One of the important functions performed by the Department has been the investigation of accidents and incidents with a view to improving air safety. Many changes and innovations have come about thanks to the lessons learned from terrible accidents over the years.
The Department has also played an important role in the promotion of air safety through its various publications, notably the Aviation Safety Digest and various technical publications.
Read a history of Aviation Accident Investigation in Australia
Consult an Index of Public Inquiries into Air Accidents from 1938
View an Air Safety Incident Report form ('225') from 1954
Read recollections of investigating the accident to Viscount VH-TVC at Botany Bay - 1961
The Aviation Safety Digest
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Read a history of the Aviation Safety Digest
Read about the accident that led to the formal definition of Mercy
Flights
Read a history of the Printing and Publications Section
Index of the 'DCA Publications' series
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Concerns about the safety of the aerial agriculture industry in the 1950s led to the issue of DCA Publication 34 Aerial Agriculture
Index of the 'DCA Technical Information Bulletins' series
Refer to an index of Films held by the Civil Aviation Historical Society
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