AAIB October 2018

[John R81]

AS350 B3e Ecureuil, G-MATH (https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-as350-b3e-ecureuil-g-math)
Loss of control during hydraulics-off training, Wycombe Air Park, Buckinghamshire, 5 May 2017.

Field investigation into a training incident. Hydraulics-off training, and a go-around resulted in a a crash due to higher angle of bank which led to an uncontrollable roll.

Robinson R44 Raven, G-CTFL and Robinson R44 Raven, G-HYND (https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-robinson-r44-raven-g-ctfl-and-robinson-r44-raven-g-hynd)
Loss of control to G-CTFL after reversing into G-HYND’s main rotor, Cumbernauld Airport, North Lanarkshire, 5 May 2018.

Not much to add to the above statement.



And if you are interested in Gryocopters

Rotorsport UK MTO Sport, G-CIHH (https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aaib-investigation-to-rotorsport-uk-mto-sport-g-cihh)
Controlled collision with terrain, 2 miles east-northeast of Blair Atholl, Perthshire, 30 June 2018.


Edit: Apology for the "blunt finger" incident in the title, but can't see how I edit out the surplus letter. Sorry

[haihio]

Thanks for posting.

AAIB reports are interesting to read.

[John R81]

Haiho - no problem. Published second Thursday each month.

The main site is available here (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/air-accidents-investigation-branch)

There is a search facility (https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports), where you can specify generally for Helicopter (see box on left side of page) or enter search terms for a particular helicopter type, airfield or whatever word takes your fancy. Just be wary of missing things; for example AS350 will find one report but AS 350 will find 46 reports (and not the other one) many of which are not helicopters.

Very good reading though, in terms of finding out just how many ways there are to "stuff-it-up" and thereby to prepare to avoid doing likewise.