Disorientated Dive into Lake Erie
Potential confusion with an unfamiliar cockpit, spatial disorientation and fatigue are all factors in this Cessna 525 accident that killed 6.
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Eclipse 500 Landing Gear Production Defect
A fatigue failure emanated from incorrect machining in a high stress area on the MLG trunnion.
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An AW109SP, Overweight VIPs and Crew Stress
A heavy landing after a crew were put under considerable stress during a poorly planned VIP flight booking and a hurried overweight take off.
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King Air 200 Smoke and Fumes From Windshield Electrical Fault
Under-torquing a screw 5 years earlier is believed to be the cause of this in flight emergency.
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Heli-Expo 2018 Photo Report
News and photos from HAI Heli-Expo 2018 in Las Vegas, NV.
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Deadly Combination of Misloading and a Somatogravic Illusion: Alaskan Otter
Night departure of a Otter in Alaska into a ‘back hole’ when outside of the weight and CG limits resulted in spatial disorientation, a stall and LOC-I.
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Avoiding Mid Air Collisions: 5 Seconds to Impact
You may only have 5 seconds or so between the eye detecting an aircraft head-on and impact. The UK Airprox Board highlight 6 lessons from past airproxes/MACs.
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BFU Report on Dramatic Challenger Wake Vortex Accident
A business jet was written off after dropping 9,000ft after an A380 wake vortex encounter resulted in a loss of control say the BFU.
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FOD and an AS350B3 Accident Landing on a Yacht in Bergen
A loose fuel tank cover on a motor yacht was blown free by a landing helicopter’s rotor downwash, struck the rotor, resulting in a water impact.
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Ground Collision Under Pressure: Challenger vs ATV: 1-0
Pressure (human factors but not hydraulic!), changes of plan, distractions and skipped checklists all feature in this ground collision.
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Unstabilised Approach Accident at Aspen
A low time on type crew, an out of limits tailwind and a demanding airport all conspire in this fatal Challenger CL-600 accident.
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Leadership and Trust
Good leaders inspire trust but there is a Dutch proverb: “Trust comes on foot, but leaves on horseback.” We discuss why trust is important in developing an organisation’s culture to overcome blame and fear and how behaviour is key.
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NTSB Recommendation on JT15D Failure to Meet Certification Bird Strike Requirements
We look at three significant incidents that led to the conclusion that the JT15D-5 on the Beechjet 400A is uniquely vulnerable to bird strikes.
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Director of Maintenance Pleads Guilty To Obstructing an NTSB Air Accident Investigation
We look at the background to this guilty plea and the associated maintenance related accident.
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Heli-Expo 2017 Photo Report
News and photos from HAI Heli-Expo in Dallas, TX (6-9 March 2017).
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Confusion of Compelling, But Erroneous, PC-12 Synthetic Vision Display
Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS) are an increasingly common tool to enhance flight crew situational awareness. However the crew of a PC-12 were momentarily misled during a night-time medevac take-off by their SVS after a RADALT failure.
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Cockpit Tensions and an Automated CFIT Accident
The crew of a private bizjet pressed on in poor visibility and may have made a VNAV selection error. ‘Tensions’ amongst the crew are reported, with the PIC wanting to terminate the co-pilot after the flight and ‘insufficient CRM’ cited.
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Brexit and Aviation
We look at the recent industry / Department for Exiting the EU joint statement on Brexit and aviation.
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AAIB Annual Safety Review for 2015
The UK AAIB has published their Annual Safety Review in a radical new format. It has analysis of investigations, an overview of recommendations and articles on the use of drones and the time needed for investigations.
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LOC-I Departure: AAIB Report on King Air 200 Accident
We look at three aspects from the investigation into a fatal air accident in the UK: Recording of aircraft defects, TAWS and the carriage of non-crew members on the flight deck.
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Execuflight Hawker 700 N237WR Akron Accident: Casual Compliance
Safety lessons from a disturbing unstabilised approach accident that begs serious questions of the operator’s procedures and culture.
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CFIT Gangnam Style – Korean S-76C++ and Decision Making
Despite poor visibility the crew of an executive helicopter pressed on and collided with a 39 storey building in Seoul. We look at the safety lessons.
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The Wrong Fuel: Three Misfuelling Accidents
Various factors conspired to mean a piston engined aircraft was incorrectly fuelled with Jet A1, resulting in a power loss just after take off. We look at this threat and the safety lessons.
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Business Aviation Compliance With Pre Take-off Flight Control Checks
Following an NTSB recommendation the NBAA has used FDM/FOQA data to look at how often critical Take Off checks are being missed and its almost 1 time in 5.
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Final Report: AS365N3 9M-IGB Fatal Accident
A fatal in-flight break-up following damage during a prior landing shows the importance of not ‘pressing on’ after a more minor occurrence and resisting passenger pressures.
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