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Type: Helicopter Operations
Notice Date: Thursday, December 8, 2022
Notice Number: NOTC2750
USHST Monthly Safety Report for December 2022
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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST)

Monthly Safety Report

December 2022

 

Fatal Accident Rate:  0.77 (+.22) above goal of 0.55 fatal accidents per 100K hrs by 2025

USHST VisionA Civil Helicopter Community with Zero Fatal Accidents

 

“Safety by the Numbers” (Monthly Metrics):

Days since last Fatal helicopter accident:  14 Days : 00 Hours : 41 Minutes : 56 Seconds

Fatal Accident Rate (5yr avg)(CY2018-22) 0.77 Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours

Fatal Accident Rate (CY2022) 16 Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours

 

Average number of days

between fatal accidents:

Longest time between

fatal accidents (past 5 yrs):                

2018: 14 days

107 days (2020)

2019: 16 days

 

2020: 18 days

 

2021: 17 days

 

2022: 21 days

 

 

 

Loss of Control-Inflight (LOC-I), Unintended Flight into IMC (UIMC), Low Altitude Operations (LALT). 

USHST continues to work on the implementation of 16 Helicopter - Safety Enhancements (H-SE) developed through data-driven analysis of 104 fatal accidents.  The H-SE’s use Outreach, Policy, Technology/Equipment, and Training to reduce fatal accidents in these categories.

 

H-SE 123: Simulations for Safe Decision Making

Community should promote the wider use of all available simulation to create increased awareness and educate all pilots during ab initio training and front line operational recurrent training regarding the at-risk situations identified by the USHST’s data driven analysis

1. USHST SEA Training Team will form an H-SE 123 team composed of simulation subject matter experts from FAA and industry.

2. H-SE 123 SME team will work to eliminate any barriers in existing guidance and oversight that may currently inhibit or discourage increased use of helicopter simulation devices. The specific intent is to prevent future fatal accidents by enabling a greater number of pilots to be safely educated on at risk scenarios at all levels of simulator training.

3. In parallel with Output 2, the USHST SEA Training Team will work with industry to identify specific at-risk scenarios, address the feasibility of their inclusion or further emphasis in simulator training for both ab initio and recurrency sessions, promote their inclusion, and recommend how the most recently identified at risk scenarios can continue to be routed to the simulation training providers. 

 

VIDEO – Simulation: Learn From Your Mistakes 

Recommended Practice: Simulation Training for Aviation Decision Making

Scenario-Based Training to Improve Aviation Decision Making

 

US Helicopter Safety Team Press Release (Nov 2022):  USHST Searching for Next Industry Co-Chair

 

 Helicopter Safety OUTREACH events:

· Next USHST All Hands Webinar - February 23, 2023, 1pm EST  Register Today!

                  Previous All Hands - November 15, 2022

· ROTOR Helicopter Association International - Upcoming Events

· Helicopter Safety Alliance - Upcoming Events

  

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For any questions regarding the information within this notice please contact Clarke Pleasants, Program Chair-Rotor, ERAU, at 928-7774730 or email at william.pleasants@erau.edu