An Embraer EMB-110P1 (Bandeirante) ZK-KIP, while approaching Auckland International Airport on the evening of 28 September 1994, experienced an undercarriage malfunction. The right main wheel could not be lowered by either normal or emergency means, and the aircraft was subsequently landed "wheels-up" at 1949 hours without injury to either of the two crew members on board. A safety issue identified was post-maintenance inspection.
Incident date: Publish date:[Report for overseas State. Direct any inquiries for a copy of the report to the Minister of Transport of that State.]
Incident date: Publish date:At 1455 hours on 7 September 1994, Train 402, the Rotorua to Auckland "Geyserland Express" collided with a truck on a private farm access crossing, resulting in the death of the truck driver. No specific safety issues were identified.
Incident date: Publish date:On 25 August 1994 as Cessna A185E, ZK-JEM slowed following a beach landing, the left undercarriage leg collapsed. Initial looseness of the leg attachment bolt or loss of torque in service was likely to have reduced the integrity of the undercarriage assembly. [Includes addendum]
Incident date: Publish date:At approximately 1115 hours on 25 August 1994 an airmiss occurred between a Boeing 737 airliner on approach to Dunedin Airport and a Cessna 152 operating from Taieri Aerodrome. It was recommended that the vertical and horizontal airspace boundaries to the southwest of Taieri Aerodrome be modified to improve separation between uncontrolled VFR traffic and controlled IFR traffic on approach to Dunedin Airport.
Incident date: Publish date:[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.]
Incident date: Publish date:[Report for overseas State. Direct any inquiries for a copy of the report to the Minister of Transport of that State.]
Incident date: Publish date:[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.]
Incident date: Publish date:On 24 July 1994 at 2008 hours Train 150 struck and killed a pedestrian walking on the railway line near Newmarket. The pedestrian was not entitled to be on the railway line. No specific safety deficiencies were identified.
Incident date: Publish date:[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.]
Incident date: Publish date:On 14 July 1994, Sikorsky S-55B ZK-HSS was engaged in aerial spraying in the Te Apiti Valley, 6 NM east of Elsthorpe, Hawkes Bay. The engine lost power at low level, necessitating a forced landing during which the helicopter caught fire and was burned out. The pilot escaped without injury.
Incident date: Publish date:[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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