On the evening of 27 Jan 1986 a group were preparing for what we now know as one of the most infamous telecons in history. We look at lessons for all complex, high hazard industries.
NASA Challenger Launch Decision Read Post »
HEMS S-76C Night Approach Loss of Control – In-flight (LOC-I) Incident A Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Sikorsky S-76C+ C-GHHJ operated by Helijet on behalf of the BC Ambulance Service was on a VFR approach to the coastal Tofino/Long Beach Airport (CYAZ), British Columbia, Canada at 02:39 Local Time on the dark, moonless night of 15 November 2015. It suffered a Loss of Control
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CAP1145 Helicopter Water Impact Survivability Statistics – A Critique Eurocopter AS332L2 G-WNSB impacted the sea 1.5 nm west of Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands on 23 August 2013 (see the last AAIB Special Bulletin) with the loss of 4 lives. https://youtu.be/C_3xlunGUk0 Within weeks the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) ordered a hurried safety review. This resulted in the CAP1145 report (‘Safety review of offshore public transport
CAP1145 Helicopter Water Impact Survivability Statistics – A Critique Read Post »
Maintenance Personnel Fatigue and Alertness Maintenance personnel fatigue and a consequential lack of alertness is regularly being identified as contributory, or potentially contributory, to maintenance related air accidents and serious incidents. We have covered three examples previously: Some involve poor shift patterns: Missing Igniters: Fatigue & Management of Change Shortcomings: The UAE GCAA investigation report explains most of the
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HUMS Vibration Health Monitoring Success Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has published a Service Difficulty Report (SDR), dated 1 November 2015, that highlights a Health & Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) Vibration Health Monitoring (VHM) success. During investigation of a HUMS vibration alert, the main rotor head of an Airbus Helicopters EC225/H225 offshore helicopter was examined and wear was identified beyond the limits
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CSB: ‘Multiple Safety Deficiencies’ Led to ExxonMobil Refinery Explosion The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) report that they have “uncovered multiple process safety management deficiencies” that led to the 18 February 2015, explosion at the ExxonMobil Torrance refinery, California and an associated serious near miss. The CSB explain: …two workers were injured when an explosion occurred in the
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The Passengers Who ‘Caused’ a 737 Tail Strike On 12 January 2003 a serious incident occurred involving Transavia Boeing 737-800 PH-HZB at Rotterdam. The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) report says the aircraft: …pitched nose-up just after take -off thrust had been selected. The pitch up movement stopped when the aft fuselage and the tailskid assembly contacted the
The Passengers Who ‘Caused’ a 737 Tail Strike: Ground Handling Lessons Read Post »
Aerossurance Marks RAeS 150th Anniversary by Sponsoring Rotorcraft Automation Conference The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) was founded on 12 January 1866, so is today celebrating its 150th anniversary (or sesquicentennial). To mark this significant milestone Aerossurance is pleased to be sponsoring the Society’s 2016 Rotorcraft Conference. This conference, to be held 6-7 July 2016 at the
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Helicopter HUMS Maintenance Credit: New Initiatives Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) were first introduced 25 years ago as a safety enhancement for offshore helicopters in the UK and Norway. Even in the early days of HUMS the prize of ‘maintenance credits’ was envisaged: i.e. using the HUMS data to reduce invasive physical inspections and disassembly (with
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We look at the lessons on aerodrome lighting and charts from a UK bizjet take off accident. Mistaking edge lights for the centreline is not uncommon.
G-III Attempted Takeoff Using Runway Edge Lights as Centerline Read Post »
An inappropriate, undocumented practice, coupled with a failure to follow the checklist contributed to writing off an SF340 while taxying.
Procedural Drift at Saab 340 Operator Leads to Taxiway Excursion Read Post »
Aerossurance: Our Top 20 Articles of 2015 As we start the new year we look back on the 20 articles that proved most popular with our readers in 2015. In reverse order: Number 20: Building St Helena Airport – An Industrial Scale ‘Grand Design’ This started with the building of the first airport on the volcanic
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