On 6 December 1993 an express freight train operated by New Zealand Rail Limited derailed when it entered a crossover at the south end of Te Kauwhata while travelling too fast. The locomotive and all twelve wagons in the train were derailed, with substantial damage to all vehicles and the track. The Locomotive Engineer had encountered a signal he did not expect, interpreted it wrongly, and failed to slow the train for passage through the crossover.
Incident date: Publish date:A AS 355 helicopter with a PA 28 aeroplane, both on Police patrol flights over Auckland City, collided on 26 November 1993. Safety issues discussed include the limitations of the "see and avoid" concept of collision avoidance, the use of radio contact between aircraft and the variety of radio frequencies in use.
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 18 November 1993 an intoxicated person lying close beside the track was struck and killed by a freight train. It is probable that the person fell from the station platform. No issues of public safety are raised in this report.
Incident date: Publish date:Two persons fell while being winched in from the ship "Pacific Ariki", by a hoist installed in Bell 212 helicopter ZK-HNO on 14 November 1993. The ship was at sea 2nm west of Oaonui.
Incident date: Publish date:On 13 November 1993 weather conditions were deteriorating rapidly at the snow landing site, and the pilot was hover-taxiing ZK-HGO to return to his original landing position when the helicopter became involved in cloud. The pilot landed immediately but the helicopter was drifting sideways at touchdown and rolled over.
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:[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:Onn 7 November 1993 the Auckland to Tauranga express passenger service (train 301) operated by New Zealand Rail Limited (NZRL) struck a car on the Bell Crossing Street level crossing in Huntly at 1920 hours. There were six young men in the car; four were killed and two seriously injured. Safety issues identified in this report were the adequacy of crossing warning measures, and road driving training.
Incident date: Publish date:A landing accident and subsequent collapse of the nose undercarriage occurred to Cessna 206 ZK-DOV, at Tangahoe private airstrip.
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 25 October 1993 the southbound Auckland-Wellington passenger train No. 203 collided with the edge of an open door of a container on a northbound freight train, No. B38, which was stationary in a crossing loop at Whangamarino. A window in one of the carriages was broken injuring two passengers. The safety issue identified in this report is the minimum spacing between main lines and crossing loops.
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