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Rail
RO-1995-112
On Wednesday 31 May 1995 at about 0400 hours the Te Rapa North Shunt operated by New Zealand Rail Limited was shunting at Frankton. The Senior Shunter in charge of movements was riding on the footplate on the rear of the locomotive when he lost his footing and fell under the single attached wagon. The Senior Shunter was seriously injured. The causal factor was the Senior Shunter's loss of balance while attempting to read the wagon destination card during the shunting movement.
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Maritime
MO-2005-205
On Saturday 17 April 2005 at about 1205, the Black Cat with a Master, a deckhand and 31 passengers on board was on a cruise around the lower reaches of Akaroa Harbour. As they approached the shore in Seal Bay, the Master put both engines astern, but a control failure caused the starboard engine to go ahead and the boat to collide with the natural rock wall. The impact was such that the bow bounced off, which allowed the boat to continue back into clear water.
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Maritime
MO-2002-208
On Thursday 21 November 2002 at about 0938, the bulk cement carrier "Westport" collided stern first with the Old Mangere Bridge when the controllable pitch propeller mechanism failed during departure from Onehunga. Both the ship and the bridge suffered extensive damage. The safety issues identified included: · the adequacy of knowledge of default conditions for the system · the adequacy of knowledge of correct operating pressures for the controllable pitch propeller. Safety recommendations were made to the General Manager of Holcim (New Zealand) Limited to address the safety issues.
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Rail
RO-2025-102
Runaway rake of freight wagons ran on to stationary shunt loco while workers were coupling the loco to another rake of wagons. Workers got out from where they were working between the loco and freight in time to avoid injury.
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Rail
RO-2000-106
At approximately 1010 hours on Thursday, 4 May 2000, Y35 shunt overran its track warrant limit at Mataura by 15 km. There was no opposing traffic. Safety issues identified included: • the need for better communication between train controllers and remote control operators when track warrants issued for main line shunts did not reflect work-between localities requested • the need for more effective ways of communicating, and monitoring compliance with, amendments to rules and regulations to improve safety
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Aviation
AO-1992-014
The helicopter was departing for the first heliski trip of the day with a guide and four clients on board. It had reached a height of about 200 feet, and airspeed was increasing above 35 knots, when the engine failed. The pilot lowered collective, maintained forward speed and set up an autorotative descent to the large snow covered paddock below. The helicopter contacted the ground heavily, collapsing the skids, and slid some 60m in the soft snow before coming to rest upright. The occupants were uninjured.
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Aviation
AO-2001-004
On Saturday 19 May 2001, at 1450, Boeing 767-319 ZK-NCH was on approach to land at Auckland International Aerodrome when a section of a wing flap deflection control track separated from the aeroplane. The 3 kg section penetrated the roof of an occupied warehouse and fell to the floor without causing personal injury. The crew of ZK-NCH were unaware of the event and continued with a successful landing.
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Rail
RO-2004-110
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission is an independent Crown entity established to determine the circumstances and causes of accidents and incidents with a view to avoiding similar occurrences in the future. Accordingly it is inappropriate that reports should be used to assign fault or blame or determine liability, since neither the investigation nor the reporting process has been undertaken for that purpose.
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Aviation
AO-2019-008
New Zealand has completed its support for this inquiry. Please note: TAIC will not be producing a report for this inquiry.
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Aviation
AO-1988-098
ZK-EMZ was engaged in spraying a potato crop. Towards the completion of the task ZK-EMZ dived into the ground during a turn. The pilot received fatal injuries in the accident.
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Aviation
AO-1996-001
At about 1200 hours on Tuesday 2 January 1996 the pilot commenced a take-off on vector 29 at Wanaka Aerodrome, in Mark 14 Spitfire ZK-XIV. During the take-off the aircraft swung to the right, diverged from the grass vector, and became airborne but the tail caught the aerodrome boundary fence. The aircraft rolled to the right and struck the ground inverted. The pilot was seriously injured in the accident.
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Rail
RO-2004-132
On Saturday 4 December 2004, a Tranz Metro electric multiple unit passenger train travelling from Wellington to Paraparaumu became disabled between Kaiwharawhara Station and Tunnel 1 when the traction overhead contact wire failed due to tensile overload. The failure was brought about by a combination of poor eletrical contact between the contact wire and stirrup clamping plates, and a build-up of corrosion products.
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