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Selected Australian Accidents/Incidents 1 January – 30 March 2021
Date 1 January
Aircraft Schweizer 269
Location Nebo, Qld
Fatalities 0
Description Engine failed during cruise and pilot made autorotation landing in paddock. Helicopter landed hard and was...
International Accidents/Incidents 03 July-25 September 2020
Date 03 July
Aircraft Cessna 172M
Location Granite Flats, Utah, US
Fatalities 4
Description Private flight crashed into wooded terrain at altitude of 6400 ft. Witnesses told local...
Selected Australian Accidents/Incidents 1 October – 28 December 2020
Date 1 October
Location Jandakot Airport, WA
Fatalities 0
Description Training helicopter made hard landing after uncommanded yaw and several rotations during low hover. Student and instructor uninjured
Date...
The gust lock at Osnabrück
When German investigators analysed what appeared to be a straightforward error by a first officer, they discovered a web of human, organisational and mechanical...
The lost boys
The deaths of a low-hours pilot and his passenger in a wilderness less than 90 km from Bankstown Airport involved much more than youthful misadventure
If...
Forgotten tool led to rejected take-off
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s latest aviation report deals with one of aviation’s oldest human factors hazards.
On 23 October 2020, a Jetstar Airways Airbus...
Sights set up to the sky
While most people think of pilots flying passengers around the world on commercial airlines, there are many more diverse career paths in aviation.
To celebrate National...
Slipping through the net
This VFR-into-IMC accident, like many others, was the Swiss cheese variety, with multiple factors lining up to produce a familiar result
Ten years ago, I...
Celebrated pilot killed in warbird crash
The US Navy pilot whose skill and flamboyance were the inspiration for the film Top Gun has been killed in the crash of a...
Turning and burning
A helicopter that pitched over on the roof of a skyscraper, killing 5 people, had been subject to stresses caused by the cost-cutting practice...
