USHST Monthly Safety Report for March 2025

 

US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST)

Monthly Safety Report

March 2025

 

USHST Vision:  A civil registered helicopter community without fatal accidents

Days since last Fatal helicopter accident:  7 Days : 21 Hours : 7 Minutes : 56 Seconds

 

US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) Calendar Year Metrics

– The USHST began tracking its new goals for the CY2025-2029 (5 year) timeframe. The goals are by 14 CFR Operating Part, tracking the 5 year average fatal accident rates per 100K hours.

 

14 CFR Part	Baseline, CY2018-2022 (per 100K hours)	Goal, CY2025-2029 (per 100K hours)	Progress, CY2021-2025 (per 100K hours)
91	0.81	0.73 (10% reduction)	0.6
133	1.73	1.56 (10% reduction)	0.42
135	0.33	0.17 (50% reduction)	0.34
137	1.11	1.00 (10% reduction)	1.46

USHST uses the following as conditions for the fatal accidents included in rate calculations:  U.S. registered aircraft, Operating in the U.S./U.S. territories (includes offshore), Not operating as Public Aircraft (public use).

Helicopter – Safety Enhancement (H-SE) Details

 

H-SE 23-01: Professional Preflight Planning & Go/No-Go Aeronautical Decision Making (P3-GADM)

The primary objective of this safety enhancement is to help prevent fatal helicopter accidents that can be directly or indirectly linked to preflight judgment errors, decision-making errors, and inadequate mission planning. The H-SE team led by the HAI Safety Working Group will develop and deliver sources that will likely include policies, procedures, practices, tools, and other resources/tools that when implemented correctly, can prevent future fatal rotorcraft accidents attributable to flawed, inappropriate, and unauthorized preflight GO/NO-GO decisions. To frame the objective in a more positive manner, the team seeks to make it easier for flight planners to make well-informed GO/NO-GO decisions that are correct, appropriate, authorized before every flight, and independent from potential internal or external pressures, influences, or other factors.

 Helicopter Safety OUTREACH events:

• All Hands Seminar at VERTICON (March 10, 2025, 2:25-4:15pm, Room D163/165)
• FAA seeks responses for 2024 GA Survey – Vertical Aviation International

• USHST Winter 2025 Newsletter

• The Resilience Hub
  

 

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Please refer to USHST.org to view this entire safety report.

For any questions regarding the information within this notice please contact Clarke Pleasants, Assistant Professor of Aerospace, MTSU, at 615-898-2054 or email at clarke.pleasants@mtsu.edu