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Bloomsbury AO number; Popinjay (aka Mr Attribution) to the rescue ..etc?? - 



Via Popinjay HQ 'Short' investigation AO-2023-013 : https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/inv...o-2023-013

Summary

On 2 April 2023, a pilot and passenger departed Natal Downs station, Queensland for Lakeside Airpark on a private flight in a Piper PA-28-180, registered VH-PXR.

When the aircraft did not arrive at the expected time, a search and rescue operation commenced. The following day, a search and rescue aircraft located the accident site. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

As part of the investigation, the ATSB will obtain information about the pilot's training and experience, meteorological conditions, recorded data, and aircraft maintenance information.

A final report will be released at the conclusion of the investigation. Should a critical safety issue be identified during the course of the investigation, the ATSB will immediately notify relevant parties, so that appropriate safety action can be taken.

Next courtesy Mr Attribution...

Rat Island runway excursion

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The following statement can be attributed to ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell:

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has commenced a transport safety investigation into a runway excursion involving a single-engine passenger aircraft with a pilot and six passengers on board at Rat Island, Western Australia, on Thursday morning. 

During landing at Rat Island it was reported that the GA8 Airvan landed long, exited the runway and came to rest in the water, resulting in substantial damage to the aircraft. No injuries were reported. 

ATSB investigators will collect and examine relevant evidence, including interviewing the pilot, analysing relevant weather data, photographs, aircraft operator procedures and maintenance records. 

The ATSB will publish a final report, detailing contributing factors and any identified safety issues, at the conclusion of the investigation. 

However, should any critical safety issues be identified at any stage during the course of the investigation, the ATSB will immediately notify relevant parties so appropriate safety action can be taken.

Date
06/04/2023

Finally yet another TIBA/OnePie related occurrence...

QANTAS 737 AND JETSTAR A320 IN DANGEROUS MIDNIGHT RUNWAY MIX-UP

written by Adam Thorn | April 9, 2023



The ATSB has launched an investigation after a Qantas 737 was in the process of leaving Darwin Airport at the same time as a Jetstar A320 was preparing to land on the same runway.

The incident significantly occurred at 12:17 am on Wednesday when the air traffic control tower was closed.

Images from Flightradar24, above, appear to show the outbound aircraft taking a significant detour from its usual route to avoid a collision.

In a statement released on Friday, the ATSB said it would examine “all available evidence” to determine the extent of the communication between the two narrowbody passenger planes.

“A final report will be released at the conclusion of the investigation,” it said. “Should a critical safety issue be identified during the course of the investigation, the ATSB will immediately notify relevant partie so that appropriate safety action can be taken.”

The statement is yet to clarify exactly how far into the take-off the Qantas 737 was, but it did state the incident is considered an “aircraft separation issue”. Flightradar24 lists the outbound aircraft’s actual time of departure as 12:47 am and the inbound plane’s landing time as 12:59 am.

It comes just a month after Australian Aviation reported how the ATSB would monitor the introduction of new take-off procedures at Sydney Airport after a British Airways 787 and Qantas A330 flew too close to each other in September last year.

The incident saw the Boeing aircraft’s collision avoidance system become activated before its first officer spotted the Airbus.

A report into the loss of separation occurrence’ revealed how an unusual set of circumstances led to the mix-up, including that the traditionally longer-haul A330-200 was operating a domestic flight meaning it had a higher climb performance.

The ATSB’s director of transport safety, Stuart Macleod, said, “Maintaining separation in high traffic terminal areas, such as Sydney, requires that both controllers and flight crews remain vigilant, maintain open communications, and use the available systems and tools to minimise the risk of errors.

“When sequencing departures, controllers should consider a number of factors, including how the flight duration (and the associated fuel load) will likely affect aircraft climb performance.”

Ref: https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/inv...o-2023-015

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