Special Mission Aircraft

AS365N3 Tail Rotor Pitch Control Loss During Hoisting

Posted by on Apr 20, 2017 in Accidents & Incidents, Crises / Emergency Response / SAR, Design & Certification, Helicopters, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Offshore, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft, Survivability / Ditching

Tail Rotor Pitch Control Loss During Hoisting: Taiwanese NASC AS365N3 NA-107 The Aviation Safety Council (ASC) of Taiwan has issued its investigation report (in Chinese apart from an Executive Summary) into a...

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Fatal H500 / 369D Low Altitude Hover Power Loss: Power Line Maintenance Project

Posted by on Feb 5, 2017 in Accidents & Incidents, Helicopters, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Oil & Gas / IOGP / Energy, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft, Survivability / Ditching

Fatal H500 / 369D Low Altitude Hover Power Loss: Power Line Maintenance Project The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released their investigation report into a fatal power loss while hovering...

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Confusion of Compelling, But Erroneous, PC-12 Synthetic Vision Display

Posted by on Jan 22, 2017 in Accidents & Incidents, Business Aviation, Design & Certification, Fixed Wing, Human Factors / Performance, Maintenance / Continuing Airworthiness / CAMOs, Safety Management, Special Mission Aircraft

Confusion of Compelling, But Erroneous, PC-12 Synthetic Vision Display Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS) are an increasingly common tool to enhance flight crew situational awareness.  The crew of an Australian...

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