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In the culmination of an extensive collaborative effort involving dozens of companies in the oil and gas industry, government regulators and rotary wing aircraft manufacturers, and drawing on data from…
Flight Tech, Helicopter Safety
The use of night vision imaging systems entails risks that must be mitigated to ensure safe operations.
Investigators say the EC135 pilot was ‘task-saturated’ before crash in IMC.
The NTSB identified snow or ice ingestion as the probable cause of an MD 369’s fatal crash during power line patrol.
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT), Helicopter Safety
The NTSB cites a pilot’s failure to maintain altitude in a Huey’s CFIT crash in New Mexico.
Six months into 2019, the U.S. helicopter industry has experienced 15 fatal accidents — a number that places the industry on track to record 30 to 35 fatal accidents before…
Cover Story, Helicopter Safety
Inadequate training and oversight set the stage for the AS350’s crash onto a New Zealand glacier, the TAIC says.
The AS350 exceeded hydraulic system limits, banked hard and struck a mountain ridge.
The Bell 407 pilot lacked recent night experience with his helicopter’s advanced avionics.
Mishandled autorotation, mis-rigged throttle control tie rod assembly cited in Schweizer 269 crash.
