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Rail
RO-2002-109
[A preliminary investigation showed that the circumstances were not likely to have significant implications for transport safety. Consistent with section 13 of the TAIC Act the Commission discontinued the investigation and no report was published.]
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Aviation
AO-1998-001
On the morning of Friday, 9 January 1998, the pilot flew Cessna 172 ZK-EWH from Queenstown to Te Anau. The aircraft took off for the return flight, with two passengers, at about 0830 hours but did not arrive at Queenstown. Emergency location transmitter signals led to the discovery of the wreckage of ZK-EWH later in the morning. The aircraft had struck a beech-forested slope in a steeply banked attitude at an elevation of about 3300 feet, some 200 feet below a saddle between two tussock covered peaks. The pilot and passengers were killed.
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Rail
RO-2011-105
On Saturday 12 November 2011 major rail infrastructure and maintenance work was underway on the section of track between Papakura and Westfield in South Auckland. One of the 2 tracks was closed for the works (the northbound track). A train controller in the national train control centre in Wellington was managing the flow of trains through the work area using the adjacent southbound track. Metropolitan passenger train services had been cancelled for the weekend to relieve congestion through the work area, but the freight train schedule was maintained.
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Aviation
AO-2023-012
The Commission is assisting an investigation by the United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigation into an accident that occurred at about 1407 on 22 August 2023 (UTC) near Enstone, Oxfordshire, UK. The circumstances reported are that a Spitfire MK 26B, registered G-CLHJ, struck the ground during a test flight. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot did not survive.
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Rail
RO-1999-124
[A preliminary investigation showed that the circumstances were not likely to have significant implications for transport safety. Consistent with section 13 of the TAIC Act the Commission discontinued the investigation and no report was published.]
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Rail
RO-2000-104
At approximately 0942 hours on Thursday, 6 April 2000, Train 326, a northbound express freight, was travelling on the up main through Pukekohe when dragging brake gear on a wagon near the centre of the train hit the spreader bar of the south-end turnout from the up main line to the loop. The impact caused the facing points to open and derail 13 of the following wagons. Safety deficiencies identified were the limitations of the clevis pin retaining the wagon brake rod, and the worn condition of the brake rod safety chains.
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Rail
RO-1996-122
[A preliminary investigation showed that the circumstances were not likely to have significant implications for transport safety. Consistent with section 13 of the TAIC Act the Commission discontinued the investigation and no report was published.]
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Aviation
AO-1990-001T
[A preliminary investigation showed that the circumstances were not likely to have significant implications for transport safety. Consistent with section 13 of the TAIC Act the Commission discontinued the investigation and no report was published.]
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Maritime
MO-1995-207
[A preliminary investigation showed that the circumstances were not likely to have significant implications for transport safety. Consistent with section 13 of the TAIC Act the Commission discontinued the investigation and no report was published.]
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Rail
RO-1999-119
On Sunday, 15 August 1999, Train 281, a southbound Te Rapa to Palmerston North freight, stalled as it ascended steep grade up the Owhango bank. After the stalling the locomotive engineer moved to and from the lead locomotive and brought into operation an unmanned trailing diesel-electric locomotive in an attempt to assist the train up the gradient. On finally returning to the moving lead locomotive he slipped while entering the cab and suffered serious injuries. The train was brought to a stop by another person riding in the cab of the lead locomotive. Safety issues identified were:
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Rail
RO-2008-109
On Thursday 4 September 2008 at about 0827, push/pull commuter passenger Train 9113, travelling on the Down Main North Auckland line from Waitakere to Britomart, overran Fruitvale Road Station platform. The train was travelling at 36 kilometres per hour (km/h) when it passed the end of the platform and had slowed to 31 km/h when it passed Stop and Proceed Signal 2097 displaying a Stop indication. The train was still travelling at 29 km/h when it entered Fruitvale Road level crossing, 38 metres (m) past the end of the platform and 27 m past Signal 2097.
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Rail
RO-1994-106
On 5 March 1994, as Train 257 approached Papakura Station the train crew noticed an individual sitting on the edge of the platform. The person did not respond to the train's warning horn and received serious injury from which he died later the same day.
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