Inquiries & Recommendations

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Require proof of a basic knowledge of the sequence of spin recovery as a prerequisite to the issue of any pilot certificate.

The need to encourage good aviation practice to help ensure pilots know how to perform an effective visual scan and how to actively listen to radio calls.

Take immediate steps to promulgate information on the prediction and avoidance of low level turbulence to its members. [This recommendation was also repeated in report 92-001]

It is a safety issue that there appears to be a disparity between the operating limits and designation of the Coastguard vessels and the types of extra curricular work the vessels are engaged in and the qualification requirements of the skippers of Coastguard vessels.

On 27 July 2016 the Commission gave notice to the Director of Civil Aviation that a recommendation has been made to the Secretary for Transport that he promote, through the appropriate ICAO forum, the need for cockpit video recorders and/or other forms of data capture in the cockpits of certain classes of helicopter to address this safety issue.

Introduce the following directions into the harbour bylaws covering their ports, to emphasise the intent and principles of STCW and SOLAS: • all vessels, whether under pilotage or pilot exempt, shall have an agreed passage plan for transits within harbour limits • the number of crew members on the bridge shall be sufficient to safely carry out the agreed passage plan

Review the qualifications structure and the seagoing limits so as to ensure that the intent of the Commission's recommendation 028/05 is upheld.

Require Safety Officers in charge of auto tow operations to ensure each pilot is familiar with the procedure to be implemented in the event of a rope break and

Review the desirability of allowing the vehicles defined in part viii, clause 27 of the New Zealand Railways Corporation (General) Regulations 1982 to continue to have unrestricted access over level crossings and to impose any conditions considered necessary to improve the safety of such operations.

Equip each of his aircraft with adequate means of securing baggage and cargo.

Train drivers becoming distracted and forgetting the aspect of warning signals their train has recently passed is a known risk to the rail industry. The signal alert device that was installed in train cabs to help drivers remember the aspect of the last signal their train had passed was not used by the driver on this occasion and was not widely used by other drivers because, once activated, the alarm sounded for 6 seconds and could not be cancelled and the sound was easily confused with other in-cab alarms.

amend Rule 905, Compulsory Stop Protection, to allow the site protector to give authority to the driver of a rail vehicle to pass the compulsory STOP board and proceed to a location short of the worksite. Where circumstances change, the site protector must be contacted to authorise all subsequent rail vehicle movements within the work area.