IHST Update
Presenter : Bob Sheffield
OGP Aviation Subcommittee
Location Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Date 3 – 4 March 2013
Overview
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New Executive Committee Members
New Structure
New Products
Results
Requests
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Why?
Every accident is our accident.
We share the same goal.
“The individual risk per period of flying exposure for an individual
flying on OGP contracted business should be no greater than on the
average global airline.”
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IHST Organization Chart
Executive Committee
Government Co-Chair
Industry Co-Chair
FAA - Kim Smith
HAI – Matt Zuccaro
Secretariat
Program Director
AHS – Mike Hirschberg
FAA – James Viola
Director
Director
Sikorsky – Fred Brisbois
Eurocopter - Gilles Bruniaux
Director
Director
Bristow – Bill Chiles
Somen Chowdhury
Director
Director
Helicopter Assoc. Canada – Fred Jones
AgustaWestland – Bob Sheffield
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Irish Aviation Authority – John Steel
Metrics Team Co-Chair
Ed DiCampli
Flight Safety Foundation – Bill Voss
Regional Partners - Australia, Brazil, Canada,
Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, India, Japan,
Middle East/North Africa and the United States
Communications Team
FAA - Tony Molinaro
Metrics Team Co-Chair
FAA - Sean Hafner
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IHST Organization Chart
Executive Committee
Government Co-Chair
Industry Co-Chair
FAA - Kim Smith
HAI – Matt Zuccaro
Secretariat
Program Director
AHS – Mike Hirschberg
FAA – James Viola
Director
Director
Sikorsky – Fred Brisbois
Eurocopter - Gilles Bruniaux
Director
Director
Bristow – Bill Chiles
Somen Chowdhury
Director
Director
Helicopter Assoc. Canada – Fred Jones
AgustaWestland – Bob Sheffield
Director
Director
Irish Aviation Authority – John Steel
Metrics Team Co-Chair
Ed DiCampli
Robinson – Kurt Robinson
Regional Partners - Australia, Brazil, Canada,
Commonwealth of Independent States, Europe, India, Japan,
Middle East/North Africa and the United States
Communications Team
FAA - Tony Molinaro
Metrics Team Co-Chair
FAA - Sean Hafner
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New Structure
• Old IHST ExCom Structure
• InternationalHelicopter Safety
Team Executive Committee
– US analysis team
– US implementation team
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New Structure
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Helicopter Safety Team
Executive Committee
• US Helicopter Safety Team
– Bill Chiles is industry Co-Chair
– FAA will name other Co-Chair
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IHST Focus Areas
• Safety Management Systems (SMS)
• Training
• Systems & equipment
Flight data monitoring systems (FDM)
Health monitoring systems (HUMS)
• Maintenance
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IHST SAFETY TOOLKITS
SMS 1st Edition
Edition 2
Edition 2
Translation of Toolkits
in Progress
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EHEST SAFETY TOOLS
• Helicopter Safety Brochures
• Helicopter Safety Video
• Degraded Visual Environment (DVE)
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US JHSIT FACT SHEETS
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Twelve Operational Pitfalls for Helicopter Pilots
Five Hazardous Attitudes for Helicopter Pilots to Recognize
Helicopter Pilot Safety Antidotes for Hazardous Attitudes
The Top 10 Ways You Can Prevent Helicopter Accidents
How Helicopter Pilots Die
Introduction
History
Accidents by Industry
Accidents by Activity
Worldwide Flight Hours
Worldwide Accident Rate
U.S. Accident Rate
Europe Accident Rate
Cornerstones
Recommendations
Safety Toolkits
Safety Culture & SMS
Costs & Benefits
IMSAFE Pilot Check List
U.S. Civil Helicopter Accidents (page 1)
U.S. Civil Helicopter Accidents (page 2)
US JHSIT LEAFLETS
• Inadvertent Entry into Cloud or Fog
• Instructional Safety: Training Safety or Training Safely?
• Recurrent Training: Are You Current and Proficient?
• Controlled Flight into Terrain: How Does it Happen?
• Density Altitude – The Invisible Factor of Helicopter Performance
• Emergency Decision Making: What Happens When You Lose a Critical
System?
• Energy in Autorotations – Using Energy for our Benefit
• Gaining Control over Loss-of-Control Accidents
• Rotor Rooter – Autorotation Acronyms
• Visibility: The Minimum You Should Know
IHST = Worldwide Effort
500 Volunteers in 40 Countries
Growing each Year
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Led by teams in the US, Canada and Europe, the IHST now has
teams in:
– Australia,
– Brazil,
– the Commonwealth of Independent States,
– India,
– Japan,
– the Middle East & North Africa
• The IHST is working to establish effective teams in
– Mexico,
– New Zealand, and
– South Africa.
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U.S. Helicopter Total and Fatal Accident Rate 1999 – 2012 (Projected)
Source: NTSB and 2010 General Aviation and Part 135 Survey
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US ACCIDENT RATE
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US FATAL ACCIDENT RATE
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3 YEAR MOVING AVERAGE (US FATAL ACCIDENT RATE)
3 YEAR MOVING AVERAGE (US ACCIDENT RATE)
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Civil Registered Helicopters Accidents
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IHST Started Jan 2006
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Source: International Helicopter Safety Team
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Current State Summary
• The IHST has produced tools that can
deliver the 80% accident rate reduction.
• The tools are effective.
• The best operators have already proved
them!
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urce: European Helicopter Safety Team
Rest of Oil -/Gas Industry
Total Oil -/Gas Industry
Aviation Subcommittee
Members
Revised Strategy
• Leverage contacts with license holders
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Regulators
Insurers
OEMs and associations’ operator events
Best operators
• Focus on the training sector
– Current highest source of accidents
– Opportunity to create a safety mindset in new pilots
IHST - CHANGING THE GAME
Is it enough?
• In 2005, there were 436 civil helicopter accidents
worldwide.
• In 2011, there were 382 civil helicopter accidents
worldwide.
• We have seen progress, but not enough.
HELP US MEET OUR GOAL!
WWW.IHST.ORG
IHST ON FACEBOOK
IHST ON TWITTER
We encourage you to add the www.ihst.org link to
your company website
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How can we reach those who
haven’t heard or heeded the
IHST’s recommendations?
Collaboration Opportunities
• Topics
– Training
• Pilots
• Maintenance
– Technology
• Partners
– Associations (EHOC, EHA, HAI, etc.)
– IHST, EHEST and regional partners
– Manufacturers
Other requests
• Joint audits
• Audit safety culture
• HUMS as a predictive tool
• Train hand flying
Questions?