Remote Landing Site Blade Strike
A container had been positioned next to a landing site since the pilot’s last visit.
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Gripen Main Landing Gear Damaged During Unstabalised Short Field Landing
An overly steep approach resulted in landing gear damage while practising short field landings at a civilian airfield that differed from specifically designed Swedish dispersed bases.
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Wake Turbulence Diamond DA62 Accident in Dubai
The final report into the loss of a DA62 during a navaid calibration flight in Dubai is critical of the UK CAA’s oversight of this Part SPO operator.
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Premature A319 Evacuation With Engines Running
Smoke from anACM bearing failure lead to an evacuation. But doing steps without the checklist resulted in the engines not being shut down beforehand and pax confusion on whether this was an emergency.
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Alaskan Mid Air Collision at Non-Tower Controlled Airfield
Both pilots failed to see and avoid each other while landing at a non-tower-controlled airport. Contributing to the accident was the absence of radio calls from the Cessna during the traffic pattern preceding the accident.
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G200 Leaves Runway in Abuja Due to “Improper” Handling
Nigerian AIB report on a runway excursion due to the premature use of nose wheel steering, exaggerated by both crew making inputs.
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Helicopter Ops and Safety – Gulf Of Mexico 2018 Update
A decline in GOM helicopter usage continues. There was only one air accident in 2018.
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S-76C+ MLG Collapsed Due to Pothole
An oil and gas helicopter suffered an accident when it struck a pothole In Louisiana.
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AS350B2 Accident After Vibration from Unrecorded Maintenance
Four days before the accident the MRBs had been removed and re-installed. No RTB was done. While ground running at a remote site, increasing vibration triggered the pilot to lift off. NR was low and the helicopter tumbled down a slope.
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A319 / Cougar Airprox at MRS: ATC Busy, Failed Transponder and Helicopter Filtered From Radar
BEA point to a series of human factors and technical problems in this near mid air collision.
Fatal Biplane/Helicopter Mid Air Collision in Spain, 30 December 2017
At an uncontrolled aerodrome the Jungmann biplane struck the B412’s tail rotor. The biplane pilot died but all 10 POB on the firefighting helicopter survived.
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Final Report Issued on 2008 B737 Bird Strike Accident in Rome
After 10 years, the ANSV report on a massive bird strike on a Ryanair 737 landing in Rome. Engine surges foiled a go-around and the aircraft landed hard in a near stalled state.
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B777 in Autoland Mode Left Runway When Another Aircraft Interfered With the Localiser Signal
As the crew did not declare an autoland, ATC allowed another aircraft to depart which interfered with the localiser signal.
CRJ900 Skids Sideways Down Finnish Runway
We look at the SIAF investigation report on how an airliner ended pointing 196 degrees to its touch down direction on an icy runway in Finland.
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Investigation into Jet Airways B777 VT-JEK Serious Incident at Heathrow
Due to errors in performance calculation the aircraft departed from an intersection with thrust set for a full runway length take off.
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Hard Landing after VRS on Approach to a Hospital Site
A Vortex Ring State developed during a tailwind approach to a hospital.
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Helicopter Ops and Safety – Gulf Of Mexico 2017 Update
A decline in GOM helicopter usage continues. There were three air accidents, two fatal. all involving single engined helicopters.
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A330 Starts to Taxi Before Tug is Clear
ATSB say misunderstandings by the parties involved led to incorrect expectations and the aircraft beginning to taxi prior to the tug moving clear.
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Man Hit By Aircraft During Arctic Nuclear Sub Exercise
During take off from a floating ice runway, while supporting a US/UK nuclear submarine exercise in the Arctic (ICEX 2018), a civilian Twin Otter strikes a photographer alongside the runway.
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Dispatcher Forced to Run After Distracted Pushback
A dispatcher was forced to run when an aircraft started to taxi while he was still connected to it after the crew became distracted, skipped procedural steps and misidentified the dispatcher.
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RJ85 Landed Alongside Runway Obscured by Dust
We look at the human factors that influenced a landing parallel to an unsealed runway on a FIFO charter to an Australian gold mine on 20 Jan 2017.
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A320 Collided with Two De-Icing Trucks
Misinterpretation of communication due to a lack of standardised phraseology was a factor in this incident say the BFU, when an A320 attempted to return to stand after a checklist error.
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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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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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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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