Helmets - Should you? and Which?

[Madbob]

Helmets - Should you?

Have a look at this link ......

http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...IIEX_08-09.pdf


I know that this doesn't relate to a rotary wing accident but I think that this is quite a convincing story about a pilot who probably owes his life to having worn one.....

His pax was bloody lucky to survive without one and probably wouldn't have done had she not been petite/short.....

Ignoring ac with ejection seats, helmets don't care whether you're flying FW or RW and are there to do the same job! I bet this pilot went and bought another one without too much prompting .

MB



"The pilot in the rear cockpit was wearing a HISL Alpha helmet; the passenger in the front cockpit was not wearing a helmet.
G-IIEX’s pilot sustained a fractured left wrist and a cut to the forehead. The specialist concluded that the pilot had initially flailed forwards and to the left, causing the helmet strike on the canopy release handle and the left bracing tube. He then flailed backwards, causing the helmet strike on the A-frame. The specialist noted that the helmet was designed to conform to British Standard BS6658 (with reservations), which is similar to that worn by UK military fast-jet aircrew and affords the same protection standard. He judged that, while the impacts may have caused the pilot to lose consciousness, the helmet had prevented significant head injury."