Occurrences

Date	Occurrence #	Location	State	Aircraft	Model	Engine	Model	Summary
16/6/2022	OCC2841	Ballarat Aerodrome	VIC	Jabiru	J230-D	Jabiru	3300A	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: While conducting circuits for approx. 0.7 hrs and having comm...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: While conducting circuits for approx. 0.7 hrs and having commenced base leg turn with reduced power, fuel pump and carby heat on, and first stage of flaps the engine began running rough. The pilot suspected carby icing, applied full power while turning towards runway threshold. The communicated to other aircraft in circuit that they had an engine running rough and that they were deviating from circuit to runway. No increase in power, reduced throttle and under partial power completed landing. The engine remained running rough on roll out then stopped. The pilot communicated they were stationary on runway, then made a single attempt to restart engine using choke with no success. They then shut the engine down and pushed the aircraft off the runway. Fuel was noted to be dripping out from under lower cowl.
13/6/2022	OCC2839	Melawondi	QLD	Jabiru	UL450	Jabiru	2200	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft departed Gympie AFLD about 10 minutes before int...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft departed Gympie AFLD about 10 minutes before intending to track to Warwick to refuel before continuing to home location in NSW. Just trimmed for cruise at 2500' to assess nav settings and level. The pilot noticed a slight drop in altitude and thought the throttle might be loose. It was not loose, no response. All Ts and Ps looked ok. Then the prop stopped. A restart was attempted but the starter did not budge. The stopped prop was indicating an engine seizure. The pilot contacted another aircraft on 121.5 passed on their information and situation. They indicated they had ADS-B out for further accuracy as they were too busy looking for set down field to take eyes off the airspeed indicator and terrain. Set best glide speed. The pilot saw an airstrip below, but surrounding trees and orientation looked more risky than surrounding paddocks. An adjacent paddock was clear and attainable but on finals the pilot noticed it appeared to full of livestock, so they turned for paddock beside nearby house noting fences across landing path. Committed below 200' AGL had to avoid fences. 1 notch of flaps on base turn at 100'. Full flap near last fence with enough energy for slight clearance over fence. The aircraft immediately drop onto mainwheels on the downhill slope. Soft ground pulled up the landing roll to less than 35 metres. Nosewheel settled and dug into the soft ground tipping the aircraft onto its nose. It almost balanced there and stopped, then fell onto its roof. The only minor injury to the pilot at that point was a bump on the head on the Perspex skylight above (now below). The pilot lowered themselves onto roof inverted as seat belt undone and opened undamaged door to egress.
4/6/2022	OCC2830	Gawler Aerodrome	SA	Jabiru	J170D	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft had turned left off runway 31 at Gawler after la...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft had turned left off runway 31 at Gawler after landing. Grass left is used for glider aircraft landings. As the aircraft crossed the grass and taxied towards a taxiway, the nosewheel fell into a hole in the ground. The engine stopped immediately as the propellor made contact with the soft earth. The hole in the ground was grass covered and just slightly larger than the nosewheel and not evident to the view.
25/5/2022	OCC2833	Muchea/Greenside Airfield	WA	Jabiru	J170C	Jabiru	2200	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The engine was flown the previous day with no issues. On doi...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The engine was flown the previous day with no issues. On doing the daily inspection the following day, loss of compression was detected on one cylinder. The Low compression was identified from #1 cylinder and it was stripped down revealing the exhaust valve seat had separated from the cylinder head. The engine is running on PULP 98.
20/5/2022	OCC2817	Gawler	SA	Jabiru	J170	Jabiru	Gen 4	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: A Senior instructor had a student carry out a simulated engin...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: A Senior instructor had a student carry out a simulated engine failure after take-off into a suitable paddock, in so doing the aircraft breached Edinburgh airspace. The FTS has now fitted FLARMs to their aircraft, to review pilot flights and conduct retraining regarding airspace proximity as required.
19/5/2022	OCC2816	Gawler	SA	Jabiru	J170	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The pilot inadvertently infringed upon the airspace of R234 b...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The pilot inadvertently infringed upon the airspace of R234 by 0.04nm. The FTS responsible for hiring aircraft to pilots has recently fitted FLARMs to all aircraft and undertake retraining for all pilots as required.
13/5/2022	OCC2813	Adelaide Aerodrome	SA	Jabiru	J-170C	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst conducting solo flight training, the pilot inadvertent...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst conducting solo flight training, the pilot inadvertently infringed upon the airspace of R234. The incident occurred at a height of 2900ft, wherein R234 was 'ACTIVE' and designated LL 1500. The FTS responsbile for hiring aircraft to pilots in this location has implemented fitment of FLARMs to aircraft along with a process of retraining and review of any airspace violations with pilots.
9/5/2022	OCC2804	Lilydale Aerodrome	VIC	Jabiru	UL500	Jabiru	2200	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft was parked, shut down, tied down and covers were...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: The aircraft was parked, shut down, tied down and covers were placed over the aircraft. A solar panel was connected to the battery in order to keep the battery charged. Witness noticed the cover was burning and ran out to the aircraft to remove it. The cover was removed from the aircraft and the fire was extinguished.
9/5/2022	OCC2805	Gawler Aerodrome	SA	Jabiru	J170C	Jabiru	Gen 3	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Pilot was seen to use runway 05 practicing circuits, and it b...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Pilot was seen to use runway 05 practicing circuits, and it became obvious that they were having difficulties, landing long, in light winds, late go arounds. After about 5 circuits, and noting that the pilot was having some difficulty in putting the aircraft down, a Senior Instructor radioed the pilot and "talked them down" by reminding them to reduce power fully to land. After doing this, the pilot landed normally and taxied back to the hangar. The Senior Instructor spoke to the pilot after the incident and then advised the CFI about the incident. The CFI will review the events and corrective actions with the pilot.
5/5/2022	OCC2989	Kingaroy Aerodrome	QLD	Jabiru	J160-D	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Upon completion of flight instruction work at the Aerodrome,...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Upon completion of flight instruction work at the Aerodrome, the instructor boarded their aircraft with the intention of ferrying the aircraft back to their base aerodrome. A Standard Operating Procedure established for some time was to survey the aerodrome parking area before starting the aircraft to ensure there were no obstructions such as other aircraft or ground vehicles towing gliders etc. The instructor noticed an aircraft had commenced taxiing towards the South Eastern runway so they delayed start up with the intention of not causing themself excessive taxi and waiting time. The instructor heard no taxi call from this aircraft which proceeded to the holding point of runway 16 and stopped. The aircraft then made a left turn and proceeded back to the parking point in which it had come from. The instructors assessment of this unusual back track may have been the result of a student reassessing their departure protocols. As the instructors aircraft had been recently flying and the motor was still warm they started up, prepared the aircraft for take-off, taxied to the holding point of runway 16 for an intersection entry to the runway followed by a downwind departure to the north . The Instructor was informed that there was a Flying Doctor aircraft approaching their departure runway from the South once they became airborne, they did not hear any radio calls from this alleged aircraft nor did they notice the approach of it but upon receipt of this information they immediately made a 90 degree left turn and continued to fly their crosswind and downwind legs uneventfully .
5/5/2022	OCC2802	Kingaroy Aerodrome	QLD	Jabiru	Unsure			OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: A student and instructor had started a lesson and were holdi...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: A student and instructor had started a lesson and were holding at the taxiway for a FlyDoc aircraft that they had heard on a 5 mile final for runway 34. While they were holding a Jabiru aircraft taxiied around them on their right hand side and appeared to begin to to backtrack runway 34. At this point, FlyDoc called on the radio for a one mile final runway 34. This was when the instructor noticed that the speed of the Jabiru was beyond taxi speed, and they were in fact taking off on runway 16 - into opposite the oncoming path of the FlyDoc aircraft. At this point, the student and instructor had taxied back onto the apron in anticipation of the FlyDoc aircraft needing extra space to vacate the runway, and there was nothing they could do but watch as the Jabiru made an avoidance turn to the left to clear out of the way of the oncoming traffic. Pilots are reminded of the importance of listening to the radio and establishing any relevant traffic prior to entering a runway.
9/4/2022	OCC2780	Corowa Aerodrome	NSW	Jabiru	J170D	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During flight the engine began running rough. The pilot reduc...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: During flight the engine began running rough. The pilot reduced RPM and speed in an attempt to nurse the engine and continued towards the nearest airport. Approx. 12 miles away the engine seized. The pilot trimmed the aircraft for best glide and made a successful landing at the airport. Further inspection revealed that the exhaust valve head had detached, shattering the #2 piston.
7/4/2022	OCC2773	Gladstone Aerodrome	QLD	Jabiru	J230-D	Jabiru	3300	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst conducting circuit training with student doing touch ...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: Whilst conducting circuit training with student doing touch and go's, another aircraft was heard inbound to track for a final on 10 from the southwest, which would be entering in a non-standard pattern. The aircraft conducting circuit's suffered a partial loss of power (assumed carby ice) aborted its take-off and radioed the intention to roll through to runway threshold of 28 but could not bring aircraft to a stop safely by Alpha 5 intersection and turned the aircraft around off to the far left side of the runway. This meant the aircraft was not clear of gable markers and then contacted the other aircraft to ask its intentions. The other aircraft was on short final and no response was provided. The aircraft landed, taxied off and gave a clear of all runways call. Pilots are reminded of the importance of confirmation that a proposed runway is clear prior to landing and ensuring alerted see and avoid is maintained by responding to calls made in the circuit.
26/3/2022	OCC2757	Whitemore	TAS	Jabiru	J160C	Jabiru	Gen 4	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: An instructor and student were undertaking flight training i...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: An instructor and student were undertaking flight training in the Training Area adjacent to the Launceston CTZ. On climb at approx. 3500ft the instructor observed an indication of no oil pressure. The instructor immediately reduced engine revolutions and the engine then stopped. No abnormal sounds or other abnormal indications were present. A successful forced landing was carried out on a disused airstrip at Whitemore.
15/3/2022	OCC2743	Jindabyne Randall Community Aerodrome	NSW	Jabiru	120C	Jabiru	2200B	OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: A student on their second solo flight taxied back to hangar ...
OCCURRENCE DETAILS SUBMITTED TO RAAUS: A student on their second solo flight taxied back to hangar after two touch and go and a full stop landing, none of them heavy. As they approached the hangar, the right undercarriage leg slowly folded forward, the aircraft stopped and then settled on its right wing tip and tailplane.