CAC Plant Reports 1942, numbers 98 – 110

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1991 RAAF Boeing 707-368C A20-103 crashed off East Sale coast during asymmetric power training. The crash, according to the Board of Inquiry report, occurred after the captain initiated a demonstration, which he had personally devised, of flight Velocity Minium Control Air (low speed flight at 150 knots). Power asymmetric flight results when one or more engines on one side of a multi-engined aircraft are cut or throttled back to create flying conditions which cannot be faithfully reproduced in a flight simulator. A summary of the Board of Inquiry investigation into the crash was tabled in Federal Parliament on 11 November 1992. It apportioned blame for the accident on the captain but it concluded that "the general circumstances relating to the cause of the accident mitigate the degree of responsibility for the accident attributable to the captain". It said, "The captain did not act negligent ly and did not knowingly place the aircraft in a dangerous situation. "The captain acted with the best of intentions but without sufficient professional knowledge or understanding of the consequences of the situation in which he had placed the aircraft. "No other crew bears any responsibility for the accident, and while many persons contributed unwittingly to the general circumstances relating to primary and contributory causes, none was negligent". The 5 crew members killed were; SQNLDR Mark Ellerker Lewin O321144 (Pilot, QFI), FLTLT Timothy Rohan Ellis O230675 (Co-Pilot), FLTLT Mark Ian Duncan O323947 (3rd Pilot), WOFF Jonathan M. Fawcett A228561 (Flight Eng), WOFF Allan G. Gwynne A113951 (Load Master). Sources: ADF-Serials; The Canberra Times, Thu 12 Nov 1992, Page 4, Inquiry blames captain for crash of Boeing 707

2008 Qantas Boeing 747–400 flight 12 from Los Angeles to Sydney on 29 October 2008 lost en-route the use of its weather radar and instead flew in tandem with an Air New Zealand aircraft to reach Auckland safely. The Qantas jet later went on to Sydney. Source: Paul Bibby, “Qantas jet ‘flying blind’”, Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October 2008, p. 5. via aph.gov.au website