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West CoastDecember 12

Private investigation into crash

A decision by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) not to further investigate the 2004 Hughes 500 helicopter crash in Fiordland has been criticised and prompted a private investigation into the accident.
NationalOctober 24

Air force 'seriously endangered' lives

The air force breached international aviation standards by placing dangerous chemical canisters on an Air New Zealand passenger flight - and then told no one about it, according to a Civil Aviation Authority report.
QueenstownSeptember 30

Pilot died from head injuries: CAA

The owner/pilot of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk died last year from a blunt-force head injury and severe facial fractures after his plane crashed at the Arrowtown golf course, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has found.
Pilot died from head injuries: CAA
Pilot died from head injuries: CAA
QueenstownSeptember 11

Compulsory drug testing for skydiving

A Civil Aviation Authority notice ordering the skydiving industry to drug test staff in a bid to weed out "cowboys" has been welcomed by Otago operators.
Compulsory drug testing for skydiving
Compulsory drug testing for skydiving
QueenstownAugust 12

Inquiry into helicopter incident

Civil Aviation is investigating an incident in which a helicopter was damaged west of Lake Wanaka, near Minnaret Peaks, about 1pm on Thursday.
DunedinAugust 6

Dunedin man hurt in hang-glider crash

A veteran hang-glider pilot was knocked unconscious after landing heavily at Doctors Point, near Dunedin, yesterday afternoon.
Dunedin man hurt in hang-glider crash
Dunedin man hurt in hang-glider crash
DunedinMay 15

Aviation radio seminars

Safe and effective radio communication is complex, requires training and can only be bettered through practise, those involved in aviation are learning throughout Otago this month.
QueenstownMay 2

CAA criticises reluctance of operators

The Civil Aviation Authority says all adventure aviation operators in the Southern Lakes region should be fully certified under new regulations by Monday, but it was "not a good example" of how certification should be done.
QueenstownMarch 15

Pilot declined CAA interview over Queenstown incident

The pilot charged with careless use of an aircraft in an outbound flight from Queenstown almost two years ago declined to be interviewed by the Civil Aviation Authority about the incident, the authority's general manager told the Queenstown District Court this morning.
QueenstownMarch 5

Pilot charged over Queenstown departure

A pilot has been charged with flying a Boeing 737 passenger jet out of Queenstown airport after the dusk deadline for departures.
NationalFebruary 29

Radio confusion cause of errant aircraft

Almost 300 aircraft were reported as being in the wrong place in New Zealand skies last year, the Civil Aviation Authority says.
NationalDecember 19

Tighter rein on trainee pilots urged

Aviation regulators have been urged by safety consultants to consider extra restrictions for trainee pilots making multiple attempts to pass flight tests.
QueenstownNovember 9

NZ leader up in the air

New adventure aviation safety standards - the only such formal regulations in the world - take effect today, with international regulators watching keenly but some operators not impressed.
NZ leader up in the air
NZ leader up in the air
QueenstownAugust 30

Inquest into 2006 crash adjourned

More than five years after two men were killed in a helicopter crash on Homestead Peak in Mt Aspiring National Park, the coroner's inquest into the accident has not been completed.
QueenstownApril 29

Charges laid over take-off

The Civil Aviation Authority has laid charges of "unnecessary endangerment" following a Pacific Blue flight from Queenstown to Sydney last year.
NationalApril 6

CAA to investigate fatal chopper crash

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have begun an investigation into yesterday's fatal helicopter crash in the Lake Coleridge area, about 100km west of Christchurch.
North OtagoMarch 8

Inquiry after helicopter crashes; passenger hurt

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is preparing to question the pilot of a Robinson R-22 helicopter that crashed to the ground at the north end of Lake Hauroko, northwest of Tuatapere early yesterday morning.
Central OtagoJanuary 20

Chopper crash examined

A helicopter crash near Shingle Creek is being investigated by the Civil Aviation Authority.
QueenstownNovember 25

Report due by year end

A report into a Pacific Blue flight that allegedly took off from Queenstown after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) twilight cut-off and in bad weather on one of the shortest days of the year should be ready by the end of next month.
NationalNovember 15

Plane in fatal Fox Glacier crash 'overweight '

The pilot of a plane which crashed in the town of Fox Glacier on the West Coast, killing nine people in September, tried to manoeuvre out of a dive before the left wing dropped and the plane hit the ground, witnesses say.
Plane in fatal Fox Glacier crash 'overweight '
Plane in fatal Fox Glacier crash 'overweight '
NationalMarch 19

Liquor baron flew executive chopper into cloud: CAA

Billionaire businessman Michael Erceg flew his executive helicopter -- and the Dutch businessman who was his passenger -- into treetops that he apparently failed to see in time, according to a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) report released today.