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Aviation
AO-1989-070
About half way through the take-off roll there was a 'bang' and the left wing dropped. The left undercarriage leg had failed just above the wheel/ski stub axle attachment flange. The pilot was unable to prevent the damaged undercarriage/ski assembly digging into the snow and the aircraft nosed over onto its back.
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Rail
RO-2010-102
On Thursday 30 September 2010, Ganz passenger Train 6250 was travelling from Wellington to Paekakariki on the northbound main line with 44 passengers on board. It was raining heavily and had been for several hours. A landslide had come down from a cutting above the rail corridor and covered the northbound line with debris between Plimmerton and Pukerua Bay. The train was travelling at 60 kilometres per hour (km/h) when it rounded a curve and the driver saw the landslide.
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Aviation
AO-2010-011
New Zealand's flying training sector
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Rail
RO-2000-115
On Friday 22 September 2000, at about 2338, express freight Train 521 derailed when travelling too fast for the first curve encountered descending the 1 in 35 down grade on the Westmere bank. The 2 locomotives were severely damaged when they overturned following the derailment. The locomotive engineer received only minor injuries. The reason for the excessive speed was the locomotive engineer’s loss of awareness during a microsleep.
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Aviation
AO-2004-007
On Tuesday 30 November 2004, ZK-JAN, a Piper PA34-200T Seneca II, was on an air transport charter flight returning to Nelson from New Plymouth with the pilot and one passenger on board. After departing New Plymouth and obtaining approval to operate up to 8500 feet under visual flight rules, the aircraft struck Mount Taranaki / Egmont about 150 feet below the summit. The 2 occupants were killed on impact and the aircraft was destroyed.
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Maritime
MO-1999-210
Commercial jet boat "Helijet 2", collision with rock face, Kawarau River, Queenstown, 20 August 1999
On Friday, 20 August 1999 at about 1410, the jet boat "Helijet 2", with a driver and 8 passengers on board, was proceeding at about 60 km/h past a series of rocky outcrops on the Kawarau River when the driver experienced what he considered to be a lock-up of his steering system as he rounded the last of the outcrops. The driver freed the steering by reducing throttle and moving the steering wheel from side to side. Meanwhile, the boat had entered a cove and the driver turned the boat to avoid a head-on collision with a rock face.
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Rail
RO-2004-104
[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-1999-206
Passenger charter yacht "City of Dunedin", grounding and fire, Bobs Cove, Lake Wakatipu,, 8 May 1999
On Saturday, 8 May 1999, at about 1845, the passenger charter yacht "City of Dunedin" was on an overnight cruise from Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu when it grounded in Bob's Cove. During attempts to refloat the yacht, fire broke out in the engine housing. The skipper and 4 passengers on board were able to extinguish the fire before fire-fighters arrived by water taxi. There were no injuries. "City of Dunedin" was approved to carry 19 passengers on day sails and 9 passengers on overnight cruises. Safety issues identified included:
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Aviation
AO-2014-003
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Aviation
AO-1995-001
[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-2002-106
This report examines 3 separate track buckle occurrences on the South Island coal route during the summer of 2001/2002. Two of the track buckles resulted in derailments. Safety issues identified by these incidents included: • the need for staff training to ensure they recognise and respond to visible track defects • the need to protect continuous welded rail, formed at unknown neutral temperature • the need to control tamping and lining to ensure track is not realigned leaving increased compressive stress in the rails.
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Maritime
MO-2000-207
On Thursday 29 June 2000 at about 1505, the jet boat "Discovery" was approaching Tyrees Cut on the Shotover River with the driver and 15 passengers on board. The driver had reduced speed approaching the cut, and as he attempted to accelerate to maintain control of the boat the left side of his boot momentarily caught on the accelerator surround, preventing him from applying optimum power for the manoeuvre, causing the boat to drift to the right of the intended track. The stern of the boat clipped the canyon wall, causing it to spin towards a recess in the wall.
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