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CHC Scotia Sikorsky S-92A Loss of Tail Rotor Control Events

Posted by on Jan 11, 2017 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management

Sikorsky S-92A Loss of Tail Rotor Control Events (CHC Scotia G-WNSR, Total West Franklin Installation, Central North Sea) The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) have issued a Special Bulletin on an...

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S-92A Flying Control Restriction on Wiring Loom

Posted by on Jan 9, 2017 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management

S-92A Flying Control Restriction on Wiring Loom A pilot recently reported a restriction of main rotor cyclic movement in the forward left quadrant of a Sikorsky S-92A according to a Service Difficult Report...

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Safety Lessons from a Fatal Helicopter Bird Strike: PHI Sikorsky S-76C++

Posted by on Jan 4, 2017 in Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Safety Lessons from a Fatal Helicopter Bird Strike: PHI Sikorsky S-76C++ N748P Contracted to Shell Oil We look at a fatal accident that happened on 4 January 2009 that highlights a range of certification,...

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CRJ-200 LOC-I Sweden 8 Jan 2016: SHK Investigation Results

Posted by on Dec 29, 2016 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Regulation, Safety Management

CRJ-200 LOC-I Sweden 8 Jan 2016: SHK Investigation Results On 8 January 2016 Canadair CRJ-200 (CL-600-2B19) cargo aircraft SE-DUX of West Air Sweden was destroyed when it impacted remote terrain in Northern...

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