Compiled by David Learmount/LONDON
ACCIDENT DATA have been drawn from Flight International's own research, and extensively from the databases of Airclaims and Lloyds Aviation. Airclaims now researches and publishes the World Airline Accident Summary on behalf of the UK Civil Aviation Authority, and it has an exclusive agreement on co-operation and information exchange with the CIS Interstate Aviation Committee's Commission for Flight Safety.
Accidents/incidents are listed chronologically, not by any operational category.
Although we make every effort to ensure the listing of complete and accurate data, users should not employ the information for legal purposes or precise statistical analysis. The availability of data on fatal and serious accidents, especially for high-value helicopters, is usually more comprehensive than that for non-fatal incidents, especially those involving low-value helicopters. Some operators engaged in high-risk helicopter work do not insure the airframes, so unless third parties or fatalities are involved, accidents are frequently not reported. This is especially true of piston-powered helicopters so, being aware of the incompleteness of available accident data in that sector, we have not attempted to list accidents to piston-powered helicopters.
Also, large variations in accident-reporting policies in different countries around the world inevitably mean official information about accidents in some nations is easily available, whereas in others it is difficult to obtain. This list, therefore, should be considered a good indicator of current accident types and trends, not a complete catalogue.
The criterion for listing an accident/incident is that it involves fatality or serious injury to those on board, or significant damage to the aircraft. Type of operation
?Not known
AWCCrop dusting or other spreading work
AWEExternal load
AWFFire suppression
AWHAnimal herding/hunting
AWJParachute dropping
AWMMedevac
AWPPersonnel positioning to site
AWRRescue
AWSSurvey, patrol, photographic
AWTTarget towing
CTCrew training
DemoDemonstration
DNCDomestic non-sched cargo
DNPDomestic non-sched passenger
DSCDomestic sched cargo
DSPDomestic sched pax
FerryFerry or positioning
INCInternational non-sched cargo
INPInternational non-sched pax
ISCInternational sched cargo
ISPInternational sched pax
NOGNon-operational
PvtPrivate/business/ corporate
TestTest or development
Phase of flight
EDEn route emergency descent
EREn route
GPGround parked
GRGround/engines running
GTGround taxi
LALanding/approach
LDLanding initial descent
LGLanding go-around
LRLanding roll
MHManoeuvre hover
MTManoeuvre
NANon-operational attended
NENon-operational engines running
NTNon-operational taxi/towing
NUNon-operational unattended
TATake-off/aborted
TCTake-off/climb to cruise
TITake-off/initial climb
TRTake-off run
General
AGLAbove ground level
AMSLAbove mean sea level
CFITControlled flight into terrain
CNKCause not known
DMEDistance-measuring equipment
ILSInstrument-landing system
I/VMCInstrument/visual flight conditions
I/VFRInstrument/Visual flight rules
I/OGEIn/out of ground-effect
MTOWMaximum take-off weight
OATOutside air temperature
OffOffshore
NrNear
RPMRevolutions per minute
VORVHF navigation beacon.
manufacturers
Aerospatiale/Eurocopter: SA315/SA316/SA318/SA319/SA332/AS350/AS355/SE313/SA341/SA365/HH65
IPTN/Bell (Indonesian):IPTN 412
Fairchild-Hiller: FH1100
IAR (Craiova Aircraft Enterprise, Romania): IAR Alouette
McDonnell Douglas/Hughes: MD/H500
McDonnell Douglas: AH-64/MD520
PZL-Swidnik: W-3 Sokol
Source: Flight International
