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USHST Monthly Safety Report for October 2024

US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) Monthly Safety Report October 2024 Fatal Accident Rate:  0.63 (+.08) above goal of 0.55 fatal accidents per 100K hrs by 2025 USHST Vision :  A civil US registered helicopter community without fatal accidents   “Safety by the Numbers” (Monthly Metrics): Days since last Fatal helicopter accident:  9 Days : 14 Hours : 58 Minutes : 56 Seconds Fatal Accident Rate (5yr avg)( CY2020-24 ) 0.63 Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours Fatal Accident Rate (CY2024) 9 Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours   For any questions regarding the information within this notice please contact Clarke
Thirty years after the Northridge earthquake, new tools inform safety.
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Thirty years after the Northridge earthquake, new tools inform safety.

If you experienced the Northridge earthquake, it was likely a traumatizing event. You probably talked to friends and family about it, but one thing you didn‘t do at the time was submit a USGS ”Did you feel it?” report. That's because the “Did you feel it?” reporting system wasn’t created until 1999. On this thirtieth anniversary of the Northridge earthquake, the USGS is inviting people who felt it, to share their story with us, in English, Spanish, or Chinese.    The magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake shook the greater Los Angeles area on January 17, 1994. Nearly 100 lives were lost and
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USHST Monthly Safety Report for November 2024

US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) Monthly Safety Report November 2024   Fatal Accident Rate:  0.63 (+.08) above goal of 0.55 fatal accidents per 100K hrs by 2025 USHST Vision :  A civil US registered helicopter community without fatal accidents   “Safety by the Numbers” (Monthly Metrics): Days since last Fatal helicopter accident:  2 Days : 22 Hours : 37 Minutes : 56 Seconds Fatal Accident Rate (5yr avg)( CY2020-24 ) 0.63 Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours Fatal Accident Rate (CY2024) 11 Fatal Accidents per 100K Flight Hours    Helicopter - Safety Enhancement (H-SE) Details H-SE 2023-05, Training on effects