US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST)
Monthly Safety Report
June 2021
Fatal Accident Rate: 0.71 (+.16) 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: 14 Days : 20 Hours : 35 Minutes : 56 Seconds
Fatal Accident Rate (5yr avg)(CY2017-21) 0.71 Fatal Accidents per 100K
Flight Hours Fatal Accident Rate (CY2021) 9 Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours
The 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 in an effort to reduce fatal accidents from the leading occurrence categories of Loss of Control - Inflight (LOC-I), Unintended Flight into IMC (UIMC), and striking objects during Low Altitude Operations (LALT).
H-SE 82: Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring
- The majority of fatal accidents had a lack of sufficient data to aid investigators in comparison with commercial aviation.
- Data recording devices enable proactive intervention before an event occurs.
- Flight data monitoring system could have made a difference if it was operated as part of a voluntary safety program.
- Hazardous behaviors identified with the opportunity to break the accident chain before it resulted in a fatality.
Encourage the industry to equip as many helicopters within the rotorcraft community with helicopter flight data monitoring recording devices as possible.
US Helicopter Safety Team Press Release:
International Rotorcraft Community Launches Collaborative Safety Program
Helicopter Safety OUTREACH events:
· July 21, 2021 - 1-3pm EST, Next USHST All-Hands Webinar Register Soon
Previous All Hands – Low Altitude Operations (May 2021)
· HAI Upcoming Events
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To view the entire USHST Monthly Report, click on the links below:
https://ushst.org/reports/
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
