Inadequate consideration of loads during design resulted in a fractured mounting of a 15ft snorkel, which then struck the main rotor killing 4.
Swinging Snorkel Sikorsky Smash: Structural Stress Slip-up Read Post »
An underslung load strikes a tail boom and when jettisoned damages a tail rotor. But this case study really highlights how poor contracting practices drive up risk and how to avoid that.
Poor Contracting Practices and a Canadian Helicopter HESLO Accident Read Post »
An offshore border surveillance P68C suffered two engine power loss failure modes in quick succession. One may have been sabotage.
Double Trouble: Offshore Surveillance P68 Forced to Glide Read Post »
Two Australian occurrences were helicopters have triggered bushfires.
Twisted Firestarters Read Post »
