Occurrences

Date	Occurrence #	Location	State	Aircraft	Model	Engine	Model	Summary
20/8/2023	OCC3388	Sydney	NSW	EDRA Aeronautica	Super Petrel	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft departed YWBN with the intention of tracking eas...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft departed YWBN with the intention of tracking east to the coast & then flying north via Victor one to south head and then entering R405A, to track via the Harbour Bridge to Ryde Bridge and then turning Southwest to track via Parramatta to YWBN. A descent to 500'AGL was made just north of Seacliff Bridge whilst tracking north to Jibbon Point. Although everything was progressing normally, the pilot decided to track closer than normal to the coast and for some reason they checked the water conditions at Watamolla and Marley Beach. Approaching Jibbon Point, the pilot made a call on 120.8 advising Victor One traffic of their position and altitude. At Cronulla beach, the pilot started to feel a vibration that wasn't normal and the passenger, who was also a regular flyer, also made comment. They started to consider their options which included landing on Cronulla Beach or on the water at either Weeney or Botany Bay but at the same time the passenger asked if they should return. The pilot commenced a right hand turn as they believed the better option was staying in the Botany Bay area, then Sydney Tower and declared an emergency, squawked 7700 and advised them that they had engine vibrations and requested to Land at YSSY. The pilot suggested that a water landing on Botany Bay was possible but that a runway was the preferred option. The aircraft was cleared directly from its position in Victor One for a landing on 34L. At approx. 50' over the threshold of 34L the engine stopped but made an otherwise safe landing on the runway. Once stopped on the runway just north of B5 taxiway they were met by the RFS units. Shortly after an Airport vehicle recovered a blade that had detached at approximately the same time as the engine failed.
17/8/2023	OCC3386	Archerfield Aerodrome	QLD	The Airplane Factory	Sling 2	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft experienced an electrical failure in flight. The...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft experienced an electrical failure in flight. The pilot troubleshot in air, but returned to YBAF in CTAF without radio, transponder, flaps, or trim. It was identified that due to normal wear and tear of aircraft operations that a loose wire was found and addressed. Nil defects evident since.
16/8/2023	OCC3387	Gawler Aerodrome	SA	Jabiru	J170-C	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The pilot of a Jabiru was flying circuits using runway 05 fol...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The pilot of a Jabiru was flying circuits using runway 05 following an aircraft in front of them. On this particular circuit, the Jabiru was positioned downwind, abeam the 05 threshold in a landing configuration. The pilot in front then announced on final that they would complete a full stop landing. Whilst extending the circuit to provide more room for the landing aircraft in front the Jabiru pilot inadvertently entered Edinburgh Military airspace, before turning base and final. The Pilot has debriefed the occurrence with an instructor and completed additional ground training to ensure the circumstance does not happen again.
15/8/2023	OCC3383	Glenburn	VIC	Sonex	Sonex	Jabiru	2200J	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft departed YLIL at 0512z tracking north to the app...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft departed YLIL at 0512z tracking north to the approach point GBR (Glenburn) on climb to cruise altitude of A045. The pilot made two calls of their intentions and level on climb to, first on departure then again on late downwind as they were departing the circuit. They reached A045 at approximately 0520z and changed frequency to 135.7 (MEL CEN) at 10NM YLIL. At approximately 0523z and witnessed a C152 in a right banking turn less than 0.5NM and 100ft from their track. Thankfully the C152 saw them first. but I do question them being at A045 when they were on a heading of (best guess) 160. The pilot did not hear an inbound call to YLIL from the C152 but had changed to the CEN freq. They did not hear a safety alert or traffic from CEN but it was on a FIA boundary so that complicates things. The aircraft has a TT21 with 1090 ADSB out fitted and had Ozrunways traffic going as well but the pilot did not see the other aircraft via those means either. Outcome: As the C152 has remained unidentifiable, no further investigation can be undertaken.
10/8/2023	OCC3377	Griffith Aerodrome	NSW	Tecnam	P2002 Sierra DL	Rotax	912 ULS2	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: A Cessna aircraft decided to enter 06 at holding point Charli...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: A Cessna aircraft decided to enter 06 at holding point Charlie and conduct an intersection departure with a strong tailwind while a Tecnam aircraft was late downwind for 24 and in the process of turning base. Despite appropriate radio calls being made, the Cessna aircraft continued with the take-off and turned right off the end of runway 06, which is not the standard left hand circuit pattern. RAAus has reached out to the Chief Pilot of the company who operates the Cessna aircraft to discuss the safety concerns regarding the reports being received. The chief pilot agreed to discuss these matters with his line pilots to try prevent these occurrences from happening again in the future.
30/7/2023	OCC3368	Private Airstrip, Brentwood	SA	Jabiru	SP500	Jabiru	2200A	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The Jabiru aircraft was taking off from a private LA in which...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The Jabiru aircraft was taking off from a private LA in which horses owned by the pilot and passenger were unfenced from the airstrip. The operators had conducted significant flights from the same location with the horses unrestrained on all previous occasions and they were not perceived as a threat. During take off roll, a single horse, who's position was separated from the herd, galloped towards the aircraft at speed, impacting the left wing and pilots door area resulting in the aircraft becoming inverted with significant damage and injuries to the pilot. The horse also sustained significant injuries and was later euthanised by the owners. This accident is a another example of normalisation of deviance, where clearly known threats were dismissed by the pilot based on previous animal behavior at the location. The pilot will amend all future operations to mitigate this risk by restricting access by livestock to the airstrip when operating.
26/7/2023	OCC3363	Mulyungarie station	SA	Tecnam	P92 Echo Super	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: RAAus were advised by ATSB that SAPol and ambulances were on ...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: RAAus were advised by ATSB that SAPol and ambulances were on scene at an accident. The pilot was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
25/7/2023	OCC3374	Pomonal Aerodrome	VIC	ICP	Savannah VG	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During flare on landing, the aircraft became unresponsive to ...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During flare on landing, the aircraft became unresponsive to the elevator controls. The nose wheel hit ground and collapsed. The aircraft then came down heavily on mains and canted to the left wing tip which contacted ground. The prop struck ground and engine stopped. Additional information was sough from the pilot, who advised they were not paying sufficient attention to the airspeed and the aircraft stalled approximately 6 ft above the ground. The approach speed was too low and there was insufficient airflow over the elevator, rendering it ineffective.
23/7/2023	OCC3359	Wynyard Aerodrome	TAS	Aeroprakt	A32 Vixxen	Rotax	912 UL2-01	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The brake rotor screw worked loose and was striking the calli...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The brake rotor screw worked loose and was striking the calliper. The pilot could hear and feel this issue on landing. They immediately pulled to the side of the runway, shut down, exited the aircraft, and physically inspected the undercarriage. Nothing visible was detected at this time. The aircraft was restarted and very slowly taxied back to hanger. Loctite will be applied to the effected screws during future installation in order to prevent reoccurrence.
22/7/2023	OCC3370	Bacchus Marsh	VIC	Evektor	Sportstar SL	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst on a flight from YWBL to YMEL, over flying Bacchus Mar...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst on a flight from YWBL to YMEL, over flying Bacchus Marsh township and planning to keep below 3500ft and then the next step of 2500ft the pilot was monitoring traffic on both YBSS and YMEL CTAF frequencies as they are close to each other. They encountered significant traffic particularly approaching and leaving YBSS from the north and some leaving YMEL. at similar heights and below their flight path. Whilst trying to get a visual on the traffic the pilot noticed they had climbed above 3500ft and immediately descended.
21/7/2023	OCC3354	Canberra Aerodrome	ACT	BRM Aero	Bristell S-LSA	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Flight was a Trial introductory Flight to Barton training are...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Flight was a Trial introductory Flight to Barton training area. Aircraft conducted run-ups as part of standard pre-flight with nil issues observed when cycling propeller control. On departure from runway 30 no issue was observed, and no environmental conditions were a factor. Upon leveling out, as per standard procedure the propeller lever was exercised to set 5300RPM. Upon selection of this setting a loud ‘pop’ was heard followed by a clear and audible RPM increase. Upon observing the tacho, the RPM at that moment in time peaked at around 7000RPM. The pilot attempted to reduce RPM using prop lever to no effect. Actions followed was to reduce power until tacho read under the maximum permissible RPM and set 5500 approximately for return to Canberra. The pilot elected to make an immediate turn to return to the field and was instructed to join a right circuit runway 30. Landing was made with no further issues. Upon inspection of engine bay, it was observed that the jack screw had dislodged from the electrical motor that drives it.
16/7/2023	OCC3358	Hillson Aerodrome	NSW	Jabiru	J230-D	Jabiru	3300A	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During a dual instructional flight in a J230-D, the aircraft ...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During a dual instructional flight in a J230-D, the aircraft experienced a heavy landing resulting in the right main gear leg delaminating with possible gear retaining bolt failure due to stress overload.
10/7/2023	OCC3346	South Grafton Aerodrome	NSW	Jabiru	J170-D	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst downwind on with a student, a call was heard from anot...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst downwind on with a student, a call was heard from another aircraft (returning from a flight and inbound from the north I heard the inbound call from him and notified our location in the circuit.) notified overhead the field with intention to join " midfield downwind", we notified our position on downwind and requested position of the joining aircraft and to confirm they were number two in the circuit and requested confirmation they had us visual. He said he did not have visual, at which I gave my location downwind turning base, there was no reply, we had just turned base leg and across from our left shot the joining aircraft at which I transmitted "you have just flown past us and you have crossed out path". There was a pause and a response by the pilot of the joining aircraft acknowledging my transmission. We continued on our descent and landed. They landed shortly after. RAAus reminds members that the risk of collision at non-controlled aerodromes is greatly increased if pilots do not confirm visually where other traffic is, or use radio to provide effective separation. Training aircraft with students aboard may fly wider circuits at slower speeds than more experienced private pilots, but regardless, circuit positions and right of way requirements must be maintained regardless of the usual circuit size and pattern flown. Radio must be used to confirm traffic position and if a visual position cannot be confirmed, pilot should consider alternative actions, make additional radio calls and ensure they do not fly inside or conflicting positions to other established traffic.
10/7/2023	OCC3345	Archerfield Aerodrome	QLD	The Airplane Factory	Sling 2	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Right-hand fuel cap departed aircraft during flight. The airc...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Right-hand fuel cap departed aircraft during flight. The aircraft returned for landing. Possible cause is the fuel cap lock mechanism may have been worn which allowed the key to be withdrawn in the unlocked position. Fuel cap has been replaced.
8/7/2023	OCC3344	Archerfield Aerodrome	QLD	The Airplane Factory	Sling 2	Rotax	912	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: On departure the aircraft experienced a partial loss of power...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: On departure the aircraft experienced a partial loss of power. 250 feet was maintained through a left turn and close circuit to land.