Gulfstream G-IV Take Off Accident & Human Factors
Fatal G-IV runway excursion: take off with gust lock engaged. Contributing: habitual noncompliance and inadequate certification.
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ISASI Seminar 2015 – ‘Independence does not mean Isolation’
International Society of Air Safety Investigators Seminar 2015 Aerossurance will be attending the 46th annual seminar of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) 24-28 August 2015, in Augsburg, Germany. Organised by the society’s European chapter, the European Society of Air Safety Investigators (ESASI), this year’s theme is ‘Independence does not mean Isolation’. Programme Aerossurance has
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‘Procedural Drift’: Lynx CFIT in Afghanistan
‘Procedural drift’ in the operating detachment was noted by the Service Inquiry into a British military helicopter accident in Afghanistan that killed 5 service personnel. This drift is said to have allowed standards to dilute during sustained operations in theatre.
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Scottish Court Orders Release of Sumburgh Helicopter CVFDR
Scottish Court Orders Release of Sumburgh Helicopter CVFDR A Scottish Court has ordered that the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) release the combined Cockpit Voice and Flight Data Recorder (CVFDR) from a fatal 2013 AS332L2 Super Puma offshore helicopter accident at Sumburgh to prosecutors, who will use the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to “provide an expert opinion on
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Maintenance Check Flights: Safety Lessons
We look at the safety lessons from three AAIB reports into serious incidents during maintenance check flights.
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Alaska B1900C Accident – Contributory ATC Errors
Alaska B1900C Accident – Contributory ATC Errors The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified contributory ATC errors when they issued their probable cause of a fatal Beechcraft B1900C Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) accident in instrument meteorological conditions at Aleknagik, Alaska on 8 March 2013. The aircraft, N116AX, was operated by Alaska Central Express (Ace) Air Cargo.
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EASA Launch Rule Making Team on In-flight Recording for Light Aircraft
EASA Launch Rule Making Team on In-flight Recording for Light Aircraft The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has launched a Rule Making Team (RMT.0271 & 0272 [MDM.073 (a) & (b)]) on in-flight recording for light aircraft. The Terms of Reference (ToR) and Group Composition (GC) are here. By way of definition the ToRs state: …‘in-flight
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Deployable Flight Data Recorders
Deployable Flight Data Recorders The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) has come out in favour of deployable Flight Data Recorders (FDRs), i.e. a means to deploy a floating capsule containing an FDR from an aircraft with its own Emergency Locator Transmitter. This would then preserve the flight data and provide an automatic ELT independent of the aircraft. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is
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That Others May Live – Inadvertent IMC & The Value of Flight Data Monitoring
In 2014 Airbus Helicopters released a remarkable 15 minute video that describes the lessons from an Inadvertent IMC incident during a HEMS flight in the US and shows the value of FDM.
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Canadian Mining Air Accident (Cessna 208B Caravan)
Canadian Mining Air Accident (Cessna 208B Caravan) In May 2014 the Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) issued their report into a Loss of Control Inflight (LOC-I) accident to a Cessna 208B Caravan on 18 November 2012. The aircraft was on charter to a local mining company to transport employees the 310nm between Snow Lake and
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