well said!

This one:
https://aerossurance.com/safety-mana...trol-incident/

AND ...
92-0169 was built from Day 1 as a SAR aircraft for BHL on the UK's GAP-SAR contract 2013-2017 (G-MCGC at Sumburgh). Therefore it is equipped with SAR automation.

The report clearly says the internal investigation didn't get access to the data.

This incident is now a fatal, so I don't think the union or anyone else can refuse access to data.

Which has not been the case in the first place either.

The complete quote from the section in the report:

” The internal investigation team also wanted to listen to the cockpit voice recorder in order to better understand what had happened. In accordance with internal procedures, they asked for the pilot’s consent to do so. The pilots did not consent to this, however. The content of the CVR was secured and subsequently handed over to the NSIA”

NSIA = Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority, (AAIB for Norway)

S-92s back to regular flying over here in Newfoundland, just heard one going over the rooftop.

Were they grounded?
Hope things are good in St. John’s.
I miss that place and the folks who live there.
Cheers

Yep, Cougar temporarily grounded the machines yesterday as a precautionary measure. Not much been mentioned to us SLF in a while about any notable aircraft type issues, some fatigue crack stuff but all seems to be captured by the AMEs. The TRPCS issue from 2016 I guess is just an ongoing HUMS monitoring point.

It will be 15 years since Cougar 491 on March 12 this year. Hard to believe how long ago that now is but never forgotten by many over here. Lest we forget…

It was a sad event.This print hangs on a wall in my home ….always reminds me of 491.

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....56ca76226.jpeg

I don't think it matters if it was fatal or not (in this context) - it was a fully blown accident, as described in Annex 13, so the NSIA will have an automatic right to access the CVFDR data.

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandga...-victim-named/

I see they plan to recover the aircraft over the weekend.

No direct link to the incident but an emergency AD has been issued by the FAA outlining immediate inspection requirements for certain GE engines, including CT7-8"s
FAA AD 2014-05-51

The helicopter was recovered over night from about 2-300 m depth and has arrived at a nearby naval base for conservation and further transport to the NSIA facilities. The CVR/FDR is said to have been located.
A picture

That is incredibly undamaged - normally the recovery itself causes some damage. It would certainly appear there was zero forward speed on impact, and little vertical. I won't speculate, but I think a picture is forming.......

Article in norwegian containing pictures.
 

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....93ee178c31.jpg


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d90baa5832.jpg


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....37bb9c9f17.jpg

Looks like no main gear and a strike to the tail.

Link to the NSIA official preliminary information and a few more pictures. (Also in english)

Also interesting that the floats didn't deploy...