USHST Safety Report - August 2020


 
Please see attached!

Also, as a reminder:

U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) Calendar Year Metrics

-Goal: Reduce the 5 year average fatal accident rate to 0.55 per 100K hours by 2025. The USHST uses the fatal accident rate from CYs 2014-2018 (0.62 per 100K hours) as their baseline for measurement.

-The CY 2016-2020 5 year average fatal accident rate was 0.7 per 100K hours through July 2020.

Thank you!

Scott

Scott T. Tyrrell

Continued Operational Safety Specialist / Accident Investigation

General Aviation & Rotorcraft Unit

Airworthiness Productions Section

Operational Safety Branch

Compliance & Airworthiness Division

Aircraft Certification Service

817-222-5121

Federal Aviation Administration

AIR-721B

5N-115

10101 Hillwood Parkway

Fort Worth, TX 76177

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“Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.”


 
Stephen Coonts, naval aviator and author.

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