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Key points: Dash 8 surveillance aircraft's engine failed on take off Power turbine shaft of the aircraft's right engine fractured due to fatigue...

ATSB: Post-training supervision of powerline stringing pilot ineffective ATSB Press Release | March 9, 2021 Estimated reading time 5 minutes, 21 seconds. An Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation into an accident where a Squirrel helicopter struck a powerline pole identified that the operator’s procedures had no requirements to provide any post-training supervision for powerline operations, and that what supervision was provided was ineffective in identifying that the pi...

They landed in Casino at 2.06pm but took off from there almost an hour later. About 3.15pm, the aircraft "commenced a series of rapid descents and climbs followed by a descending left turn", the ATSB said. "The turn and descent continued until (the aircraft) collided with terrain," the report said. "The pilot and passenger were fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed." The aircraft impacted a ridge line within Tooloom National Park near the Queensland border. "The ATSB found that ...

R44 helicopter’s main rotor struck fuselage in flight, ATSB preliminary report details Australian Transport Safety Bureau Press Release | February 24, 2021 Estimated reading time 4 minutes, 46 seconds. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is considering a number of factors that could have contributed to a Robinson R44’s main rotor blade striking the helicopter’s fuselage in flight as part of its ongoing investigation into a Dec. 2, 2020 collision with terrain accident east of Goulb...

Premium Content Subscriber only An investigation has revealed why a QantasLink Dash 8 with 34 passengers on board was taxied onto the runway at Gladstone Airport in front of an approaching light aircraft in March last year. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) on Tuesday released its findings from a probe into the early morning incident on March 17, 2020. On that morning, the QantasLink Bombardier Dash 8 was being taxied for a scheduled flight from Gladstone Airport to Brisbane Airp...