US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST)
Monthly Safety Report
October 2023
Fatal Accident Rate: 0.73 (+.18) above goal of 0.55 fatal accidents per 100K hrs by 2025
USHST Vision: A Civil Helicopter Community with Zero Fatal Accidents
“Safety by the Numbers” (Monthly Metrics):
Days since last Fatal helicopter accident: 3 Days : 06 Hours : 26 Minutes : 56 Seconds
Fatal Accident Rate (5yr avg)(CY2019-23) 0.73Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours
Fatal Accident Rate (CY2023) 14 Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours
Loss of Control - Inflight (LOC-I), Unintended Flight into IMC (UIMC), Low Altitude Operations (LALT).
US Helicopter Safety Team New Helicopter Safety Enhancements (H-SEs)
23-01: Promote conservative go/no-go decision making (includes performance planning)
-HAI’s Safety Working Group released some early “primer” material on the topic that they’ve socialized through Rotor Daily, and they are working on a formalized work plan for where they’d like to go with it over the next year.
23-04: Improve fatigue awareness and risk mitigation of scheduling factors leading to fatigue.
US Helicopter Safety Team Press Release:
Helicopter Association International Webinar
Helicopter Safety OUTREACH events:
· Register Here for next USHST All Hands Webinar - November 1, 2023
Previous All Hands - September 12, 2023
· 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
