AS350B3/H125 Bird Strike with Red Kite
The BEA report that during descent a bird shattered the left-hand windscreen and injured the front seat passenger. The pilot was able to make a safe landing.
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Fire-Fighting AS350 Hydraulics Accident: Dormant Miswiring
Hydraulics control system wiring had been misconnected 16 years earlier and repeatedly missed during checks. When inadvertently activated, the “HYD” cut-off caused the TR servo-valve compensator to make the aircraft uncontrollable say GPIAAF.
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Season’s Greetings from Aerossurance
Aerossurance sends its Season’s Greetings to all its customers, partners, suppliers, colleagues and friends.
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Mid-Air Collision of Guimbal Cabri G2 9M-HCA & 9M-HCB: Malaysian AAIB Preliminary Report
The Malaysian AAIB explains that two flying club helicopters had been flying ‘in company’ before the Mid Air Collision and they question the practice.
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Helicopter Ops and Safety – Gulf Of Mexico 2019 Update
A decline in GOM helicopter usage continues, especially in single engine helicopters. There were two fatal accidents in 2019.
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Helicopter Destroyed in Hover Taxi Accident
The unlicensed pilot of a US registered helicopter lost control trying to hover taxi for fuel in Austria after an early morning flight from Italy.
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Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche Accident After Unapproved Parts Failed
The fitment of unapproved engine control parts was fundamental to an accident during training say the SA CAA.
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NH90 Caribbean Loss of Control – Inflight, Water Impact and Survivability Issues
LOC-I on a low, slow downwind leg. The survivors had not trained with the specific AEA in place. The front crew both became trapped.
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Pilatus PC-12 Pacific Ditching
The NTSB preliminary report on a PC-12 ditching during a Pacific ferry flight points to a flameout while adjusting the ferry fuel system. Both crew were rescued after 22 hours in a raft.
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A Saab 2000 Descended 900 ft Too Low on Approach to Billund
An omission of a vertical profile on the Jeppesen chart, a demoted and confused First Officer plus a tired Commander… Yet a vertical profile was programmed in the FMS, but crews weren’t told.
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NTSB on LA A109S Rooftop Hospital Helipad Landing Accident
The NTSB issue their preliminary report on an LA air ambulance hospital helipad landing accident.
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Air Ambulance A109S Spatial Disorientation in Night IMC
Spatial disorientation in night IMC during an air ambulance helicopter missed approach resulted in a fatal loss of control. The operator’s second night accident in less than three years in similar circumstances.
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