European Helicopter Safety Team – EHEST
EHEST Secretariat - ehest@easa.europa.eu
February 2015
EHEST – Component of IHST
EHEST is the European component of the IHST
Objective to reduce the
civil helicopter accident
rate by 80% by 2016
Goals
Zero Tolerance
Zero Accidents
Focus on reducing
helicopter accident
fatalities
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EHEST – Component of ESSI
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Safety Partnership with more than 50 organisations
HeliOffshore established
21 October 2014
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EASp Edition 2014-2017
EHEST contributes to EASp development
and implementation
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A Plan of Action
Our regional safety risk portfolio
A four year Safety Plan
A live process
Widely discussed and agreed
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EASp Framework
Working with States to
foster the
implementation of SMS
in the industry
Safety Management
enablers
Complexity of the
system
Competence of
personnel
COMMERCIAL AIR
TRANSPORT BY
AEROPLANES
• Runway Excursions
• Mid-air collisions
• Controlled Flight Into Terrain
• Loss of Control In Flight
• Runway Incursions
• Fire, smoke and Fumes
OTHER TYPES OF
OPERATION
Emerging Issues
Working with States to
implement and develop
SSPs
Operational Issues
Systemic Issues
No new version planned in 2015
New products, systems,
technologies and
operations
Environmental factors
Regulatory
considerations
• Helicopters
• General Aviation
Human Factors and Human Performance
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EASA Annual Safety Review
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EASA Annual Safety Review
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EHEST Analysis Reports
2000-2005: 327 accidents analysed
2006-2010: 162 accidents analysed
EHEST Report
2006-2010
What’s new?
To be published
in autumn 2014
Preview
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EHEST Report 2006-2010
What’s new?
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Preliminary Conclusions
The analysis of the 2006-2010 accidents
is globally consistent with the results from 2000-2005
The new data continue supporting the safety actions
taken based on the 2000-2005 data
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From Analysis to Action
… leading to the development of safety material
addressing top issues
More than 300
accidents analysed…
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Most Recent Leaflets
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And the latest one…
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Translations
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Safety Videos
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Edition 1
Edition 2
SMS Video by HAI
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EHEST SMS Toolkit
Complex Operators
Based on
European
Rules
Edition 2 for Complex Operators
published in April 2013
http://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/main-page/ehest-safetymanagement-toolkit/
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EHEST SMS Toolkit NCOs
Based on
European
Rules
Edition 2 for Non Complex Operators
published in Oct 2014
http://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/main-page/ehest-safetymanagement-toolkit/
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EHEST Pre-Flight Risk Management
Check List
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EHEST Promotes IS-BAO by IBAC
Compatible for helicopter ops since 2012
Encouraged by BHA,EHEST and IHST
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Safety Benefits of Technologies
Presented at Avionics Europe and Helitech 2013
Safety Issues
Predictive ground
collision avoidance
Deployable System
for Crash–Load
Attenuation
Sensor based obstacle
and terrain avoidance
150 technologies, 90 rated
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NLR Report
Published
Oct 2014
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EHEST Flight Instructor Manual
Coming
soon!
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EHEST Flight Instructor Manual
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RAeS Conference 2014, London
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HELITECH 2014, Amsterdam
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EASA Rotorcraft Symposium
2-3 December 2014
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European Helicopter Safety Group
on LinkedIn
Created in Feb 2014, offers an exchange and discussion space and
contributes to bridging the gap with the community
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/European-Helicopter-Safety7453300?trk=groups_most_popular-h-dsc&goback=%2Egmp_7453300
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https://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/
ehest@easa.europa.eu