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Federal Aviation
Administration
Fleet Safety Section,�AIR-723
Rotorcraft
Monthly Accident
Briefing
January 2022
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Estimated U.S. Rotorcraft FATAL Accident Rate by FY�10 Year Lookback – Rates per 100,000 Hours
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AIR-723, Fleet Safety Section, Aircraft Certification Service
Estimated U.S. Rotorcraft Fatality Rate by FY�10 Year Lookback – Rates per 100,000 Hours
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Administration
AIR-723, Fleet Safety Section, Aircraft Certification Service
Estimated U.S. Rotorcraft Accident Rate by FY�10 Year Lookback – Rates per 100,000 Hours
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FY 22 – U.S. Registered Rotorcraft Event Counts
Same time period, previous FY: 26 Accidents, 2 Fatal Accidents, 3 Fatalities
Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | YTD |
9 | 8 | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 32 |
2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | 8 |
3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | | | | | | | | | 13 |
Accidents:
Fatal Acc:
Fatalities:
Data Source: FAA, NTSB Databases. Includes only events classified as accidents and does not include incidents. The accident numbers for each month of the Fiscal Year may vary from the previous monthly briefing based on analysis between FAA and NTSB databases for the specified month. The NTSB database may include accidents that were not reported to this office resulting in slightly different numbers.
Estimated Rates by Month (per 100,000 flight hours)
Accidents:
Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | YTD |
3.38 | 3.52 | 5.53 | 1.98 | | | | | | | | | 3.58 |
0.75 | 0.44 | 2.01 | 0.49 | | | | | | | | | 0.89 |
1.13 | 0.44 | 3.52 | 0.99 | | | | | | | | | 1.45 |
Fatalities:
Fatal Acc:
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U.S. Registered Rotorcraft �Cumulative Fatal Accident Count: FY19 - FY22
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Administration
AIR-723, Fleet Safety Section, Aircraft Certification Service
U.S. Registered Rotorcraft �Cumulative Accident Count: FY19 - FY22
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AIR-723, Fleet Safety Section, Aircraft Certification Service
U.S. Registered Rotorcraft �Average Fatal Accidents Per Month, FY83-FY22
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% of U.S. Rotorcraft Accidents with a Fatality �(FY22, Oct - Jan) �
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U.S. Registered Rotorcraft �13 Month Rolling Accident Count
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FY 22 – Total Accidents by Industry (Oct - Jan)
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FY 22 – Total FATAL Accidents by Industry (Oct - Jan)
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FY 22 – U.S. Registered Fatal Rotorcraft Accidents
1-14-22 – Bell 407, N167RL, Part 135, Houma, LA, 2 fatal
– On-demand flight with 1 passenger
– Witness observed a/c in nose down descent into trees NTSB: CEN22FA100
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FY 22 – U.S. Registered Fatal Rotorcraft Accidents
12-30-21 – Robinson R44, N442VB, Part 91, Bronson, FL, 4 fatal
– Personal use flight; night departure from private residence
– Crashed 9 minutes after departure NTSB: ERA22FA098
12-30-21 – Bell 206B, N8AU, Part 91, Livingston, TX, 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
– Sightseeing flight; hovering over trees near home of one of the pax
– Began uncontrolled right rotation, struck tree, crashed NTSB: CEN22FA086
12-29-21 – Robinson R44, N544SC, Part 91, Cosby, TN, 1 fatal, 1 serious
– Personal use flight; departed w/ leased a/c from service center; deteriorating weather
– 12 min later, a/c observed flying out of fog/hitting trees NTSB: ERA22FA096
12-14-21 – Bell 407, N150AS, Part 91, LaPlace, LA, 1 fatal
– Personal use flight; flying 75 to 175 ft AGL above I-10 enroute to New Orleans
– Crashed after striking guy wire above bridge NTSB: CEN22FA073
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FY 22 – U.S. Registered Fatal Rotorcraft Accidents
11-28-21 – Bell 206B, N59600, Part 91, Perry, OK, 1 fatal, 1 serious
– Personal use flight; control loss while at 50 ft AGL/25 knots
– Unable to recover control, crashed, post-crash fire NTSB: CEN22FA053
10-10-21 – Robinson R44, N637HP, Part 91, Cornwall, NY, 1 fatal
– Personal use flight; 70 minutes into planned route from Glenn Falls to Ronkonkoma
– Over Hudson River, made series of turns before crash NTSB: ERA22FA010
10-1-21 – Robinson R22, N412TL, Part 91, Chandler, AZ, 2 fatal
– Instructional/training flight; traffic pattern at Chandler Municipal Airport
– Midair collision w/Piper PA-28-181 airplane NTSB: WPR22FA001
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FY 22 - US Rotorcraft Accidents By Model
*Fleet size based on analysis of rotorcraft on FAA registry as of March 2021
Only models that comprise at least 1% of U.S. registered rotorcraft are listed unless an accident has occurred.
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FY 22 - US Rotorcraft Accidents By Model
*Fleet size based on analysis of rotorcraft on FAA registry as of March 2021
Only models that comprise at least 1% of U.S. registered rotorcraft are listed unless an accident has occurred.
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FY 22 - US Rotorcraft Accidents By Model
*Fleet size based on analysis of rotorcraft on FAA registry as of March 2021
Only models that comprise at least 1% of U.S. registered rotorcraft are listed unless an accident has occurred.
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Federal Aviation
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AIR-723, Fleet Safety Section, Aircraft Certification Service
FY 22 - US Rotorcraft Accidents By Model
*Fleet size based on analysis of rotorcraft on FAA registry as of March 2021
Only models that comprise at least 1% of U.S. registered rotorcraft are listed unless an accident has occurred.
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Federal Aviation
Administration
AIR-723, Fleet Safety Section, Aircraft Certification Service
FY 22 - US Rotorcraft Accidents By Model
*Fleet size based on analysis of rotorcraft on FAA registry as of March 2021
Only models that comprise at least 1% of U.S. registered rotorcraft are listed unless an accident has occurred.
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U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST)�5 Year Average Fatal Accident Rate (CY)
Goal: By 2025, reduce the 5 year average fatal accident rate to 0.55 per 100K hours
Current as of: 2/1/2022
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U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST)�Key Fatal Accident Rate Markers (CY)
Current as of: 2/1/2022
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