Offshore Renewables Aviation Guidance (ORAG) Issued
The ORAG provides a framework to develop consistent and coherent aviation support strategies for the offshore energy industry.
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Execuflight Hawker 700 N237WR Akron Accident: Casual Compliance
Safety lessons from a disturbing unstabilised approach accident that begs serious questions of the operator’s procedures and culture.
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CFIT Gangnam Style – Korean S-76C++ and Decision Making
Despite poor visibility the crew of an executive helicopter pressed on and collided with a 39 storey building in Seoul. We look at the safety lessons.
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IATA Unstable Approaches, Risk Mitigation Policies, Procedures and Best Practices
This document has been collaboratively written by IATA, CANSO, IFATCA and IFALPA, to address the problems surrounding unstable approaches.
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EASA Issue Drone Safety Risk Portfolio and Analysis
EASA issues a series of reports on drone/UAS/RPAS safety.
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High Potential Runway Incursion at Shanghai 11 Oct 2016
A China Eastern A330 crossed in front of a China Eastern A320 taking off. CAAC report the separation was just 19m vertical and 13m horizontal and have issued a reconstruction video.
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B747 Landing Gear Failure Due to Omission of Rig Pin During Maintenance
AAIB comment on deficient task cards, operator tech pubs, shift handovers and distraction leading to a maintenance error.
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EASA Consult on Proposed AD on AS350B3 / H125 Hydraulics
EASA is consulting on making 2 available, but not widely adopted, modifications mandatory in response to inadvertent operations of a hydraulic test switch that can result in Loss of Control – Inflight.
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Misrigged Flying Controls: Fatal Maintenance Check Flight Accident
Time pressures, a maintenance error rigging flying control cables and a potentially non-compliant design conspired to cause a fatal PA-46 accident in the US in 2015.
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‘Aggressive’ Grit Blasting Maintenance Leads to Engine Fire & IFSD
Engine maintenance practices at a component MRO resulted in the failure of a PW4056 compressor blade, fire and IFSD on a Delta 747.
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The Wrong Fuel: Three Misfuelling Accidents
Various factors conspired to mean a piston engined aircraft was incorrectly fuelled with Jet A1, resulting in a power loss just after take off. We look at this threat and the safety lessons.
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Business Aviation Compliance With Pre Take-off Flight Control Checks
Following an NTSB recommendation the NBAA has used FDM/FOQA data to look at how often critical Take Off checks are being missed and its almost 1 time in 5.
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UK CAA CAP1145: 2nd Update on North Sea Helicopter Safety (CAP1386)
UK CAA issue their second update following the Feb 2014 CAP1145 report (‘Safety review of offshore public transport helicopter operations in support of the exploitation of oil and gas’).
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AAIB: Human Factors and the Identification of Saab 2000 Flight Control Malfunctions
AAIB discuss the identification of flight control malfunctions in their report on a Saab 2000 LOC-I in Scotland.
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Delta MD-88 Accident at La Guardia 5 March 2015
The use of excessive reverse thrust resulted in loss of direction control, but noticeably there was a significant delay to the evacuation (which took 17 minutes to complete).
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Helideck Safety Alerts: Refuelling Hoses and Obstructions
Safety alerts released by the Helideck Certification Agency and US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement on fuel hoses and obstructions.
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‘Uncontained’ CFM56-7 FBO Failures: Southwest B737-700s 27 Aug 2016 & 17 Apr 2018
We look at two very similar ‘uncontained’ CFM56 fan blade off failures, the second one fatal.
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Final Report: AS365N3 9M-IGB Fatal Accident
A fatal in-flight break-up following damage during a prior landing shows the importance of not ‘pressing on’ after a more minor occurrence and resisting passenger pressures.
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Loss of RAF Nimrod MR2 XV230 and the Haddon-Cave Review
The scathing Haddon-Cave Report triggered changes in regulation and how air safety was managed in the UK military.
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Safety Intelligence & Safety Wisdom
An EU aviation research project has recently investigated the concepts of organisational safety intelligence and executive safety wisdom by interviewing 16 senior industry executives.
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Aerossurance Supports 2016 HF in Aviation Safety Conference
Aerossurance is pleased to support this Chartered Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors event at East Midlands Airport, 7-8 November 2016.
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HeliOffshore HUMS Best Practice Guide Wins Safety Award
Against stiff competition the HeliOffshore team who produced HUMS Best Practice Guide have won the Award for Sharing and Learning at the Offshore Safety Awards 2016.
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Canadian KA100 Fuel Exhaustion Accident
TSB has issued their report into a fuel exhaustion accident involving Beechcraft King Air 100 in 2013. The accident highlights important human factors, competence and regulatory oversight issues.
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Yuma Hawk Accident: Lessons on Ex-Military Aircraft Operation
A US fatal accident with an ex-Korean Hawk, operated by a defence contractor, highlights some of the issues of civil use of ex-military aircraft.
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Aborted Take Off with Brakes Partially On Results in Runway Excursion
Cessna 550 (Citation Bravo) would not rotate during take-off and suffered a runway excursion. Classic cockpit human factors design lessons from ATSB.
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