Design & Certification

Design Organisations / DOAs, Part 21, EMAR-21, DAOS, Aircraft Design, Aeronautical Engineering

Dramatic AW139 Accident at Houma: Skillful Recovery from a Latent Production Defect

Posted by on Sep 23, 2024 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management

Dramatic AW139 Accident at Houma, Louisiana: Skillful Recovery from a Latent Production Defect (ERA N811TA, 24 September 2022) On 24 September 2022, Leonardo AW139 offshore helicopter N811TA, of ERA...

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Deadly Delay: Catastrophic USAF CV-22B Osprey Gear Box Failure

Posted by on Aug 10, 2024 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, HUMS / VHM / UMS / IVHM, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

Deadly Delay: Catastrophic USAF Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey 10-0054 Gear Box Failure On 29 November 2023 US Air Force (USAF) Bell/Boeing CV-22B Osprey tiltrotor 10-0054 (call sign Gundam 22) of the 21st Special...

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Night Offshore Helicopter Approach Water Impact

Posted by on Feb 18, 2024 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft, Survivability / Ditching

Night Offshore Helicopter Approach Water Impact (Bond Offshore Helicopters EC225 G-REDU, BP ETAP CNS) On 18 February 2009 Airbus EC225 G-REDU of Bond Offshore Helicopters impacted the sea during a night...

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Undetected Cross Connection Maintenance Error Resulted in a DA42 Hard Landing During a Maintenance Check Flight

Posted by on Jan 20, 2024 in Accidents & Incidents, Business Aviation, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Safety Management

Undetected Cross Connection Maintenance Error Resulted in Diamond DA42NG N591ER’s Hard Landing During a Maintenance Check Flight On 25 May 2022, Diamond DA42NG N591ER departed London International...

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In-Flight Break-up of King Air C90 After Wing Spar Repaired Against Manufacturer’s Advice

Posted by on Nov 26, 2023 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Regulation, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

In-Flight Break-up of King Air C90 After Wing Spar Repaired Against Manufacturer’s Advice (N3688P, Falcon Executive Aviation) On 10 July 2021 Beech King Air C90 N3688P broke-up in flight and crashed...

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The Loss of RAF F-35B ZM152: An Organisational Accident

Posted by on Aug 27, 2023 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Regulation, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

The Loss of RAF F-35B ZM152 from HMS Queen Elizabeth: An Organisational Accident On 17 November 2021, Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II ZM152 (BK-18) of Royal Air Force (RAF) 617 Squadron, crashed into the...

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