Easyjet A319 Heavy Landing
The NLG shock-absorber cylinder was found buckled after a heavy landing when distractions and high workload likely contributed to a nose-down pitch input just before touchdown.
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Overworked Yuletide Loading Error
A loading incident during a busy-pre Christmas period highlights the effect of high workload on data input errors, as well as the importance of system feedback of incorrectly entered data.
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A Railroad’s Cult of Compliance
We look at lessons in a NTSB rail accident report on how a cult of compliance and routine over-emphasis on judging front line workers can lead to disaster, lessons relevant to all industries.
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Dramatic Loss of Control During AS350 Landing Practice
A helicopter was left spinning on the ramp after a tail strike when control was lost landing on a towed dolly, incapacitating both occupants in a horrific accident caught on video.
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Tool Bag Takes Out Tail Rotor: Fatal AS350B2 Accident, Tweed, ON
TSB say four died when a tool bag came loose and struck the TR of a helicopter carrying workers of an electricity utility company who were unrestrained in the cabin.
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Investigation into Secretive Surveillance Aircraft Accident in Malta 24 Oct 2016
A US registered SA227 AT Merlin IVC surveillance aircraft, chartered from a Luxembourg company by an unspecified French government agency had a fatal accident in Malta.
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United Airlines Suffers from ED (Error Dysfunction)
A US airline shows a strange grasp of human factors principles and argues AGAINST a design change intended to address a long running series of maintenance errors.
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Swedish NH90 CFIT: Pilot Experience and Skating on Frozen Lake
A crew with low experience on type had a lucky escape when they inadvertently descended and struck a frozen lake during an exercise in Norway.
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Coking Causes Power Loss: Australian AS350BA
Coking in an oil jet resulted in a turbine shaft failure during a low level survey. The emergency landing was handled in a “competent and proficient manner” say ATSB.
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Unexpected Load: B407 USL / External Cargo Accident in PNG
Miscommunication and poor ground crew briefing resulted in a long-line and load snagging on a B407 at take off causing a crash.
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Running on Fumes: Fatal Canadian Helicopter Accident
The absence of a policy of landing with a specific minimum fuel quantity was a key factor in a survey helicopter’s loss of power and collision with trees near Whitecourt, AB in 2016.
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Luxair F50 LOC-I Accident 6 November 2002
Cockpit confusion, a rushed approach, procedural deviations and a design flaw featured in a fatal turboprop LOC-I accident in Luxembourg in 2002.
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How a Cultural Norm Lead to a Fatal C208B Icing Accident
TSB explain how an airline risk assessed operations into icing, had not implemented all the mitigations but had started routinely operating into forecast icing, with fatal consequences.
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Contained Failure / IFSD of a PW4056 on 2 October 2015
A Delta 747 suffered a contained engine failure in cruise that resulted in an AD on LP Turbine inspections.
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High G Drama at Cold Lake
The pilot of a CF-188 Hornet pulled out at 270ft above the ground after a partial loss of consciousness during a 6.8g overhead break.
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DMAIB: Risk Assessment Facilitated Taking Risks
Key staff made redundant, a risk management system that facilitated risk prone operations and a perception of being industry frontrunners, capable of solving difficult and novel tasks all feature in this accident.
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When Green is for Stop: Poor Design HF
A runway arrestor gear system using green lights for both UP and DOWN has been involved in two incidents in Australia that highlight the risks of expectation bias.
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Production Errors on a SAR AW139 Helicopter Full Ice Protection System
A catastrophic accident was prevented by the electrical harness. A series of quality issues were found in the FIPS. In particular screws intended for another part of the unit had been fitted and bottomed out leading to a fatigue failure.
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Offshore Helicopter Emergency Response
Maintaining an effective emergency response capability is critical to any organisation contracting for helicopter operations in a hostile environment.
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Swedish Stick Shake: Dormant Sensor Defect not Detected on Installation
False stick shaker and stick pusher activation occurred after an airflow sensor with a dormant failure was fitted and a key functional test omitted.
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Loss of AS332L1 LN-OPG off Brønnøysund, Norway, 8 September 1997
This accident and the loss of 12 lives off the coast of Norway in 1997 had far reaching consequences for the use and regulation of helicopter HUMS.
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Mind the Handrail! – Walk-to-Work Helideck Hazard
An offshore helicopter incident highlighted a new hazard as offshore industry practices change. We look at the lessons for companies using both helicopters and walk-to-work vessels to their NUIs.
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Night Offshore Training AS365N3 Accident in India 2015
319 seconds to disaster: a high speed impact on approach to a drilling rig off Mumbai. Night offshore ops are 6 times higher risk than daytime ops. We look at the lessons.
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Tiger A320 Fan Cowl Door Loss & Human Factors: Singapore TSIB Report
The Singapore TSIB report on yet another A320 fan cowl loss. We look at the human factors that influenced missing the unlatched cowls.
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1980 MD-81 Flight Test Accident Video
A classic and spectacular MD-81 flight test landing accident caught in a brief video. We look at the NTSB investigation in more detail.
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