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USHST Safety Report 3 2023

The monthly safety report summarizes helicopter safety metrics and initiatives for March 2023. The report discusses the USHST goal of reducing the fatal helicopter accident rate and outlines current accident rates and times between fatal accidents. It also provides an overview of the USHST's safety enhancement initiatives focused on loss of control, unintended flight into instrument conditions, and low altitude operations.

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USHST Safety Report 3 2023

The monthly safety report summarizes helicopter safety metrics and initiatives for March 2023. The report discusses the USHST goal of reducing the fatal helicopter accident rate and outlines current accident rates and times between fatal accidents. It also provides an overview of the USHST's safety enhancement initiatives focused on loss of control, unintended flight into instrument conditions, and low altitude operations.

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Monthly Safety Report March 2023

The USHST is a regional partner to the Vertical Aviation Safety Team (VAST).
USHST GOAL: Reduce the 5 year average fatal US helicopter accident rate to
0.55 fatal accidents per 100K hrs by 2025
USHST Vision: A Civil Helicopter Community with Zero Fatal Accidents

Metric 2019 - 2023 2018 - 2022


Avg Fatal Acc Rate 0.75 0.78
Avg Accident Rate 4.15 4.21
Current Year Previous Year
Year To Date
(CY23) (CY22)
Fatal Accidents 0 1
Accidents 2 4
Fatalities 0 2

Average number of days


between fatal accidents:

2018: 14 days
2019: 16 days
2020: 18 days
2021: 17 days
2022: 21 days

Longest time between


fatal accidents
(past 5 yrs):

107 days (2020)


Fatal Accident Counter

Each year the U.S. helicopter industry safely flies 70 : 01 : 09 : 56


approx. 3 million flight hours and every second of
every flight must be handled with professionalism.
Days : Hours : Mins : Secs
Did “YOU” Know?
In the US there are 12,000 + helicopters, 32,000 + helicopter pilots and over 292,000 aircraft mechanics!
The USHST has identified the following industries for OUTREACH:
Personal/Private,
Helicopter Air Ambulance (HAA),
Commercial and Aerial Application
Your participation in joining our vision of zero fatal accidents is important to us. To determine how your inter-
ests best align with active USHST efforts, please click the link below to complete the form and submit.

JOIN/FOLLOW USHST
USHST Facebook (2566 Members, 8 New) USHST LinkedIn USHST Twitter

Helicopter Safety OUTREACH events:


• Next USHST All Hands Webinar - TBD
Previous All Hands - November 14, 2022
• ROTOR Helicopter Association International - Upcoming Events
• Helicopter Safety Alliance - Upcoming Events

Loss of Control - Inflight (LOC-I), Unintended Flight into IMC (UIMC), Low Altitude Operations (LALT).
USHST continues to work on the implementation of 16 Helicopter - Safety Enhancements (H-SE) developed through data-driven analysis of 104 fatal acci-
dents. The H-SE’s use Outreach, Policy, Technology/Equipment, and Training to reduce fatal accidents in these categories.
H-SE 81: Simulators and Outside-the Envelope Flight Conditions
Provide recommendations for mathematical/physics-based models for helicopter flight dynamics to achieve more realistic, higher-fidelity
simulations of outside-the-envelope flight conditions. Current models are not accurate at edge-of-the-envelope and outside-of-the-
envelope flight regimes. This may lead to unrealistic training of maneuvers such as loss of tail rotor effectiveness, vortex ring state/settling
with power, and autorotations and a negative transfer of training when similar situations are encountered during actual flight.
1. FAA, industry, and academia to review existing helicopter simulator/physics-based models and conduct research/testing to develop
recommendations regarding improved helicopter mathematical/physics-based models.
2. FAA AFS-200/AFS-800 to update advisory circulars AC120-45A and AC-61-136A (or create helicopter-specific variants) based on
recommendations to facilitate use of improved fidelity helicopter flight dynamics models in helicopter simulators.
3. USHST Outreach Team to conduct outreach to simulator and flight training device manufacturers regarding recommendations for
higher-fidelity mathematical models.
Improve Simulator Modeling for Outside-the-Envelope Flight Conditions: Output Report

USHST PRIORITY Safety Resources: Videos Safety Apps USHST Report on Safety Enhancements

US Helicopter Safety Team Press Release (March 2023):


USHST names Chris Baur as its next industry Co-Chair

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