Hard Landing after VRS on Approach to a Hospital Site On 15 April 2016 a HEMS Airbus Helicopters AS350B2, N561AM, operated by Air Methods Corporation, was substantially damaged in a hard landing at...
Learn MoreHuman Factors (HF) Lessons from an AS365N3+ Gear Up Landing A French Navy Airbus Helicopters AS365N3+ Dauphin helicopter F-XGAL / 6928 suffered a wheels up landing in the South Pacific on 30 May 2017. The...
Learn MoreLoad Lost Due to Misrigged HESLO Under Slung Load Control Cable On 27 April 2017, a Japanese Airbus Helicopters AS350B1, JA9743 of Nakanihon Air Service, lost an under slung crop spraying system while in...
Learn MoreHelicopter Ops and Safety – Gulf of Mexico 2017 Update The Helicopter Safety Advisory Conference (HSAC) has been publishing data on the Gulf of Mexico (‘GOM’) offshore helicopter fleet and...
Learn MoreItalian HEMS AW139 Inadvertent IMC Accident A leased Leonardo Helicopters AW139, EC-KJT, was operated by INAER Aviation Italia (a Babcock company) from L’Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Central Italy to...
Learn MoreHelicopter Wildlife Netting Accidents (N338HW, N22TZ, N369TH, C-GTNV, N122CH) In May 2018 the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) published two reports into accidents involving helicopters...
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