Inquiries & Recommendations

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Consider adopting the Swiss Air Force take-off technique, and monitor the actual performance achieved against the performances graphs which form part of the Swiss pilots manual.

On 26 February 2025, the Commission recommended to the Director of Civil Aviation at the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand that they promote, through the appropriate International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) forum, the need for additional information to be included in all rotorcraft flight manuals, to assist pilots in avoiding Vortex Ring State.

Develop and follow a routine maintenance programme to ensure that all existing fencing is kept in sound condition to optimise the safety potential of the structures.

More attention be paid to cardiovascular risk factors in asymptomatic individuals, in order to identify individuals with significant vascular disease, before the risk of pilot incapacitation becomes excessive.

Implements a system of regular structured meetings of all pilots and tug masters operating in the port, to foster good communication and a shared concept of operational requirements. Such a system should supplement, rather than replace, the informal communication which exists between pilots and tug masters.

They place a large dark board behind the flashing lights of the crossing alarms on the eastern side of the crossing in order to improve the visibility of the lights when the sun is setting.

On 1 February 2016 the Commission recommended that the chief executive of Auckland International Airport Limited, in conjunction with the chief executive of Airways, measure and recalibrate luminous intensity settings for the taxiway centreline lights, runway centreline and runway edge lights and reconfigure the associated control tower setting selections so that controllers may select the respective light intensities recommended by ICAO for various levels of ambient lighting.

Amend existing code instructions and training procedures for the operation of remote control locomotives to ensure they include a definition of what constitutes "adequate" when describing "range of vision" with particular regard to speed and the need to stop in a distance related to the clear distance seen ahead.

On 25 October 2023, the Commission recommended that KiwiRail integrates fully with the technology on the Auckland Metro network, to ensure the safe operation of rail within a complex system.

ensure that trainee train controllers view the operations of the various signalling systems on the Tranz Rail network during their initial training at the train control school

Liaise with Transit New Zealand, Tranz Rail Limited and the appropriate local authorities to initiate a review to define all public level crossings where the stacking distance for long road vehicles is insufficient to ensure safe entry to or exit from the crossing, and to ensure that appropriate action is taken, consistent with the frequency of use and the potential consequences of collision. [This safety recommendation also repeated as SR 036/02 in report 02-113, near collision between TranzCoastal and empty petrol tanker.]

inspect all stirrup connections at regular intervals and replace components that exhibit excess corrosion.