Discontinued
Section 21 (2) of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 (the Act) empowers the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) to discontinue an investigation into a transport safety matter at any time. Section 21 (3) of the Act requires the ATSB to publish a statement setting out the reasons for discontinuing an investigation.

On 29 July 2017, the ATSB commenced an investigation into a collision with terrain involving a Zaklad Remontow I Produkeji Spreztu Lotnicz MDM-1P FOX-P glider, registered VH-GPT, at Lismore Airport, New South Wales.

The ATSB found that while conducting an aerobatic display, the glider impacted the ground heavily during the final manoeuvre. The pilot was seriously injured. Examination of the aircraft identified no mechanical issues or faults that may have contributed to the accident.

The Gliding Federation of Australia has conducted an investigation of this accident and the public report (S-1010) is availiable on their website.

The ATSB has also reviewed the safety and administrative procedures necessary to conduct air shows and found that, in this case, preparations were consistent with regulatory requirements. The ATSB investigation AO-2017-013, Mallard aircraft, Perth, January 2017 is examining a range of issues associated with air shows, including the suitability of the regulations, approval and oversight of air shows, and compliance with regulatory approvals during air shows.

In this case, the ATSB did not identify any organisational or systemic issues that contributed to the development of the accident or that might adversely affect the future safety of aviation operations. The ATSB assessed that no safety issues would be identified through further investigation. On that basis, the ATSB will discontinue this investigation.

Penny drops...
Think I have just spotted the disconnection :
"..The ATSB has also reviewed the safety and administrative procedures necessary to conduct air shows and found that, in this case, preparations were consistent with regulatory requirements..."  P2 - Think that should read "self-regulatory requirements.."

&..

"..In this case, the ATSB did not identify any organisational or systemic issues that contributed to the development of the accident or that might adversely affect the future safety of aviation operations..."
Hint

MTF...P2