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Aviation New TAIC inquiry: two helicopters in proximity incident at Queenstown Airport

19 Jan 2023

TAIC is investigating an aviation incident involving a Eurocopter AS350 ZK-IDB and Eurocopter EC130 ZK-IUP. The two helicopters got too close to each other during hover-taxi departure from Queenstown airport on 27 December 2022.

Aerial photo of the accident scene. On a sandy beach, -- a sandy beach where one EC130 helicopter sit upright and apparently intact. A few dozen metres away and just above the calm waterline, the fuselage of another EC130 lies on its side, partly embedded in the sand. Between the two helicopters lies the main rotor head and rotor blades of the wrecked helicopter. Around two dozen people including emergency first responders are present.

Aviation Gold Coast helicopter crash - TAIC assisting Australian investigation

19 Jan 2023

TAIC is assisting an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation into a mid-air collision near Main Beach, Gold Coast, Queensland, on 2 January 2023

Composite image - photos of the two hi-rail vehicles (rail-riding trucks). On the left, a flat bed truck's tailgate is deformed across its full width. On the right, the panels and bumper on the front of another truck are also deformed across the full width.

Rail RO-2023-101: Two Hi-Rail vehicles, collision, East Coast Main Trunk Line near Te Puna, 10 January 2023

10 Jan 2023, Inquiry Status: Current

TAIC is inquiring into an early-morning worksite accident near Te Puna, in which two Hi-Rail vehicles collided.

The Te Huia train photographed in early 2021

Rail RO-2021-103: Te Huia passenger service, Train parting, North Island Main Trunk line, Paerata, 19 July 2021

, Inquiry Status: Closed
The Boy Roel, a 15m fishing vessel, lies alongside at a wharf. Photo taken 2018

Marine MO-2022-207: Fishing vessel Boy Roel, serious injury involving trawl winch gear, 17 nm off Tauranga, 12 December 2022

12 Dec 2022, Inquiry Status: Current
The accident scene. In a light industrial area on a rainy day. The trailer of a large truck and trailer unit lies on its side across railway tracks. There is a large dent in the trailer's perimeter beam. Beyond the trailer, the truck itself stands upright. A brightly painted EU class shunting runner wagon stands upright and derailed. In the foreground is a destroyed 'give way' road sign.

Rail RO-2022-104: Collision of shunt train and heavy road vehicle, Fertilizer Road level crossing, Whangarei

7 Dec 2022, Inquiry Status: Current
fig.12 from the report - an aerial view of the approach to Hood Aerodrome. Graphical representations of the two aircraft are superimposed to illustrate their relative positions, viewed from behind, shortly before the collision. The Cessna is approaching the Tecnam from above and behind. Two annotation images depict the damaged wingtips from the wreckage of the two planes (for comment on this see paragraph 3.8 in the report)

Aviation Media release: Mid-air collision near Masterton in 2019

3 Nov 2022

2 small planes collided mid-air, crashed on approach to uncontrolled aerodrome. Give-way issue. Pilots: keep a lookout, listen for radio calls, obey rules and SOPs. Regulators & aerodrome owners and operators: train…

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Aviation AO-2019-006: Cessna 185A, ZK-CBY and Tecnam P2002, ZK-WAK Mid-air collision, near Masterton, 16 June 2019

, Inquiry Status: Closed

A Cessna light aeroplane and a Tecnam microlight collided on final approach parallel runways at Masterton. Tecnam had right of way but Cessna pilot did not see Tecnam. Both pilots died. Pilots should always keep a…

Photo of the rail deck on the Aratere

Rail RO-2021-101: Serious injury during shunting operations on board the Aratere, Interislander ferry terminal, Wellington, 9 April 2021

, Inquiry Status: Closed

People can make safety-critical errors when they take risks due to focusing too much on completing a job task. Safety-critical tasks should be designed so that it is easy to get the job done safely. TAIC reports on why…