Safety

2009 bird strikes may exceed 10,000 – a first

2009 bird strikes may exceed 10,000 – a first

12-Jan-2010Source: ABC

Reports of airplanes hitting birds and other wildlife have soared in the year since a stricken US Airways jet landed in New York’s Hudson River, and the government’s tally for last year could reach or even exceed 10,000 for the first time.... Read more

Gulf of Mexico controllers start to use ADS-B technology

Gulf of Mexico controllers start to use ADS-B technology

12-Jan-2010Source: FAA

WASHINGTON — Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Randy Babbitt announced today that Houston air traffic controllers are beginning to use an improved satellite-based system – Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) — to more efficiently and safely separate and manage aircraft flying over the Gulf of Mexico. “Safety is our highest priority at the U.S. Department of... Read more

FAA issues unapproved parts notification – UH-1H high skid tubes from Isolair

FAA issues unapproved parts notification – UH-1H high skid tubes from Isolair

11-Jan-2010

No.: 2010 – 20080616008 Date: January 11, 2010 AFFECTED PRODUCTS: High Cross Tubes, Part number 9002 installed on UH-1H model helicopters... Read more

PHi S76 flight recorder reveals pilot's last words in Jan-09 accident

PHi S76 flight recorder reveals pilot's last words in Jan-09 accident

8-Jan-2010Source: Daily Comet

Refers to accident 04-Jan-2009 – HeliHub record of the accident is here.... Read more

USFS Safety Bulletin: Accident Prevention and Medications, Flying & Fitness

USFS Safety Bulletin: Accident Prevention and Medications, Flying & Fitness

7-Jan-2010Source: USFS

Subject: Medications, Flying, and Fitness Area of Concern: All Aviation Activities Distribution: All Aviation Users... Read more

NLR tackles helicopter brownouts

NLR tackles helicopter brownouts

7-Jan-2010Source: NLR

Due to blowing sand, a helicopter pilot’s in-flight visibility can be severely restricted during landings in deserts. At the request of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) has recently started working on finding solutions to support pilots during these precarious desert landings. Missions in Afghanistan and Iraq have made the issue... Read more

EASA AD 2009-0230R1 – Sikorsky S92

EASA AD 2009-0230R1 – Sikorsky S92

7-Jan-2010Source: EASA

This AD revises EASA Emergency AD 2009-0230-E dated 23 October 2009... Read more

Swiss Air Ambulance doctor killed by avalanche during rescue mission

Swiss Air Ambulance doctor killed by avalanche during rescue mission

6-Jan-2010Source: REGA press release translated and lightly edited.

On Sunday, a crew member of a REGA Swiss Air Ambulance helicopter was sadly killed while performing his job.  Rega is extremely sad and condolences to the relatives of the deceased doctor and the relatives of the two who were killed also their heartfelt condolences. Rega had been called to an avalanche in Diemtigtal in... Read more

Sikorsky settles Cougar S-92 lawsuit

Sikorsky settles Cougar S-92 lawsuit

6-Jan-2010Source: Winnipeg Free Press

The families of passengers who died in the crash of a Sikorsky helicopter off the coast of Newfoundland last year, as well as the sole survivor of the tragedy, have reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the U.S. company.... Read more

FAA Launches New Safety Management System Resource

FAA Launches New Safety Management System Resource

6-Jan-2010Source: FAA

What is a Safety Management System (SMS)? SMS is the formal, top-down business approach to managing safety risk, which includes a systemic approach to managing safety, including the necessary organizational structures, accountabilities, policies and procedures. (Order VS 8000.367) Welcome to the Aviation Safety Organization’s Safety Management System Website! This website was created as a public... Read more

Chopper pilot smoked dope before September 2007 crash

Chopper pilot smoked dope before September 2007 crash

23-Dec-2009Source: NT News

An Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation said the drug caused “impaired performance of complex tasks such as flying”.  The chopper was also overloaded.... Read more

Defense Holdings Demonstrates AfterGlo® Photoluminescent Aviation Safety Paint On a VA Police Helicopter

Defense Holdings Demonstrates AfterGlo® Photoluminescent Aviation Safety Paint On a VA Police Helicopter

16-Dec-2009Source: Rotornews

Defense Holdings is demonstrating its revolutionary, patented AfterGlo® Brand Photoluminescent (PL) Aviation Safety Paint on the main and tail rotor blades of a Bell Helicopter Textron Model 407 helicopter belonging to the Fairfax County, Virginia Police Aviation Division. Sections of the rotor blades were painted in October 2009.... Read more

Probe finds pilot error caused Dhruv to crash in Ecuador

Probe finds pilot error caused Dhruv to crash in Ecuador

15-Dec-2009Source: Press Trust of India

In a big relief to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, pilot error was found to have caused the crash of the defence PSU’s Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) “Dhruv” in Ecuador in October... Read more

Six-month suspended term for pilot who landed on Irish shopping centre roof

Six-month suspended term for pilot who landed on Irish shopping centre roof

15-Dec-2009Source: Irish Times

A HELICOPTER pilot who landed his aircraft on the roof of a shopping centre to collect a set of keys has been given a six-month suspended sentence and fined €5,000. The judge said the man seemed to lack a grasp of common sense.... Read more

NASA tests deployable energy absorber to reduce impact of hard landings

NASA tests deployable energy absorber to reduce impact of hard landings

13-Dec-2009Source: Huffington Post

A deployable energy absorber (think “honeycomb airbag”) may have some promise. NASA recently tested the technology by dropping a helicopter from 35 feet in the air.... Read more

Attorneys file lawsuits for Italian tourists killed in New York mid-air

Attorneys file lawsuits for Italian tourists killed in New York mid-air

10-Dec-2009Source: NorthJersey.com

Five wrongful death lawsuits have been filed against the pilot of a Piper fixed-wing aircraft that collided over the Hudson River with a helicopter carrying Italian tourists.... Read more

No go for Ingham Hospital helipad

No go for Ingham Hospital helipad

9-Dec-2009Source: North Queensland Register

Member for Hinchinbrook, Andrew Cripps, has demanded answers from Health Minister Paul Lucas after concerns were raised the helipad at the Ingham Hospital still does not meet design specifications and Queensland Health will not let helicopters land on it.... Read more

Man Charged With 'Lasing' DPS Helicopter

Man Charged With 'Lasing' DPS Helicopter

9-Dec-2009Source: KPHO

The Arizona Department Of Public Safety arrested a man who it said pointed a handheld laser at a police helicopter involved in a robbery pursuit.... Read more

Helicopter job that killed four not authorized

Helicopter job that killed four not authorized

9-Dec-2009Source: TheHook

An ill-fated powerline inspection with a helicopter that killed four people in Cranbrook, B.C. was technically against federal regulations, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.... Read more

Cowichan District Hospital helipad shut down

Cowichan District Hospital helipad shut down

8-Dec-2009Source: Canada.com

Transport Canada has shut down the helicopter landing facility at Cowichan District Hospital.  On Nov. 18 the agency closed the helipad due to concerns about trees on a neighbouring property posing a safety hazard to the air ambulances.... Read more

FAA investigating whether helicopter at football game broke regulations

FAA investigating whether helicopter at football game broke regulations

8-Dec-2009Source: Waco Tribune-Herald

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether an area helicopter company violated federal regulations by circling around the Baylor University-University of Texas football game Nov. 14 at Floyd Casey Stadium. Brazos Helicopters was operating a Bell 47J... Read more

Arrius-equipped Ka226T among the best in class for safety and emissions

Arrius-equipped Ka226T among the best in class for safety and emissions

8-Dec-2009Source: http://www.rus-helicopters.ru/en/news/news_company/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=1758

Kumertau Aviation Production Enterprise (KumAPE) has completed tests of a Ka-226T fitted with Turbomeca engines. The model uses French Arrius 2G turboshafts and a Russian VR-226N gearbox.... Read more

Flight Safety Foundation Launches Helicopter Work Group in Australia

Flight Safety Foundation Launches Helicopter Work Group in Australia

7-Dec-2009Source: Rotorhub

Flight Safety Foundation announced today the creation of the Australian Helicopter Advisory Group – a subsidiary of Foundation’s Australian Advisory Board and its mission is to pursue the continuous improvement of helicopter safety and the prevention of accidents.... Read more

CHC launches 2010 Safety & Quality Summit

CHC launches 2010 Safety & Quality Summit

3-Dec-2009Source: AOPA

CHC Helicopter has opened registration for the CHC Safety and Quality Summit, scheduled for March 22 through 24, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, with early-bird pricing until the end of 2009.... Read more

Eurocopter lightning test results verify finite element analysis

Eurocopter lightning test results verify finite element analysis

1-Dec-2009Source: FlightGlobal

Lightning strike tests at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility have verified finite element analysis accuracy for carbonfibre structure current flow simulation, according to a European research consortium... Read more

Cougar S92 inquiry asks Defence Department for explanation

Cougar S92 inquiry asks Defence Department for explanation

1-Dec-2009Source: Canada.com

The head of the inquiry investigating last spring’s helicopter crash that killed 17 offshore oil workers and aircrew off the Newfoundland coast announced Wednesday he has asked the Defence Department to send a witness to explain the federal role in SAR... Read more

Lack of safety features cited in California EMS crash

Lack of safety features cited in California EMS crash

28-Nov-2009Source: Washington Post

A medical helicopter that crashed this month in the dark hills north of Reno, Nev., killing three, lacked safety features recommended for years by federal experts, including night vision equipment and a system to warn the crew when the aircraft was too close to obstacles or the ground.... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters EC225 North Sea ditching report delayed

Bond Offshore Helicopters EC225 North Sea ditching report delayed

26-Nov-2009Source: STV

An official report to determine why a helicopter with 18 people on board ditched into the North Sea has been delayed, the Government announced on Tuesday.... Read more

FAA AD 2009-25-10 – Sikorsky S92

FAA AD 2009-25-10 – Sikorsky S92

25-Nov-2009Source: FAA

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Sikorsky S92 reportedly failed FAA dry gearbox test by 20 minutes

Sikorsky S92 reportedly failed FAA dry gearbox test by 20 minutes

22-Nov-2009Source: Canadian Press

A test to certify the model of helicopter involved in a fatal crash off Newfoundland showed it would remain airborne for “around 10 minutes” – about one third of the time required – if oil leaked from its gearbox, aviation regulators say.... Read more

Survival suits could have been safer, Cougar S92 crash inquiry hears

Survival suits could have been safer, Cougar S92 crash inquiry hears

17-Nov-2009Source: CBC

Emergency breathing devices for suits worn by passengers during offshore helicopter flights weren’t installed until nine years after they were first recommended and only after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Newfoundland in March, killing 17 people, an inquiry heard Monday.... Read more

FAA Finalizes Changes in Hudson River Airspace to Enhance Safety

FAA Finalizes Changes in Hudson River Airspace to Enhance Safety

17-Nov-2009Source: FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today finalized a federal rule, effective November 19, 2009, that will enhance safety by separating low-altitude, local aircraft flights over the Hudson River from flights transiting through the river airspace.... Read more

Lightning strike simulation project heralds easy protection design for modern composite structures

Lightning strike simulation project heralds easy protection design for modern composite structures

12-Nov-2009Source: CAD CAM News

Lightning strike tests of a helicopter at Eurocopter’s Donauwörth facility have verified the accuracy of finite element analysis techniques for characterising the electromagnetic behaviour of complete and custom-cabled modern aircraft structures constructed using advanced composite materials.... Read more

Register for the Fall HAI Safety Forum & Government Contracting Committee Meeting

Register for the Fall HAI Safety Forum & Government Contracting Committee Meeting

6-Nov-2009Source: http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&newsid905=62534

The HAI Government Contracting Committee will meet in Boise, Idaho November 18, 19, and 20 at the Hilton Garden Inn Boise Spectrum... Read more

Mother of woman killed in helicopter crash files suit

Mother of woman killed in helicopter crash files suit

5-Nov-2009Source: Tahlequah Daily Press

The mother of a Tahlequah woman killed last month in a helicopter crash has filed suit against the pilot’s estate, his parents and Robinson Helicopter Co.  See also our Accident data 15-Oct-09 N3234G Robinson R22 Tahlequah, US-Oklahoma... Read more

Crack found in Cougar S92 helicopter

Crack found in Cougar S92 helicopter

4-Nov-2009Source: Globe and Mail

Engineers have discovered a hairline crack in the gearbox of a Canadian-based Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, the latest chapter in an ongoing mechanical saga that has cast an investigative spotlight on the high-tech machine.... Read more

Now is the safest time to fly in helicopter, says oil executive

Now is the safest time to fly in helicopter, says oil executive

4-Nov-2009Source: Press & Journal

An oil and gas industry leader says now is the safest time there has ever been to fly in a North Sea helicopter.  Bob Keiller feels there is still no room for complacency, however. Mr Keiller is chairman of Oil & Gas UK’s helicopter task group, set up earlier this year to look at helicopter... Read more

Fatal Helicopter Accident Lawsuit Filed Against Robinson Helicopter Co

Fatal Helicopter Accident Lawsuit Filed Against Robinson Helicopter Co

30-Oct-2009Source: Aviation-Helicopter Accident Lawyers

The family of Si Young Lee has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the three companies allegedly responsible for the August 2, 2007 helicopter accident that killed Mr. Lee and three other occupants when it crashed and erupted into flames in Easton, Washington, setting off a forest fire.... Read more

Ecuador Air Force Defends Helicopter Purchase

Ecuador Air Force Defends Helicopter Purchase

29-Oct-2009Source: Poder 360

Commander of the Ecuadoran Air Force (FAE), Rodrigo Bohorquez, said today that the helicopters purchased from India met all the requested requirements for purchase, ruling out that the investment was made “on a whim”.... Read more

Attourneys allege Robinson R44 fuel tank defect

Attourneys allege Robinson R44 fuel tank defect

13-Oct-2009Source: Steattle PI

The attourney contended that, had the company instead moved to fortify the fuel tank aboard the R44 Astro helicopter or enclose the fuel in a rubber bladder, the victims of the crash would have survived. The alleged flaw, he argued, represents an unnecessary threat to any who board the helicopter, which is among the most... Read more

Rock allegedly thrown at helicopter in New Zealand

Rock allegedly thrown at helicopter in New Zealand

13-Oct-2009Source: Stuff

A resident annoyed at frost-fighting helicopters allegedly flashed lights and threw a rock at a helicopter flying near Seddon in Marlborough early yesterday.... Read more

Relatives sue over Lake Tapps R44 accident

Relatives sue over Lake Tapps R44 accident

7-Oct-2009Source: News Tribune

The relatives of a Lake Tapps-area man who died in a helicopter crash three years ago have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the aircraft’s manufacturer and some of its suppliers.... Read more

AAMS Hails White House Nomination of Rosekind to NTSB Board

AAMS Hails White House Nomination of Rosekind to NTSB Board

6-Oct-2009Source: Vertical

The Association of Air Medical Services (AAMS) today applauded the White House for nominating Mark R. Rosekind, Ph.D., an expert on fatigue and its effects on productivity and safe flight operations, to the National Transportation Safety Board.... Read more

Angel MedFlight Battles Insurance Company for Accident Victim

Angel MedFlight Battles Insurance Company for Accident Victim

6-Oct-2009Source: Angel MedFlight

“Blue Cross did not deny coverage but dragged its feet in response to the family’s request despite federal law requiring health insurance companies to respond to emergency transportation requests within 48 hours,” said Michael Ward, staff counsel at Angel Medflight.... Read more

Family sues after R44 accident in October 2006

Family sues after R44 accident in October 2006

5-Oct-2009Source: Seattle Times

The News Tribune of Tacoma reports the surviving children of Russell Lee Tom claim the helicopter he was piloting – a Robinson Helicopter Co. R44 – was poorly designed “defective and unsafe.”  Their suit was filed in Pierce County Superior Court on Wednesday.... Read more

Fixed Wing Pilot's Widow Sues Liberty Helicopters and Eurocopter Over Hudson Crash

Fixed Wing Pilot's Widow Sues Liberty Helicopters and Eurocopter Over Hudson Crash

3-Oct-2009Source: Huffington Post

Pamela Altman sued tour company Liberty Helicopters, helicopter owner Meridian Consulting I Corp., manufacturer American Eurocopter and several of their insurers.  Her suit charges that Liberty and Meridian have a “horrid history of accidents” and that American Eurocopter failed to equip the helicopter with sufficient safety equipment.... Read more

Helicopter parts vanish in crash investigation

Helicopter parts vanish in crash investigation

1-Oct-2009Source: Seattle PI

A federal report says that parts from a helicopter that crashed in California last year killing nine people have mysteriously disappeared.... Read more

Helicopter safety appears to be responding to treatment

Helicopter safety appears to be responding to treatment

1-Oct-2009Source: Flightglobal

After more than 20 years of stagnation, global helicopter safety performance is showing signs of improvement.... Read more

Study Identifies Key Predictors of Critical Events That Occur During Air-Medical Transport

Study Identifies Key Predictors of Critical Events That Occur During Air-Medical Transport

29-Sep-2009Source: RotorNews

A new medical journal study, the largest of its kind to date, finds that 5 percent of urgent-care patients experience a critical event such as a major resuscitation, rapid loss of blood pressure, respiratory arrest and even death during air-medical transport... Read more

US pilots reported over 900 laser contacts in 2008

US pilots reported over 900 laser contacts in 2008

28-Sep-2009Source: Boston Globe

Pilots flying over Massachusetts reported seeing laser beams flashed in their direction eight times during 2008, with the rays hitting everything from commercial airliners landing at Logan International Airport to a State Police helicopter to the blimp floating over a Red Sox playoff game, according to a review of FAA data.... Read more

Largest US Air Medical Transport Conference to Focus on Patient Care and Safety

Largest US Air Medical Transport Conference to Focus on Patient Care and Safety

28-Sep-2009Source: Vertical

Opportunities for improving medical helicopter safety, traumatic brain injury (TBI) awareness and support, and a look at regulatory issues affecting helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) are among the topics of this year’s Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC), the largest gathering of its kind in the nation.... Read more

FAA Safety Team Presents Erickson Air-Crane with two awards

FAA Safety Team Presents Erickson Air-Crane with two awards

28-Sep-2009Source: Vertical

The FAA presented Erickson Air-Crane with a “Gold Certificate of Excellence” honoring Erickson’s participation in the FAA sponsored Aviation Maintenance Training program in 2008 as well as a “Special Recognition Award” signifying participation with the program for the past five years.... Read more

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