Taxiing AW139 Blade Strike on Maintenance Stand
Stopping short of its parking stand due to another aircraft being refuelled, this helicopter struck a maintenance stand.
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Air Ambulance Leaps into Air: Misrigged Flying Controls
An EC130T2 had its dual controls removed but the collective balance was misrigged. This resulted in it becoming inadvertently airborne while rotors running on an elevated helipad in Memphis. CCTV caught the incident on video.
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SAR Hoist Cable Snag and Facture, Followed By Release of an Unserviceable Aircraft
A loop of cable snagged on the MLG and the cable was severed. The aircraft was later released to fly with MLG damage.
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Erratic Flight in Marginal Visibility over New York Ends in Tragedy
A millionaire’s pilot presses on in marginal conditions to reposition and avoid parking fees at a downtown heliport.
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Why a Collective Control Came Loose in a Pilot’s Hand…
Five months earlier a difficult to detect latent defect was introduced.
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Helicopter / Drone Mid Air Collision Filming Off-Road Race
There was a lack of coordination between helicopter and drone operations filming an off-road race. See the video running up to a Mid Air Collision.
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Pedestrian Seriously Injured by Air Ambulance Landing at Melbourne Hospital
A passer-by is injured by downwash from an AW139 on final approach to an elevated helipad over a major urban road.
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Air Ambulance Helicopter Struck Ground During Go-Around after NVIS Inadvertent IMC Entry
It is reported that after going IIMC in fog during a night approach using NVIS the pilot attempted to hand fly the go-around without de-coupling the autopilot.
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Fatal ATC Handover: A Business Jet Collides with an Airport Vehicle on Landing
A Challenger 300 was cleared to land at night by ATC shortly after a shift change. The previous shift failed to convey that painting was underway on the runway and the vehicle lights were not visible in the tower.
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Fiery Fatal AW119 Accident in Russia After Loss of Tail Rotor Control
A misassembly, a missed maintenance inspection, a resulting TRPCS bearing failure and an inappropriate response when yaw control was lost coming into the hover resulted in a non-survivable impact.
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Snagged Sling Line Pulled into Main Rotor During HESLO Shutdown
A good example of never letting your guard down after higher risk activities have ended and treating even small unexpected events as a threat.
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Air Methods AS350B3 Air Ambulance Tucson Tail Strike
Lots of questions from the photos that have emerged of a tail rotor strike at an elevated hospital helipad in the US.
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R44 “Unanticipated Yaw” Accident During Tailwind Take Off Caught on Video Say NTSB
NTSB claim Inadequate pedal application occurred during liftoff with a tailwind, resulted in a loss of yaw control and a tail rotor strike (caught on video).
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Dutch Maritime NH90 Caribbean Accident: Focus on the Survivability Issues
LOC-I on a low, slow downwind leg lead to a water impact. The front crew both became fatally trapped. Shortcomings in equipment and training were identified.
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Canadian Flat Light CFIT
The hazard of flat light is its insidious nature. Even when visibility is good and the horizon is visible, a loss of depth perception may go undetected by the pilot.
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Grey Charter in French Guiana: IIMC and LOC-I
The BEA identify illicit charter occurred when an AB206 and a low time pilot was contracted to fly maintenance personnel to a gold mine site.
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TCM’s Fall from SAR AW139 Doorway While Commencing Night Hoist Training
A TCM Rescuer fell from 50 ft into the sea when commencing a night hoist currency training when there was a failure to connect the hoist hook to their harness. We look at the safety investigation recommendations.
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NVIS Autorotation Training Hard Landing: Changed Albedo
Changed Albedo: A change in runway surface catches out a police pilot during training with NVIS.
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Bell 407 Rolls-Royce 250-C47B Uncontained Engine Failure after Bearing Failure
Shortly after maintenance a B407 suffered an uncontained engine failure after an apparent engine oil loss.
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Italian Alps AW139 Mountain Rescue Hoisting Blade Strike
While undertaking a hoist rescue this Italian AW139 suffered a main rotor blade strike.
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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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