Helicopter Ops and Safety – Gulf Of Mexico 2018 Update
A decline in GOM helicopter usage continues. There was only one air accident in 2018.
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What a Difference a Hole Makes: E-8C JSTARS $7.35 million Radar Mishap
Contractor errors in base maintenance have a high financial impact.
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USAF Parachutist Fatally Extracted Through Ventilation Door
The parachute was inadvertently deployed through a small ventilation door. We look at the ergonomics of the parachute and an absence of guidance on use of the ventilation door.
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S-76C+ MLG Collapsed Due to Pothole
An oil and gas helicopter suffered an accident when it struck a pothole In Louisiana.
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Merlin Night Airprox: Systemic Issues
Ambitious training, poorly integrated equipment with no policy on its use, u/s transponders and reduced radar coverage all feature in this airprox with two ASW helicopters.
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AS350B2 Accident After Vibration from Unrecorded Maintenance
Four days before the accident the MRBs had been removed and re-installed. No RTB was done. While ground running at a remote site, increasing vibration triggered the pilot to lift off. NR was low and the helicopter tumbled down a slope.
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ADA AW139 A6-AWN Ditching off UAE, 29 April 2017: Final Report
The GCAA AAIS discuss the cause of a precautionary ditching and examine the performance of flotation and survival features.
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Meeting Your Waterloo: Competence Assessment and Remembering the Lessons of Past Accidents
No one was injured in this low speed derailment after signal maintenance errors but investigators expressed concern that the lessons from the fatal triple collision at Clapham in 1988 may have been forgotten.
Japanese Rescue B412 Fatal CFIT
Distractions and fatigue were involved in a CFIT in Japan in which 9 rescuers died.
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A319 / Cougar Airprox at MRS: ATC Busy, Failed Transponder and Helicopter Filtered From Radar
BEA point to a series of human factors and technical problems in this near mid air collision.