A helicopter contracted by Spanish customs hit the sea at night when descending to intercept smugglers. The sensor operator in the cabin died.
Blinded by Light, Spanish Customs AS365 Crashed During Night-time Hot Pursuit Read Post »
An accident while delivering underslung cargo to a ship provides lessons on rigging loads and organising ground parties.
HESLO EC135 LOC-I & Water Impact: Hook Confusion after Personnel Change Read Post »
Fortuitously no aircraft were struck as this Do328 TP left the runway, crossed the airport apron and stopped 3 m from the boundary fence by a hangar. The AIB report identifies a PCU failure but focuses on the crew response rather than the PCU defect.
Dornier 328-100 Crossed Apron During Runway Excursion Read Post »
Just days after being granted a SPA.HHO approval a CFIT occurred at night on the operator’s 6th training flight. A reminder that for a Management of Change, your SMS needs to actively manage risk.
Night Mountain Rescue Hoist Training Fatal CFIT Read Post »
An S-61N contracted by the DoD crashed after a loss of control due to a fatigue failure of a flying control system component.
S-61N Accident in Afghanistan: Investigators Focus on Auxiliary Servocylinder Read Post »
During a descent during night training crew workload was high, an inappropriate AFCS mode was inadvertently selected and the aircraft pulled up at less than 22ft after a call from the winch operator.
Automation Issues During Night SAR Training – Near CFIT Read Post »
TSB uncover a difference in interpreting certification requirements applied to retrofit composite blades resulting in an omitted test.
Main Rotor Blade Certification Anomaly in Fatal Canadian Accident Read Post »
A human centred design case study on the human machine interface of hoist/SAR controls following an inadvertent cable cut on an AW139 in Australia.
Guarding Against a Hoist Cable Cut Read Post »
An avalanche control flight was caught in a whiteout and struck the ground just below an explosive charge they had just dropped to trigger an avalanche…
Whiteout During Avalanche Explosive Placement Read Post »
A refueller, who was a former HESLO loadmaster, becomes impatient with progress, steps in and is lifted to his death.
Impatience Comes Before a Fatal Fall During HESLO Read Post »
Mind the Gap: Hover Taxi Collision (Bell 206L) On 30 July 2022 a Bell 206L was hover taxiing from the fuel bowser to park at Newman Airport, Western Australia when the main rotor stuck a hangar. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) occurrence brief identifies neither aircraft or operator. They explain that: While lining up with marking aids on the taxiway, the pilot
Mind the Gap: Hover Taxi Collision Read Post »
A S300C suffered a suspected drone strike over North Carolina.
Suspected Drone Strike on Helicopter Read Post »
Double Trouble: An Operator Lost Two Helicopters in the Same Lake in 12 Hours On 26 April 2022 two helicopters of Coastal Air Services, both performing Part-137 aerial application operations, crashed into Lake Apopka, near Oakland, Florida, just 12 hours apart. Accident 1: B206B N206BX At 07:16 Bell 206B N206BX, was being flown by a
Double Trouble: An Operator Lost Two Helicopters in the Same Lake in 12 Hours Read Post »
CCTV caught a HEMS FOD event and some bizarre dance moves.
Fire Extinguisher Cover Fenestron FOD Read Post »
Remarkable failures in critical parts control resulted in a fatal in-flight break-up.
Canadian B212 Crash: A Defective Production Process Read Post »
The crew of LA County Sheriff’s Air Rescue 5 encountered a brownout landing to pick up a road accident victim.
Sheriff Super Puma Brownout Accident: NTSB Report Read Post »
A change in route gave this HESLO pilot a surprise.
Garbage Pilot Becomes Electric Hooker Read Post »
A severe left roll excursion after the onset of pitch and roll oscillations, which were not arrested by the pilot for undetermined reasons resulted in an in-flight break-up.
R66 Loss of Control Investigation Hampered by Lack of Cockpit Video Read Post »
After the onset of vibration, an air tour pilot attempted a precautionary landing but yaw control was lost.
Fenestron Failure EC130B4 Hawaii Read Post »
During maintenance 6 weeks earlier on a difficult to access nut, a washer fell off before the nut was fitted.
How One Missing Washer Burnt Out a Boeing 737 Read Post »
A lack of a site survey or a site recce meant a pilot didn’t realise he had passed under a powerline on approach. On departure the cables were noticed just before impact but due to a ‘high-wire illusion’ the pilot reduced the climb and flew into them.
Second Time Unlucky: Fatal Greek Wirestrike High-Wire Illusion Read Post »
Operating VFR in IMC had become a norm and as workload increased the aircraft commander “adopted a single-pilot mindset”. TSB reveal a consultant’s self-licking shelfware SMS re-write.
DC3-TP67 CFIT: Result-Oriented Subculture & SMS Shelfware Read Post »
Changes in the OEM’s installation procedures and in the Part-145’s application of independent inspections were introduced after this event.
Fuel Tube Installation Trouble Read Post »
This helicopter descended below the intended flight path on approach to a glacier.
Heliski Flat Light Flight into Terrain Read Post »
Investigators focus on the engine in an S-100 UAS loss over the Baltic.
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 Engine Failure Results in Baltic Crash Read Post »
