Helicopter Safety, Maintenance Matters, News
A 300-hour inspection could have detected problems with the engine compressor in a Bell 206 before a fatal crash the NTSB says.
A years-overdue inspection of a compressor in a Bell 206B-III factored into a 2021 crash that killed four people on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.
The Bell 206B pilot knew of the engine problem before takeoff, the TSB says.
The board cited a June accident involving separation of a tail boom during a sightseeing flight in Hawaii.
Accident Investigation, Flight Training, Maintenance Matters, News
Indonesian accident investigators say a recurring autothrottle problem and the pilots’ inadequate UPRT contributed to the fatal crash of a Boeing 737.
