Occurrences

Date	Occurrence #	Location	State	Aircraft	Model	Engine	Model	Summary
11/7/2025	OCC4245	Eumungerie	NSW	Jabiru	160C	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an operational occurre...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an operational occurrence at Eumungerie while landing on a farm strip. It was reported to RAAus that the aircraft had damages to propellers, nose wheel and airframe due to the occurrence. NIL injuries were reported. INVESTIGATION - On questioning the pilot involved, it was deduced that contributing factors for this incident was lack of familiarity with the aircraft as had spent a lot of time in taildraggers, gusty wind and a rough down-sloping short strip which may have resulted in damage to the nosewheel on touchdown which potentially interfered with the aircraft steering ability.
7/7/2025	OCC4155	Tyabb Aerodrome	VIC	Blackshape	BS100	Rotax	912ULS3-01	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in a Taxiway excursion oc...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in a Taxiway excursion occurrence at Tyabb aerodrome. It was reported that the aircraft was responding poorly while exiting RWY 35 and making a right turn. Eventually, the nose and left main wheel of the aircraft left the taxiway surface and sank into a soft surface, causing damages to propeller and the landing gears.
6/7/2025	OCC4154	Brisbane TCU	QLD	Tecnam	P92 Eaglet G5	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an airspace infringeme...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an airspace infringement occurrence at Brisbane airspace. No impact to the aircraft or its occupants, and no loss of separation with other aircraft were reported due to this occurrence. INVESTIGATION OUTCOME: The flight was a navex training flight in which GPS was not used as the objective was to use visual cues to avoid control steps however the instructor had lost situational awareness when distracted by instructing the student and clipped the step during the climb.
6/7/2025	OCC4159	Barwon Heads Aerodrome	VIC	Tecnam	P92 Echo Super	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in a hard landing occurre...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in a hard landing occurrence at Barwon Heads Aerodrome. It was reported that the PIC mishandled landing that lead to nose wheel impacting the surface and subsequently led to RWY excursion, during when the wing tip impacted the ground and the nose wheel folded up under the front of the aircraft. NIL injuries were reported due to the occurrence.
5/7/2025	OCC4148	Clifton Aerodrome	QLD	FK Lightplanes	FK14B2 Polaris	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in a tailwind landing occ...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in a tailwind landing occurrence at Clifton Aerodrome. It was reported that the airspeed was within specifications, however, the groundspeed was found higher than it should have been. No damages/injuries to aircraft or its occupants were reported. INVESTIGATION OUTCOME: An investigation was undertaken and the pilot claimed he has a a current AFR that meets the alternative RAAus a requirements in section 2.07 of our Flight operations manual for renewal of their BFR. The pilot will provide evidence on their return from overseas.
4/7/2025	OCC4151	Tamworth Aerodrome	NSW	BRM Aero	Bristell S-LSA	Rotax	R-915 iS 3a	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in a technical occurrence...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in a technical occurrence at Tamworth Aerodrome on 4/7/2025. It was reported that smoke was detected in the cockpit subsequent to take-off on RWY 30R. Subsequent to this, the aircraft was cleared to return to the aerodrome and police were contacted for full emergency. It was further noted that the aircraft landed safely with no further sight of smoke.
4/7/2025	OCC4259	Tamworth	NSW	Bristell	Classic	Rotax	915
28/6/2025	OCC4153	Canberra Aerodrome	ACT	BRM Aero	Bristell S-LSA	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an operational non-com...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an operational non-compliance occurrence at Canberra Aerodrome. It was reported that the flight was a solo training flight, and the student pilot corrected his heading following ATC’s reminder, and that the flight was conducted with no further events.
26/6/2025	OCC4147	Casino Aerodrome	NSW	The Airplane Factory	Sling 2	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered Sling aircraft was involved in a partial power ...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered Sling aircraft was involved in a partial power loss occurrence while departing from Casino Aerodrome in NSW. It was reported to RAAus that the aircraft was further operated without any further abnormalities/events.
22/6/2025	OCC4144	Nowra	NSW	BRM Aero	Bristell LSA	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered Bristell aircraft was involved in an Airspace I...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered Bristell aircraft was involved in an Airspace Infringement occurrence at Nowra airspace on 22nd June 2025. No subsequent aircraft separation concerns were reported due to this.
20/6/2025	OCC4137	Ballarat Aerodrome	VIC	SkyStar Aircraft Corp	Kitfox 2	ROTAX	582	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered Kitfox aircraft was involved in an occurrence a...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered Kitfox aircraft was involved in an occurrence at Ballarat aerodrome on 20th June 2025. It was reported that a loud thud noise was heard and a white flash was observed at the propeller while the PIC was approaching RWY 36. The PIC determined no abnormalities in aircraft performance, however, suspecting to be a bird strike, the PIC made a PAN PAN call. The aircraft was landed safely without any further events. It was also reported that ground inspections revealed the plastic hub spinner that detached from the hub could have caused the noise.
20/6/2025	OCC4139	4 NM east of Tooraddin Aerodrome	VIC	Jabiru	J230D	Jabiru	3300A	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered Jabiru aircraft was involved in a forced landin...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered Jabiru aircraft was involved in a forced landing occurrence in a paddock 4NM east of Tooradin aerodrome on 20th June 2025. It was reported that the flight was undertaken for a BFR check for the owner of the aircraft. The aircraft upon landing on the paddock ran into a wire fence and small drain. It was reported that the nose and the main landing gears were damaged, however, nil injuries were reported due to this occurrence.
18/6/2025	OCC4146	Broome Aerodrome	WA	Atec	2000	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an airspace infringeme...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an airspace infringement and operational deviation occurrence at Broome aerodrome on 18th June 2025. No subsequent aircraft separation concerns were reported due to this.
18/6/2025	OCC4134	Lismore Aerodrome	NSW	Huhan Sunward Science & Tech	Aurora SA60L	Rotax	912ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was reported to have landed on a close...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was reported to have landed on a closed RWY at Lismore aerodrome on 18th June 2025. It is reported that the PIC initiated a go around after touching down on RWY 33, after receiving a radio call that the Aerodrome was closed.
15/6/2025	OCC4129	Southern Bribie Island	QLD	Tecnam	P-92 Echo S	Rotax	912 ULS	OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an Airspace Infringeme...
OCCURRENCE SUBMITTED TO DETAILS RAAUS: RA registered aircraft was involved in an Airspace Infringement occurrence at Brisbane airspace. It was reported that the aircraft infringed into controlled airspace without ATC clearance twice during the flight. Due to this, ATC adjusted other aircraft to ensure safe separation. It was also reported that radio calls to RA aircraft were not responded during flight.