Can you draw meaning from numbers and convey sharp insights well with words?  As a small agency all staff at the Transport Accident Investigation Commission have the opportunity to contribute widely to meeting business needs and to helping improve transport safety through investigation, learning and influence.  Our researcher/analyst – using core disciplines of data analysis and policy or business analysis – is no exception.  In the same week you could be mining a safety related data set for emerging trends, compiling a literature review to ensure a current investigation has the benefit of the latest international research, writing an advocacy document to influence a change in the transport sector, or helping develop – or report against – the agency’s own statement of intent. Applications close 4 June 2013. read more ...

Inquiry 12-201: Fishing vessel Easy Rider, capsize and foundering, Foveaux Strait, 15 March 2012 read more ...

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission released its report this morning on the capsize of the Easy Rider after representatives spent yesterday in Invercargill briefing family, stakeholders, and the news media in a series of meetings. The Commission’s inquiry has found that the Easy Rider - which capsized and sank in Foveaux Strait on 15 March 2012 with the loss of eight lives and a sole survivor - was loaded with too much weight, too high in the vessel, resulting in it having insufficient reserve stability for its intended voyage. read more ...

Inquiry 10-204: Bulk carrier Hanjin Bombay, grounding, Mount Maunganui, 21 June 2010 read more ...

Anecdotes of possible system wide issues with civil flying training safety in New Zealand could not be supported by the available evidence, a Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) inquiry has found. However TAIC said more data collection and analysis should be undertaken by the Civil Aviation Authority to stay alert to any trends or issues. read more ...

The importance of pilots making, hearing and understanding radio calls and the need for on-board instructors to put safety and lookout ahead of student learning are key lessons to emerge from the fatal mid-air collision near Feilding on 26 July 2010 of two light aircraft involved in flying training, a Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) inquiry has found. read more ...

Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-3, ZK-ISF, Ditching after engine power decrease, Bream Bay, Northland, 20 January 2011 read more ...

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission's January 2013 briefing to the incoming Associate Minister of Transport, Hon Michael Woodhouse, has been published. read more ...

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee today announced the appointment of Howard Broad as a Commissioner of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission. Click through to the Minister's media release to read more ...