Heli-Expo 2020 Photo Report
Photos from HAI Heli-Expo 2020 in Anaheim, CA.
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AAR Bell 214ST Accident in Afghanistan in 2012: NTSB Report
The post crash fire defeated the investigation into a flying control malfunction on an AAR Bell 214ST operating in Afghanistan.
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Luftwaffe VVIP Global 5000 Written Off After Flying Control Assembly Error
A maintenance error results in severe flight control problems and damage that wrote off a German VVIP business jet.
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‘Crazy’ KC-10 Boom Loss: Informal Maintenance Shift Handovers and Skipped Tasks
Informal verbal handovers over 4 shifts and skipping a key functional check had a hand in an air refuelling boom that went ‘crazy’ in flight and detached.
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Gripen Main Landing Gear Damaged During Unstabalised Short Field Landing
An overly steep approach resulted in landing gear damage while practising short field landings at a civilian airfield that differed from specifically designed Swedish dispersed bases.
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USAF UH-1N SAR Helicopter Hoist Training Accident
Skipping steps in a procedure while fault-finding as an undetected drift in position occurred, resulted in snagging an object and flying the now tethered aircraft into the ground.
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Contaminated Oxygen on ‘Air Force One’
Poor standards at a Boeing maintenance facility resulted in contamination of two oxygen systems on a USAF Presidential VC-25 (B747).
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USAF T-38C Downed by Bird Strike
The trainer struck the 0.9 kg bird while at 1000-1500 ft AGL. The bird strike caused a catastrophic engine failure and an unrecoverable fire.
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USAF Tool Trouble: “Near Catastrophic” $25mn E-8C FOD Fuel Tank Rupture
Ineffective tool control was behind a ‘near catastrophic’ incident on 13 March 2009.
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What a Difference a Hole Makes: E-8C JSTARS $7.35 million Radar Mishap
Contractor errors in base maintenance have a high financial impact.
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USAF Parachutist Fatally Extracted Through Ventilation Door
The parachute was inadvertently deployed through a small ventilation door. We look at the ergonomics of the parachute and an absence of guidance on use of the ventilation door.
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Merlin Night Airprox: Systemic Issues
Ambitious training, poorly integrated equipment with no policy on its use, u/s transponders and reduced radar coverage all feature in this airprox with two ASW helicopters.
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MC-12W Loss of Control Orbiting Over Afghanistan: Lessons in Training and Urgent Operational Requirements
A very low experience on type flight crew had been paired together. Surprisingly little comment is made by investigators of insufficient certification testing of the modified aircraft and the failure to act after 4 prior ‘near catastrophic’ stall events.
USAF CSAR HH-60G Downed by Geese in Norfolk, 7 January 2014
A night Combat SAR training mission took two helicopters low over marshland. The second helicopter was brought down by birds scared by the lead aircraft.
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Inadequate Maintenance at a USAF Depot Featured in Fatal USMC KC-130T Accident
An inadequate USAF propeller overhaul preceded an in-flight failure that resulted on loss of a USMC C-130 and 16 personnel.
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USAF Engine Shop in “Disarray” with a “Method of the Madness”: F-16CM Engine Fire
An AIB report paints a sorry picture of a poor performing engine maintenance facility. But these short comings were known about over 5 years before this F-16CM accident…
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Investigation into F-22A Take Off Accident Highlights a Cultural Issue
Take off performance was seen as unconcerning in the powerful F-22A, so calculations were skipped and under-speed rotation had become common across the F-22 community.
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Inadequate Maintenance, An Engine Failure and Mishandling: Crash of a USAF WC-130H
Botched engine maintenance trouble shooting preceded an engine failure on take off and aircraft mishandling that resulted in the loss of a C-130 and 9 personnel.
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Korean T-50 Accident at Singapore Airshow
During the take off of a military jet trainer nose wheel steering was disengaged when the nose wheel was not aligned with the direction of travel. The aircraft zig-zagged for 750m before going off the runway and over turning.
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HF Lessons from an AS365N3+ Gear Up Landing
Human factors observations from the investigation into a wheels up landing of a French Navy helicopter during training in the South Pacific.
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Man Hit By Aircraft During Arctic Nuclear Sub Exercise
During take off from a floating ice runway, while supporting a US/UK nuclear submarine exercise in the Arctic (ICEX 2018), a civilian Twin Otter strikes a photographer alongside the runway.
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USAF F-16C Crash: Engine Maintenance Error
A $22mn F-16C was lost after components were omitted when assembling an engine control unit. The USAF investigation points to a lack of ‘parts accountability’ in the overhaul shop.
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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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Swedish Military NOE Helicopter Bird Strike
During a low-level night training flight a Swedish Armed Forces Agusta 109LUH collided with a large bird. We look at the safety lessons.
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Lost in Translation: Misrigged Main Landing Gear
Erroneous translation of a CMM from English to French resulted in incorrect instructions being followed.
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