RLC B407 Reverses into Sister Ship at GOM Heliport
On the first flight of the day an offshore B407’s tail rotor comes into contact with the main rotor of a B407 rotors running behind it.
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Don’t Be a Sucker!: Cabri Canopy Implosion
A suction cup mounted camera weakened the canopy so that it failed during a high speed handling exercise.
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A Lethal Cocktail: Low Time, Hypoxia, Amphetamine and IMC
A young couple died in an R44 accident in Utah during an ill-advised private flight.
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South Korean Fire-Fighting Helicopter Tail Rotor Strike on Fuel Bowser
A fire-fighting helicopter drifts backwards into a fuel bowser.
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Emergency S-76D Landing Due to Fumes
After an emergency landing investigators found that an S-76D engine duct was partially detached. We also look at a more dramatic A109A accident that involved a different exhaust duct failure mode.
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Gazelle Caught Out Jumping a Fence
The layout of the movement area of the aerodrome led helicopter pilots to ‘jumping over the fence’ from landside hangars. As this helicopter transitioned an engine surge led to it crashing into the perimeter fence.
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French Cougar Crashed After Entering VRS When Coming into Hover
After a series of hoisting exercises the crew were doing a final exercise to simulate an rare electrical emergency. Unbeknown to them they had a tailwind as they came into the hover.
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