Investigations

Coastguard rigid inflatable rescue craft "UDC Rescue", loss of buoyancy pontoons, Wellington Harbour entrance, 11 October 1997

Piper Tomahawk PA 38 & BAe 146, wake turbulence incident, Wellington Airport, 26 September 1997

Shunt service, level crossing collision, near Morrinsville, 4 September 1997

Express freight train 138, derailment, Te Kauwhata, 30 July 1997

Restricted-limited charter vessel "Amigo 1", grounding, Grey Group Islands off Great Barrier Island, 12 July 1997

Express freight train 320, container struck bridge, Puhinui, 12 July 1997

Airtrainer TRA 30 and Fairchild Metroliner III ZK-PBA, loss of radar separation, Bay Area Sector (5 nm south Hamilton), 1 July 1997

(incorporating 97-202) Restricted Limit passenger ferry "Te Waka o Kapanga", groundings, Waiheke Island 1 February 1997 and Coromandel Harbour, Hauraki Gulf 29 June 1997

Silver Fern railcar RM24, collision with pedestrian, Glen Innes, 18 June 1997

Beechcraft BE58 Baron ZK-KVL, in-flight loss of control, Tararua Ranges 21 km south-east of Paraparaumu, 11 June 1997