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LEGAL, INTERNATIONAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
CASA Ref: F24/7821 Ms Cathy Minnucci
Via email:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Ms Minnucci,
Access to documents under the Freedom of information Act 1982
I refer to your email dated 26 February 2024 seeking access to documents under the
Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (the Act). Your request was for:
If possible I would like a copy of any documentation that lists each aircraft incident where a ground
proximity warning alert in the cockpit has occurred for aircraft within a 60km radius of Hobart Airport
within the last 5 years.
I would also like a detailed copy of the aviation aircraft manuals directly relating to the ground
proximity warning alert encompassing:
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what triggers the warming alert
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at what height (above the actual ground) warning alert automatically activates
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what pilot processes must be fol owed when alert is activated
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who the warning alert is reported to
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which aviation authorities are alerted and what is reported to them
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what risk assessment process is followed
As you have noted you would like a copy of information within the last 5 years, the date range for your above
request is identified to be 1 January 2019 – 26 February 2024.
On 4 March 2024, I acknowledged your FOI request and notified you that the decision on your access
request would be finalised and provided to you by COB Tuesday 26 March 2024 and provided you the
reference number F24/7821.
Please note that a typographical error was made in the acknowledgement email, and it should have noted
the decision due date as COB Thursday 28 March 2024. Apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
Please find below my decision on your access request, F24/7821.
Decision
I am the decision maker for your request. Under section 24A(1)(b)(i) of the FOI Act, I refuse access to your
request on the basis that the documents you are requesting do not exist or cannot be located.
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
GPO Box 2005 Canberra ACT 2601 | Telephone: 131 757
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In processing your request, I noted that your request is based on two questions:
1. Documents listing aircraft incidents on ground proximity warning alerts; and
2. Documents on aviation aircraft manuals detailing on ground proximity warning alerts.
I consulted with the relevant business areas within CASA, including those responsible for the regulation of
communications, navigation and surveil ance infrastructure as wel as air traffic control; and those who liaise
with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (the ATSB).
In my consultations, I was informed that the occurrence data on ground proximity warning alerts is not held
by CASA. Any incidents regarding ground proximity warning alerts are to be reported to the ATSB in
compliance with the
Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003. For information on the occurrence data, please
visit the ATSB’s website:
National Aviation Occurrence Database | ATSB
Secondly, in relation to your request for documents on aviation aircraft manuals regarding ground proximity
warning alerts, I cannot ascertain which aviation aircraft manuals you require until you can more accurately
identify the relevant incidents, at which point the aircraft types can be identified. I also note that these
documents are commercial in confidence and may be subject to exemptions from disclosure.
Following the consultations with the relevant business areas, I am satisfied that under section 24A(1)(b) the
documents do not exist or cannot be located.
Grounds for Review
If you are unhappy with my decision, you are able to ask for a review of the decision. There are two ways
this can be done, via an internal review of the decision or a review by the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner (OAIC). Further information on how to lodge or request for a review can be found below:
Internal Review of Decision
Section 54 of the Act gives you the right to apply for an internal review of my decision. An application for
internal review of my decision must be made in writing within 30 days of receipt of this letter.
No particular form is required, but it is desirable to set out in the application the grounds on which you
consider that the decision should be reviewed. An application for review should be addressed to Freedom of
Information at the address below:
Freedom of Information
Advisory and Drafting Branch
Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs Division
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
GPO Box 2005
Canberra ACT 2601
Review by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC)
Alternatively, under section 54L of the Act, you may apply to the Office of the Australian Information
Commissioner to review my decision. An application for review by the Information Commissioner must be
made in writing within 60 days of the date of this letter, and be lodged in one of the fol owing ways:
online:
https://forms.business.gov.au/smartforms/servlet/SmartForm.html?formCode=ICR_10
email:
xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx
post:
Director of FOI Dispute Resolution, OAIC, GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001
phone:
1300 363 992
Yours sincerely,
Amy George
Freedom of Information Officer
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
GPO Box 2005 Canberra ACT 2601 | Telephone: 131 757
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Advisory and Drafting Branch
Legal, International and Regulatory Affairs Division
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
28 March 2024
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
GPO Box 2005 Canberra ACT 2601 | Telephone: 131 757
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