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When Habits Kill – Canadian MD500 Accident

Accidents & Incidents, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Mining / Resource Sector, Safety Management

When Habits Kill – Canadian Hughes 500 Helicopter Accident Establishing habits can be effective ways to achieve safe outcomes, by sub-consciously completing routine actions.  Examples include automatically fastening harnesses and seat belts or routinely scanning for other traffic. However, sometimes habits can be dangerous, for example when circumstances or equipment change. Just such a case occurred in Canada to […]

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EASA & FAA HUMS / VHM Developments

Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Helicopters, HUMS / VHM / UMS / IVHM, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Management

EASA & FAA HUMS / VHM Developments More information has emerged on European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) / Vibration Health Monitoring (VHM) initiatives. EASA HUMS / VHM Research There was more detail on HUMS/VHM research that Aerossurance has previously reported on when Cranfield University’s Matt Greaves presented the

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The Power of Safety Leadership: Paul O’Neill, Safety and Alcoa

Business Aviation, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Military / Defence, Mining / Resource Sector, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Culture, Safety Management

The Power of Safety Leadership: Paul O’Neill, Safety and Alcoa In his book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change, Charles Duhigg, described the reaction to Paul O’Neill’s first presentation as the new CEO of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) in 1987: A few minutes before noon, the new

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NTSB Report on Bizarre 2012 US S-76B Ditching

Accidents & Incidents, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Culture, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

An overweight helicopter, flown with a known defect, ditched during a poorly executed approach to a GOM drilling rig, then water taxying was attempted…

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Bell 525 Fly-By-Wire Update

Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management

Bell 525 Fly-By-Wire Update Bell Helicopter gave an update this month on the Fly-By-Wire (FBW) system being developed for their new super-medium helicopter, the 525 Relentless, at the 8th Rotorcraft Symposium in Cologne.  This event was organised by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The paper by Mike Bothwell and Awais Razais is downloadable as part of a large zip file for the whole symposium

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Further Category A EBS Approved

Design & Certification, Helicopters, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Further Category A EBS Approved More Category A Compressed Air – Emergency Breather System (CA-EBS) options are now approved against the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) standard in CAP1034.  These approvals are under the accessory approval requirements of British Civil Airworthiness Requirements (BCAR) A4-8. Category A EBS was a recommendation from the CAA Review, which resulted in

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Helicopter Ditching – EASA Rule Making Task RMT.0120 Update (NPA 2016-01)

Accidents & Incidents, Helicopters, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Resilience, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

Helicopter Ditching – EASA Rule Making Task RMT.0120 Update (NPA 2016-01 Helicopter ditching and water impact occupant survivability) The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) gave an update at their 8th Rotorcraft Symposium on the rule making task (RMT.0120) looking at helicopter ditching requirements.  The paper is downloadable as part of a large zip file for the whole symposium

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70 Years of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation

Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Regulation, Safety Management

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has issued the following press release: In 1944, delegates from 54 nations gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Stevens Hotel in Chicago at the invitation of the United States of America.   At this event, the participants concluded and signed the Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known

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Elbit Enhanced Flight Vision Systems

Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Safety Management

Elbit Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) for Helicopters and regional Aircraft Elbit Systems presented to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 8th Rotorcraft Symposium today.  The paper is downloadable and a prior video is available to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XMm-AAdo5zc UPDATE 5 July 2016: Certification of the SkyLens system on the ATR turboprop family is expected in 2017: EASA

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James Reason’s 12 Principles of Error Management

Air Traffic Management / Airspace, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Logistics, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Mining / Resource Sector, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Resilience, Safety Culture, Safety Management

James Reason’s 12 Principles of Error Management James Reason, Professor Emeritus, University of Manchester, set out 12 systemic human factors centric principles of error management in his book Managing Maintenance Error: A Practical Guide (co-written with Alan Hobbs and published in 2003). These principles are valid beyond aviation maintenance and are well worth re-visiting: Human error is both universal

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Psychology of Responsibility

Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Safety Management

Psychology of Responsibility Aerossurance recently discussed research cited in Yes! 50 secrets from the Science of Persuasion, written by Goldstein, Martin and Cialdini, on whether organisations are considered more or less responsible for incidents depending on whether the cause was technical or human failure.  In the same book they also discuss research on the reaction to how adverse

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Operational Suitability Data

Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Regulation, Safety Management

Operational Suitability Data The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published a useful summary on the concept of OSD: The principle of Operational Suitability Data (OSD) is that the aircraft manufacturers are required to establish certain data that is considered important for safe operation of the aircraft type. This data will be approved by the

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UK OHSAG Oct 2014 Minutes

Accidents & Incidents, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, HUMS / VHM / UMS / IVHM, Logistics, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Resilience, Safety Management, Survivability / Ditching

UK Offshore Helicopter Safety Action Group (OHSAG) Oct 2014 Minutes The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published the minutes of the latest, 28 Oct 2014, meeting of the Offshore Helicopter Safety Action Group (OHSAG). The OHSAG was formed as a result of the ‘Civil Aviation Authority Safety Review of Offshore Public Transport Helicopter Operations in Support of

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Global 6000 Crosswind Landing Accident – UK AAIB Report

Accidents & Incidents, Airfields / Heliports / Helidecks, Business Aviation, Fixed Wing, Safety Management

Global 6000 Crosswind Landing Accident – UK AAIB Report (TAG Aviation, EC-LTF) The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) have recently issued a 15 page report on a accident involving Bombardier Global 6000 EC-LTF of TAG Aviation España during a night crosswind landing. During the landing at Prestwick Airport on 6 March 2014, the right wing touched the runway. 

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EU Offshore Safety Directive – Oil & Gas UK Briefing

Offshore, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Regulation, Safety Management

EU Offshore Safety Directive – Oil & Gas UK Briefing The consultation period on the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) / Health and Safety Executive (HSE) consultation document on draft UK regulations to implement the new EU Offshore Safety Directive has ended.  Trade body Oil & Gas UK say: These changes are some of the

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UK CAA Release CRM Videos

Business Aviation, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Safety Management

UK CAA Release Crew Resource Management Videos In an initiative to improve Crew Resource Management (CRM) in the industry the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has released a series of open-access training videos.  The CAA comment that: The three case-study videos have been developed to highlight some of the main human factors concerns currently facing the aviation industry,

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NTSB Update on SpaceShip Two Accident

Accidents & Incidents, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

NTSB Update on SpaceShip Two Accident Today the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a press release on progress with the investigation into the Virgin Galactic Scaled Composites Model 339 SpaceShip Two N339SS accident on 31 Oct 2014: November 12, 2014 WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board issued an investigative update today into the

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UK MAA NPA for RPAS

Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Military / Defence, Regulation, Safety Management, Unmanned (Drone / RPAS / UAS / UAV)

UK Military Aviation Authority Notice of Proposed Amendment on Remotely Piloted Air Systems The UK MAA has issued an NPA as part of the consultation on a change to the MAA Regulatory Publications (MRPs) to cover the better integration of RPAS.  The MAA introduce the NPA as follows: The aim of the review of RPAS regulations

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