CFIT on approach to land in flat light conditions on a glacier. Unrestrained cargo resulted in serious injuries to the pilot. This and an accident the next day have resulted in more attention on the requirements for stowing cargo.
Alaskan AS350 CFIT With Unrestrained Cargo in Cabin Read Post »
An improper repair failed and the pilot was faced with “a confusing set of cues and no definitive procedures for corrective action” say NTSB. The pilot was “was shocked at how quickly everything transpired”.
R44 Force Lands After Improper Repair Read Post »
A lapse activating the nose wheel steering, influenced by flying two different types.
S2000 Runway Excursion at the Start of the Take Off Roll Read Post »
We translate the JTSB’s Feb 2020 and Jan 2021 updates on this accident.
Fukushima Police Leonardo AW139 Accident: JTSB Update Read Post »
The pilot was seriously injured and two linesmen were fatally injured when this helicopter stuck a powerline during its construction.
Fatal MD600 Collision With Powerline During Construction Read Post »
Fixation and a failure to initiate a memory drill, coupled with unintended entry into IMC and spatial disorientation feature in this military training accident.
USAF T-6A Texan II Lost in Inverted Stall Read Post »
An omission in the Maintenance Programme, perceived time pressures to complete the flight due to limited battery power, an insufficient controls check and corrosion during shipping from the Falklands resulted in a dramatic dockside drama.
S-61N Damaged During Take Off When Swashplate Seized Due to Corrosion Read Post »
The final report into a dramatic accident in Dubai featured automation and emergency response aspects.
An accident to a police helicopter in the Caribbean resulted in a worldwide check for corrosion in flying control actuators.
EC135 Main Rotor Actuator Tie-Bar Failure Read Post »
Leaving a rotors running helicopter unoccupied, relying on collective friction and a steady wind, might just be a bigger risk than the flight itself…
Be Careful If You Step Outside!: Unoccupied Rotors Running AS350 Takes Off Read Post »
An incident in South Africa is a reminder on procedures for operating the B1900D on the ground.
B1900D Window Blowout Read Post »
The post crash fire defeated the investigation into a flying control malfunction on an AAR Bell 214ST operating in Afghanistan.
AAR Bell 214ST Accident in Afghanistan in 2012: NTSB Report Read Post »
Only when looking beyond the completely obvious cause and effect can you see that the accident is more complicated. Obstacle mapping and procedures for approaching ad hoc sites of note.
Norwegian HEMS Landing Wirestrike Read Post »
The maintenance organisation now treats window replacement as a Critical Maintenance Task and has improved its planning process to ensure better supervision. It also shows its important start have prompt, independent investigations.
A109E Window Loss Highlights Maintenance Lessons Read Post »
Highlights the risk of awarding to the lowest bidder and relying only on an AOC being in place. Investigators call for regulators to focus on the practical application and performance of SMS (not shelfware documents).
Runway Excursion Exposes Safety Management Issues Read Post »
Within a year a US HEMS operator repeats a Canadian police accident.
EC130B4 Destroyed After Ice Ingestion – Engine Intake Left Uncovered Read Post »
Two C208Bs were carrying foreign tourists. Aircraft 1 took off and turned east, aircraft 2 carried north and lost control trying to avoid the rising ground.
Costa Rican C208B Stalled While Trying To Avoid High Ground Read Post »
The long line abraded against a power cable and the two linesmen died in a fall from 100ft.
Fatal Powerline Human External Cargo Flight Read Post »
Dimming the NVG compatible cockpit lighting for a flight at dusk meant the fuel transfer pump caution lights were invisible. The failure to turn these pumps on was only evident after flameout. We wrote of this problem 14 months earlier after a NZ HEMS accident.
A winchman and casualty died when they impacted the sea at speed during hoisting at night with a helicopter that lacked autohover.
Fatal Taiwanese Night SAR Mission Read Post »
A maintenance error results in severe flight control problems and damage that wrote off a German VVIP business jet.
Luftwaffe VVIP Global 5000 Written Off After Flying Control Assembly Error Read Post »
The AAIB safety investigation revealed a difference between ‘work as imagined’ and ‘work as done’ in testing the pitot static system.
As night draws in a SAR crew accept a casualty in a stretcher provided by a ship. During the hoist the stretcher starts to spin and the casualty falls to his death.
Fall From Stretcher During Taiwanese SAR Mission Read Post »
A low level flight over a lake ends in disaster for a police helicopter. Innovative technology from IWI was used to reconstruct the final flight path.
Austrian Police EC135P2+ Impacted Glassy Lake Read Post »
