Occurrences

Date	Occurrence #	Location	State	Aircraft	Model	Engine	Model	Summary
2/12/2022	OCC3068	Gawler	SA	Jabiru	J170-C	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Airspace infringement.
26/11/2022	OCC3048	Canberra Aerodrome	ACT	Jabiru	J160-D	Jabiru	2200-B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Radio problem after departure from Canberra. On ground radio...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Radio problem after departure from Canberra. On ground radio was working fine and clearance was able to be obtained without issue. After departure passing 1000' as Canberra tower was handing aircraft off to approach the pilot noticed some crackling in the radio and didn't make out all of the handoff call. Readback was carried out but was said to be unreadable from Canberra tower. Subsequent call was made by the pilot asking for a return to the field and enough of this transmission went through that tower was able to coordinate them. Subsequent transmissions from the aircraft were completely unreadable however inbound transmissions were still received at readability 3. Aircraft made a safe landing and was grounded pending inspection. OUTCOME: Aircraft has been repaired by a L2, including removing replacing a faulty cable and solder joints. Aircraft radio has since been tested both on the ground and in the air and found to be working correctly.
20/11/2022	OCC3037	Muchea/Greenside	WA	Jabiru	J170-C	Jabiru	2200	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Defect: The suspension bungee appears to have partially fail...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Defect: The suspension bungee appears to have partially failed on the aircraft.
16/11/2022	OCC3034	Pentland	QLD	Jabiru	J200-B	Jabiru	3300	After fueling at Hughenden, the aircraft left for the return flight to Donnington. The pilot landed ...
After fueling at Hughenden, the aircraft left for the return flight to Donnington. The pilot landed at Pentland for a break and there was no indication of fault of aircraft or engine. After following the shutdown and removing their headset the pilot heard a very slight trickle/creak type sound. Being that it’s hard to look fully into the back of plane whilst seated and because they felt they should move with haste the pilot got out. Leaning through the door and looking into the back and pulling out the headset at the same time the pilot caught a glimpse of a flash up close to the back of the seat. Knowing that fuel lines run across the base of the seats in back they immediately got away from the plane and only was able to take the headset and bag from the passenger seat with them. Nothing seemed to be happening and the pilot thought if it’s a small fire they could use dirt to put it out. They then approached the back door and opened it but then could see that they couldn’t stop it. It looked like the area behind seat was alight. Emergency services were called to extinguish the fire.
10/11/2022	OCC3024	Darling Downs	QLD	Jabiru	J230-C	Jabiru	3300	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The pilot departed YCFN at 0558 AEST on a cross country solo...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The pilot departed YCFN at 0558 AEST on a cross country solo training flight to Moonie, Tara, Dalby returning to YCFN. They turned at Moonie at 0645 hrs on time and on track now heading for Tara. Tara did not appear on schedule at 0705 so a search pattern was commenced. During this time, the pilot became disoriented in direction and position so elected to contact Brisbane Centre and request assistance whilst tracking 090 degrees in accordance with their learned lost procedures for this area. The pilot tracked to a town called Cecil Plains (unknown at this time) and proceeded with a precautionary search and landing onto an observed airfield. As the airfield surface appeared unsuitable for their aircraft (it was later confirmed by their CFI as an agricultural airfield) the pilot climbed to height and following further guidance from Airservices proceeded to YBBW (Wellcamp) and carried out a successful landing at 0830 hrs.
9/11/2022	OCC3022	Clifton Aerodrome	QLD	Jabiru	J160-C	Jabiru	2200 Gen4	Break down of radio communication, this led to Inbound and Outbound operations from Clifton airstrip...
Break down of radio communication, this led to Inbound and Outbound operations from Clifton airstrip YCFN (QLD) involving two aircraft. Observed separation was about 200 feet vertical and about 200 metres horizontal as the aircraft passed each other.
5/11/2022	OCC3016	Shelharbour Aerodrome	NSW	Jabiru	J230-C	Jabiru		OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The Jabiru had returned to YSHL after a short local flight o...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The Jabiru had returned to YSHL after a short local flight over the Southern Highlands to the west. Upon returning it was the intention of the pilot to conduct multiple circuits. They gave a 10 mile inbound call from the west and joined the circuit crosswind for RWY34 which was the active runway. They then completed one circuit and performed a go-around and again conducted another circuit. On final of the 2nd circuit, the pilot made a radio call indicating final 34 for circuits. The Jabiru landed and then climbed to 600ft before making a right hand turn crosswind. At this time an inbound aircraft (VH registered) believed to be from Camden made a radio call joining either turning or joining downwind. Due to the Jabiru already being a late crosswind, they immediately climbed to avoid conflict (Jabiru was already 1100ft being slightly too high). Upon climbing the pilot observed the joining aircraft pass directly below them from left to right believed to be around 100-200ft. The Jabiru made an immediate call stating the conflict and that they would go number 2 to the joining aircraft, and they had them in sight. The joining aircraft apologised on the radio to Jabiru. Jabiru continued to follow the VH aircraft and landed without incident. INVESTIGATION REVIEW: Near misses in and around non controlled aerodromes continue to present as significant high risk occurrences. Aircraft joining the circuit must ensure they mitigate these risks with any existing circuit traffic by adopting the safest separation strategy and clear communications with any potential conflict, maintaining a heightened scan and lookout during these critical phases of the circuit.
26/10/2022	OCC2998	Gawler Aerodrome	SA	Jabiru	J170-C	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Landing with a blustering crosswind, the pilot side slipped ...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Landing with a blustering crosswind, the pilot side slipped to correct for crosswind, landed too quickly, oscillated, and damaged propeller. The pilot had made sound decisions not to fly earlier based on conditions but was convinced by other experienced instructors that her skill level was to an appropriate standard. Conditions had worsened during the take off roll and the pilot elected to terminate the flight following a successful circuit. During the landing the aircraft bounced and subsequently developed a pilot induced oscillation where the propellor had struck the ground. This was later identified in a post landing inspection. Pilots are reminded to apply conservative personal minimums in flight decision and adhere to them at all times, especially where factors such as limited experience or changing environmental conditions exist.
17/10/2022	OCC2984	Devonport	TAS	Jabiru	J-120			OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: While conducting the pre-flight inspection the pilot noted t...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: While conducting the pre-flight inspection the pilot noted the bolts holding the flaps on were excessively rusted and as they turned the bolts, parts of the nuts disintegrated and fell off. They noted the propellor tips were delaminating and there were rust stains on top of the wings along with excessive oil stains on the underside of the fuselage.
6/10/2022	OCC2976	Gunnedah Aerodrome	NSW	Jabiru	UL 450	Jabiru	2200A	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The owner of the aircraft is converting from GA to RAAus In ...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The owner of the aircraft is converting from GA to RAAus In their own aircraft. They did a slightly heavy landing. The instructor took over; did a go around, and they decided to call it a day. The instructor did the next landing unaware that the left-hand main undercarriage wheel was missing. The touchdown was uneventful, but the aircraft leant to the left and made a grinding sound. They knew something on the undercarriage was missing but didn't know what. The instructor managed to keep roughly on the center line until the rudder and nose wheel ran out of authority. The aircraft slowly turned left and stopped on the edge of the runway at right angles to the center line. No damage to the aircraft other than the left-hand wheel was missing. RAAus Summary - Pilot and Instructor both reminded that armature built aircraft cannot be used for initial flight training, only ratings and endorsements. Damage to wheel is a result of fatigue along with possible heavy landing. Pilots reminded to toughly check wheels, including rims in future as part of pre-flight checks as this could have identified cracking resulting in replacement before failure.
26/9/2022	OCC2969	Heck Field	QLD	Jabiru	J230-B	Jabiru	3300	The amateur built aircraft was presented to be flown by the owner as part of recurrency training & c...
The amateur built aircraft was presented to be flown by the owner as part of recurrency training & checking as a private flight which was agreed to sometime earlier. On initial inspection, while the aircraft was essentially airworthy it had been hangered un-flown for over 12 months and the wing was heavily covered in dust and the elevator junction seam tape was heavily degraded. The owner confirmed all relevant service bulletins had been complied with and maintenance was up to date. During preflight a small presence of water was found in the header drain and on enquiry it was discovered the avgas 100LL was also over 12 months old despite ground and taxi runs being conducted during the period. Subsequent drains cleared any further water from the system. Despite raising these concerns, the aircraft was deemed airworthy and a thorough pre brief was discussed and agreed regarding this return to service flight and the owner/ pilot's uncurrent state in the single control centre stick aircraft with under seat throttles. The aircraft passed all run up checks and take off was normal but on climb out a noticeable vibration was being felt through the rudder pedals which the pilot queried with the owner for normality. The owner was unconvincing as to the normalcy of the vibration, which the pilot didn’t believe was associated with the nose wheel, so they made a command decision to terminate the flight, which was successfully done with the owner in control under their supervision.
21/9/2022	OCC3214	Portland Aerodrome	VIC	Jabiru	SK	Jabiru	2200A	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During landing the nose the touchdown was harder than expect...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During landing the nose the touchdown was harder than expected resulting in the nose wheel compressing causing a propeller strike on gravel runway surface. OUTCOME: Aircraft has been repaired in accordance with Jabiru technical manual and the pilot will be completing further coaching by an experienced Jabiru SK120 pilot.
20/9/2022	OCC2956	Lismore Aerodrome	NSW	Jabiru	160-C	Jabiru	2200 B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During a period of circuits and just after touchdown prepari...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During a period of circuits and just after touchdown preparing for a touch and go, a gusting crosswind was experienced. The aircraft veered left and the right wing rose causing the propellor to tip the ground.
20/9/2022	OCC2959	Armidale Aerodrome	NSW	Jabiru	J200-B	Jabiru	3300A	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst conducting CCTs as part of a BFR, the engine began t...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst conducting CCTs as part of a BFR, the engine began to run rough, intermittent power/loss of power and on late final stopped altogether. Once landed the engine started and was taxied off the runway under its own power. Weather clear, easterly wind. Pre-flight checks were done including water check and that sufficient fuel for the exercise. During an investigation post incident, it was found that there was a small amount of water in the header tank. There was still a full header tank and at least 15 litres on fuel on board, indicating not a fuel starvation issue.
18/9/2022	OCC2980	Orchid Beach Aerodrome	QLD	Jabiru	J200-B	Jabiru	3300A	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: On take-off roll on runway 30, the aircraft was approx. half...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: On take-off roll on runway 30, the aircraft was approx. halfway down runway 300m when (due to long grass and soft conditions) the pilot knew they wouldn't make a safe take-off so aborted take-off. They slowed the aircraft and ran into soft sandy conditions. The nose wheel has dug in and then hit a concrete marker on runway causing nose wheel to collapse completely, prop/engine nose has dug into sand causing aircraft to flip over. DETERMINED OUTCOME: The aircraft failed to reach sufficient take off speed due to surface conditions at this authorised landing area resulting in an aborted take off and subsequent impact damage. Orchid Beach in Qld is a notorious airstrip for testing aircraft take off performance capability. Due to the sand base the formula's for Take off distance required (TODR) from aircraft POH's and AFM's should only be used as a guide and all soft field considerations and precautions applied with generous margins. At airfields such as this a conservative take off rejection point should be applied and briefed prior to any take off.