S92s grounded by Canadian Helicopters Offshore
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S92s grounded by Canadian Helicopters Offshore
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Am I missing something here?
At what stage of "approached the platform" did this occur? Was the aircraft was on autopilot or not? There was an unexplained altitude drop yet the pilots found the aircraft was "serviceable" and flew back to Halifax?
Was it the aircraft or was it close to the platform and suffered a mechanical or flare induced altitude drop?
At what stage of "approached the platform" did this occur? Was the aircraft was on autopilot or not? There was an unexplained altitude drop yet the pilots found the aircraft was "serviceable" and flew back to Halifax?
Was it the aircraft or was it close to the platform and suffered a mechanical or flare induced altitude drop?
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Originally Posted by gulliBell
NR decay. Might be very expensive. Like that Bristow S76C++ NR decay in Nigeria that the crew hushed up but which was subsequently discovered by maintenance. I think the whole power train got scrapped.
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NR decay. Might be very expensive. Like that Bristow S76C++ NR decay in Nigeria that the crew hushed up but which was subsequently discovered by maintenance. I think the whole power train got scrapped.
Rumour is that this S92 dropped the AC Generators offline due to the Nr decay!
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Originally Posted by Scardy
There have been very similar incidents over the years. Although some NR decay was noticed not to the point were the gens dropped offline.
As someone who has been flying the aircraft since 2006 and has contacts in most companies at reasonably high levels, your statement surprises me.
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Originally Posted by P3 Bellows
Totally different circumstances.
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Originally Posted by P3 Bellows
However your original statement said "similar incidents over the years". I'd suggest that this one rather unique event doesn't quite fit your original assertion.
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I find one passage very interesting.
How was that "determined"?
What was the basis for that "determination"?
"The decision was made to terminate the captain’s employment based on the company’s determination that the captain could not operate safely in the offshore IFR [instrument flight rules] environment," the report found.
What was the basis for that "determination"?
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NR decay. Might be very expensive.
See remedy in above posts.
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
Shock Horror! - Over-reliance on automation leads to crew 'cock-ups' - no great surprise there.
https://assets.publishing.service.go...BDII_01-89.pdf
