Investigations

Freight train 270, collision with roadroller, Mangapehi, 12 March 1997

Boeing 747-419, ZK-NBU, failure of inertial reference units, 300 nm north-east of Auckland, 12 March 1997

Cessna 185F ZK-PRM, wake turbulence encounter, Wellington International Aerodrome, 3 March 1997

(incorporating 97-203) Restricted Limit passenger ferry "Te Waka o Kapanga", groundings, Waiheke Island 1 February 1997 and Coromandel Harbour, Hauraki Gulf 29 June 1997

Jet boat "Rapids Jet", foundered, Fulljames Rapid Waikato River Taupo, 20 January 1997

Passenger train Coastal Pacific, overran track warrant, Oaro, 16 January 1997

De Havilland DHC 6-300, 5W-FAU, near Apia, Samoa, 7 January 1997

Hughes 369D ZK-HQA, loss of engine power in flight, 20 nm south-east of Taupo, 2 January 1997

Cessna 310Q ZK-KIM, loss of control after take-off, near Queenstown Aerodrome, 3 January 1997

Container vessel "Sydney Express" and fishing trawler "Maria Luisa", collision, Wellington Heads, 29 December 1997