Five helicopter accidents with evidence of material and/or design deficiencies

Par Conseil national de recherches du Canada

DOI	Trouver le DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.12.002
Auteur	Rechercher : Wanhill, R. J. H.; Rechercher : Symonds, N.; Rechercher : Merati, A.¹; Rechercher : Pasang, T.; Rechercher : Lynch, S. P.
Affiliation	Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Aérospatiale
Format	Texte, Article
Sujet	Agusta westland; Design deficiencies; Flight operation; Material defect; Mission planning; Sikorsky; Systems failure; Failure analysis; Forensic engineering; Fractography; Fracture mechanics; Helicopter services; Helicopters; Accidents
Résumé	Most helicopter accidents are due to problems concerning flight operations, ground duties (mission planning and preparation), training and instructions. These are key issues within the current (European) strategies for greatly reducing the number of accidents in the next few years. However, when accidents occur the subsequent investigations should include or at least consider forensic engineering, even if only to eliminate possible causes like material defects, component and systems failures, and design deficiencies. To illustrate this, the present paper discusses five helicopter accidents with evidence of material and/or design deficiencies. The accidents concerned a Sikorsky S-61N (1974), an Aérospatiale Alouette III (1990), a Westland Lynx SH14D (1998), and two AgustaWestland EH101s (2004, 2006). © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Date de publication	2013-01-03
Dans	Engineering Failure Analysis 35 (3 janvier 2013) : 133–146.
Langue	anglais
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Numéro NPARC	21271797
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