Monthly Safety Report
04 September 2020
TheFatal 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
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-SEs 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 (LALT) ops.
U.S. Helicopter Safety Team Press Release:
H-SE 13A: Output 1 is COMPLETE!
Review UPAC Safety Guide for Helicopter Operators for basic content and revise as necessary
(Revision: July 10, 2020).
Helicopter - Safety Enhancement (H-SE) 30: Develop/Publish ACS Rotorcraft-Helicopter Series Safety Enhancement
Action: Policy: FAA, with support from industry, to develop and publish the new Airman Certification System (ACS) Rotorcraft-Helicopter series to replace the current Practical Test Standards (PTS) for internal and external industry stakeholders for airman certification.
Helicopter Safety OUTREACH:
Vision Zero: A USHST All Hands Event
Save the Date - Wed, Sept 16, 1 pm EDT
FAA 2020 Rotorcraft Safety Conference (Virtual)
Save the Date - October 27-29, 2020 http://faahelisafety.org/
The USHST Facebook group has over 1,798 Members -
69 New members in the last month! Join in on the conversation!
To view the entire USHST Monthly Report, click on the links below:
https://ushst.org/reports/
For any questions regarding this notice please contact Scott Tyrrell of the Rotorcraft Standardization Branch, AIR-612, at 817-222-5121 or email at scott.tyrrell@faa.gov
