Australian Transport Safety Bureau
The following documents relating to a crash incident VH-LAI at Kurnell in January /February 2023. The incident occurred in Class C Airspace under the approached of active runways at YSSY. 1. The…
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The following documents relating to a crash incident VH-LAI at Kurnell in January /February 2023. The incident occurred in Class C Airspace under the approached of active runways at YSSY. 1. The provision of the pilot or operator incident report provided to the ATSB detailing information leading up and including the accident sequence of the crash . 2. Airservices transponder logs of the time of the reported incident to verify the aircraft was operating and in contact with the Sydney terminal ATC
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The release comprises two ATSB aviation occurrence notifications, NA2023-00930 and NA2023-00975, both recorded as accidents in New South Wales and both involving a Eurocopter AS 350 B3 helicopter (registration VH-LAI) with substantial damage and no fatalities or injuries. The occurrence category is operational, with collision with terrain as the category. The notifications were received by phone and web respectively, and the release includes summary sections. Most fields, including the occurrence date and time, location, registration, operator, operation type and damage description, are redacted under section 47E(d). The release does not contain the pilot or operator incident report or the Airservices transponder logs described in the request, and it does not disclose causal factors, investigation findings or safety recommendations.
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