Update - O&O investigation No: AO-2015-007
Reviewing the ATSB webpage for this O&O investigation and final report there are some bizarre omissions to what should normally be on the public record...
From investigation webpage:
Quote:Birdstrike involving SAAB 340B, VH-OLM, Moruya Airport, NSW, on 9 January 2015
Investigation number: AO-2015-007
Investigation status: Completed
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General details
Date: 09 January 2015
Investigation status: Completed
Time: 10:50 ESuT
Investigation type: Occurrence Investigation
Location (show map): Moruya Airport
Occurrence type: Birdstrike
State: New South Wales
Occurrence class: Operational
Release date: 14 December 2017
Occurrence category: Serious Incident
Report status: Final
Highest injury level: None
Original ATSB occurrence report record:
Quote:During the landing at Moruya, the aircraft struck multiple galahs. The crew conducted an inspection and the aircraft subsequently departed for Merimbula. On descent into Merimbula, the crew detected abnormal vibrations through the flight controls. After landing it was determined that a section of propeller was missing. The investigation is continuing.
From the above we can establish that the occurrence was reported properly by REX and/or the flightcrew. However there is no record of a preliminary report being published; there is no record of interim reports/summaries being published on the anniversary of the occurrence; in fact besides the FR there is no update record for the entire 1071 days that this investigation was supposedly active -
Now compare that to a ATSB investigation that took a similar amount of time to complete - AO-2013-100 (i.e. The Mildura Fog duck-up); or the ongoing Essendon DFO accident investigation: AO-2017-024.
Kind of makes you wonder if perhaps the ATSB are only properly adhering to the ICAO Annex 13 protocols when and if an investigation is high profile and/or not politically sensitive...
Next on my 'to do' list is to check whether ICAO was notified of this 'serious incident' and sent a copy of the final report...
MTF...P2
