An accident while delivering underslung cargo to a ship provides lessons on rigging loads and organising ground parties.
HESLO EC135 LOC-I & Water Impact: Hook Confusion after Personnel Change Read Post »
Fortuitously no aircraft were struck as this Do328 TP left the runway, crossed the airport apron and stopped 3 m from the boundary fence by a hangar. The AIB report identifies a PCU failure but focuses on the crew response rather than the PCU defect.
Dornier 328-100 Crossed Apron During Runway Excursion Read Post »
Just days after being granted a SPA.HHO approval a CFIT occurred at night on the operator’s 6th training flight. A reminder that for a Management of Change, your SMS needs to actively manage risk.
Night Mountain Rescue Hoist Training Fatal CFIT Read Post »
An S-61N contracted by the DoD crashed after a loss of control due to a fatigue failure of a flying control system component.
S-61N Accident in Afghanistan: Investigators Focus on Auxiliary Servocylinder Read Post »
During a descent during night training crew workload was high, an inappropriate AFCS mode was inadvertently selected and the aircraft pulled up at less than 22ft after a call from the winch operator.
Automation Issues During Night SAR Training – Near CFIT Read Post »
TSB uncover a difference in interpreting certification requirements applied to retrofit composite blades resulting in an omitted test.
Main Rotor Blade Certification Anomaly in Fatal Canadian Accident Read Post »
A human centred design case study on the human machine interface of hoist/SAR controls following an inadvertent cable cut on an AW139 in Australia.
Guarding Against a Hoist Cable Cut Read Post »
An avalanche control flight was caught in a whiteout and struck the ground just below an explosive charge they had just dropped to trigger an avalanche…
Whiteout During Avalanche Explosive Placement Read Post »
A refueller, who was a former HESLO loadmaster, becomes impatient with progress, steps in and is lifted to his death.
Impatience Comes Before a Fatal Fall During HESLO Read Post »
Mind the Gap: Hover Taxi Collision (Bell 206L) On 30 July 2022 a Bell 206L was hover taxiing from the fuel bowser to park at Newman Airport, Western Australia when the main rotor stuck a hangar. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) occurrence brief identifies neither aircraft or operator. They explain that: While lining up with marking aids on the taxiway, the pilot
Mind the Gap: Hover Taxi Collision Read Post »
A S300C suffered a suspected drone strike over North Carolina.
Suspected Drone Strike on Helicopter Read Post »
Double Trouble: An Operator Lost Two Helicopters in the Same Lake in 12 Hours On 26 April 2022 two helicopters of Coastal Air Services, both performing Part-137 aerial application operations, crashed into Lake Apopka, near Oakland, Florida, just 12 hours apart. Accident 1: B206B N206BX At 07:16 Bell 206B N206BX, was being flown by a
Double Trouble: An Operator Lost Two Helicopters in the Same Lake in 12 Hours Read Post »
CCTV caught a HEMS FOD event and some bizarre dance moves.
Fire Extinguisher Cover Fenestron FOD Read Post »
Remarkable failures in critical parts control resulted in a fatal in-flight break-up.
Canadian B212 Crash: A Defective Production Process Read Post »
The crew of LA County Sheriff’s Air Rescue 5 encountered a brownout landing to pick up a road accident victim.
Sheriff Super Puma Brownout Accident: NTSB Report Read Post »
A change in route gave this HESLO pilot a surprise.
Garbage Pilot Becomes Electric Hooker Read Post »
A severe left roll excursion after the onset of pitch and roll oscillations, which were not arrested by the pilot for undetermined reasons resulted in an in-flight break-up.
R66 Loss of Control Investigation Hampered by Lack of Cockpit Video Read Post »
After the onset of vibration, an air tour pilot attempted a precautionary landing but yaw control was lost.
Fenestron Failure EC130B4 Hawaii Read Post »
During maintenance 6 weeks earlier on a difficult to access nut, a washer fell off before the nut was fitted.
How One Missing Washer Burnt Out a Boeing 737 Read Post »
A lack of a site survey or a site recce meant a pilot didn’t realise he had passed under a powerline on approach. On departure the cables were noticed just before impact but due to a ‘high-wire illusion’ the pilot reduced the climb and flew into them.
Second Time Unlucky: Fatal Greek Wirestrike High-Wire Illusion Read Post »
Operating VFR in IMC had become a norm and as workload increased the aircraft commander “adopted a single-pilot mindset”. TSB reveal a consultant’s self-licking shelfware SMS re-write.
DC3-TP67 CFIT: Result-Oriented Subculture & SMS Shelfware Read Post »
Changes in the OEM’s installation procedures and in the Part-145’s application of independent inspections were introduced after this event.
Fuel Tube Installation Trouble Read Post »
This helicopter descended below the intended flight path on approach to a glacier.
Heliski Flat Light Flight into Terrain Read Post »
The first loss of control caused the TRDS to be severed by a MR blade strike. Only when slowing for an emergency landing did the crew discover they had lost TR drive.
B212 LOC-I: Windshear Encounter in the Lee of Mountain Ridge Read Post »
Narrowly focusing on the proximal means missing the full context. Beware of What-You-Look-For-Is-What-You-Find. “There is almost no human action or decision that cannot be made to look flawed and less sensible in the misleading light of hindsight.”
What Lies Beneath: The Scope of Safety Investigations Read Post »
