Flight Safety Information - April 10, 2023 No. 068 In This Issue : Minnesota man gets 2 years in prison for laser strike on jet : 2 U.S. Fighter Jets Make Emergency Landing in Okinawa : Two Indiana couples die in plane crash off the coast of Venice, Florida : Single-engine plane accidents happen more in WA than most other states : 9 Soldiers Killed as Pair of Helicopters Crash in One of the Army's Deadliest Training Accidents : Keeping Safety First: A Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents : Annual Report Shows Reduction in Fatal Aviation Accidents : USC - Gas Turbine Engine Accident Investigation : ISASI ANZSASI2023 Surfers Paradise - Early Bird Reminder : Call for Nominations For 2023 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award : Call for Papers is now open for 2023 CHC Safety & Quality Summit. Minnesota man gets 2 years in prison for laser strike on jet By Associated Press April 8, 2023 - 3:45 PM MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge in Wisconsin sentenced a Minnesota man on Friday to two years in prison for aiming a laser at a Delta Air Lines jet in 2021, an act that prosecutors said disrupted the pilots’ efforts to land and putting passengers in “incredible danger.” James Link, 43, of Rochester, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in January. Laser strikes on planes and helicopters hit a record in the U.S. in 2021. Pilots reported 9,723 incidents, a 41% jump over the year before, according to Federal Aviation Administration figures. The FAA said it handed out $120,000 in fines in 2021. Violators like Link can also face up to five years in prison. According to the U.S. attorney’s office in Madison, the pilots of the Delta flight from Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, to Minneapolis on Oct. 29, 2021, reported that their cockpit was lit up three times by a bright blue laser while they were at an altitude of 9,000 feet (2,700 meters) just west of River Falls, Wisconsin. At the time, air traffic control had just instructed them to change runways, which required them to plot a new course to the Minneapolis airport. “The laser strikes caused a major distraction in the cockpit as they were not able to look at their iPads to brief the new approach,” prosecutors said in a statement. The pilots were eventually able to chart the new path and land safely, the statement said. “The first officer did not suffer any disruption to his vision, but the captain said that vision in his right eye was affected for several hours after this event,” prosecutors said. Air traffic control called a Minnesota State Patrol aircraft, which flew to River Falls. The State Patrol aircraft was also struck by a blue laser. The pilots spotted the suspect and worked with River Falls police, who found Link with a blue laser on his person. At sentencing, U.S. District Judge William Conley remarked on Link’s extensive criminal record, which included numerous domestic assaults. He also said the behavior was similar to a 2017 arrest when Link shined a flashlight in the eyes of the arresting officer. “Judge Conley called aiming a laser at an aircraft incredibly dangerous and reckless, and in this case forced the Delta pilots to focus on their temporary blindness which put everyone on the aircraft in incredible danger,” the statement said. Minnesota man gets 2 years in prison for laser strike on jet 2 U.S. Fighter Jets Make Emergency Landing in Okinawa Society Apr 8, 2023 20:58 (JST) Naha, Okinawa Pref., April 8 (Jiji Press)--Two U.S. fighter jets made an emergency landing at Shimojishima Airport in the city of Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, at around 3:22 p.m. Saturday (6:22 a.m. GMT). One of the planes experienced engine trouble about 64 kilometers south of Miyako Island in the city, according to the Japanese Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau. The planes have on their bodies markings indicating that they belong to the U.S. Air Force in South Korea. Near the airport, a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter with 10 people on board went missing on Thursday. 2 U.S. Fighter Jets Make Emergency Landing in Okinawa Two Indiana couples die in plane crash off the coast of Venice, Florida Claire Thornton Melissa Pérez-Carrillo USA TODAY NETWORK Four Indiana residents are dead following a Wednesday night plane crash off of Florida's west coast, authorities said. Around 10 p.m., police in Venice, Florida, responded to reports of a plane crash near the Venice Fishing Pier, police captain Andy Leisenring said at a press conference Thursday morning. Emergency crews found and identified the bodies of two male victims shortly after the crash, Leisenring said, and two female victims were found Thursday. The pilot was Jeff Lumpkin, 64, of Fishers, Indiana. The other male victim was Rick Beaver, 60, of Noblesville, Indiana. A dive team discovered the bodies of two women believed to be Patty Lumpkin, 68, and Bethe Beaver, 57, in 23 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico. "We've been in contact with the victims' families," Leisenring said. "And certainly our hearts go out to them as they deal with this tragedy." Why did the plane crash? Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash, police said. Video footage from the pier and from a local airport is being reviewed. Police said the group had flown to Venice from St. Petersburg, Florida, around 5 p.m. Wednesday. After meeting friends for dinner near the pier, they returned to a local airport, paid a parking fee and prepared to fly back to St. Petersburg at 9:30 p.m. Soon afterward, the plane crashed a half-mile from the pier in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said. "Gut-wrenching. Gut-wrenching. What else can we say?" airport director Mark Cervasio said when he learned of the crash. The accident comes four months after a different plane crash along the Venice coast killed three people. Leisenring called it “unusual” to have two plane crashes occur in that short period of time but said it was too early to conclude whether or not there was a connection between them. The NTSB has reported that lack of visibility while leaving the airport led to a lack of "discernable horizon" during takeoff as part of the investigation of the December plane crash. Responding to questions Thursday about the cause of the latest crash, Cervasio said, “Once the airplane’s in flight, they're under the purview of the FAA flight standards.“ "Our responsibility under our purview is to make sure that the airport and facility that we have are under good condition and safe to use," he added. Two Indiana couples die in plane crash off the coast of Venice, Florida Single-engine plane accidents happen more in WA than most other states BY SHEA JOHNSON Note: Please see multiple photographs and graphics in the original article. Rodney Collen’s single-engine aircraft went off radar shortly after takeoff from Tacoma Narrows Airport on March 6, prompting an ongoing aerial search over densely wooded territory near the coast roughly 150 northwestern driving miles away. A secondary radar tracked Collen’s 2006 Cessna T182T Turbo Skylane to an area between the unincorporated community of Queets and Lake Quinault and showed it made a “very rapid descent to the ground,” according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. The search for Collen and his plane, confined to 36 square miles near Queets, entered its 12th day on Friday. Collen, who was a subject of a News Tribune profile last year as the creator of a mushroom-shaped home on the Key Peninsula, is an experienced pilot, according to news reports. He was only a couple of minutes into his 5:35 p.m. departing flight from the Gig Harbor airport when his plane’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system stopped. Authorities don’t know whether it was turned off or malfunctioned, WSDOT said. Rod Collen stands in a house that he built with his fiancé from the ground up on their property in Lakebay, Wash. August 13, 2022. The couple spoke with The News Tribune for an article about the home near Penrose State Park. Cheyenne Boone While circumstances surrounding the seasoned flier’s disappearance remain unclear, single-engine plane accidents happen more often in Washington than in most other states, a News Tribune analysis found. Yet the safety record for general aviation, which predominantly consists of single-engine aircraft, has improved across the country. Nationwide, the number of general aviation accidents has declined over the past 20 years, according to National Transportation Safety Board data. There were 5.2 accidents per 100,000 flight hours in 2021, down from nearly 6.7 in 2002. The NTSB uses the term “accident” — distinguishing it from “incident” — to refer to any occurrence where someone is killed or seriously injured or an aircraft is substantially damaged. Since 2012, Washington ranks seventh in the country for accidents and incidents specifically involving single-engine planes, according to a News Tribune analysis of NTSB data. Richard McSpadden, the senior vice president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s Air Safety Institute, said that might be attributed in part to difficult weather and more activity due to Washington’s robust aviation community. See Line Chart: Single-engine plane accidents and incidents by state McSpadden said that single-engine aircraft, at large, have a strong safety record. As the most active plane in general aviation — an industry that encompasses any civilian flying that isn’t airline- or military-related — they’re used for activities that range from private travel to agricultural crop-dusting. “That’s why you hear about single-engine accidents more,” he said. Each year over the past decade, the number of single-engine plane accidents in Washington has fluctuated, The News Tribune’s analysis found. From 2012 to 2022, there were no fewer than 23 (2015 and 2020) and no more than 40 (2018) investigated by the NTSB, which is tasked with probing every civil aviation accident in the United States. In 77% of those accidents, no one was hurt or there were only minor injuries reported, the analysis showed. Last year, however, saw 18 fatalities in single-engine aircraft accidents — the most in Washington in at least a decade, according to the analysis. That figure was amplified by the September seaplane crash off Whidbey Island that killed 10 people, including a civil rights activist. In October, NTSB officials said they found that a tail part that controls the pitch of the plane — its up and down movement — had separated into two pieces and may have resulted in loss of control. See Bar Chart: Single-engine plane accidents in Washington In Washington, the vast majority of all general aviation accidents between 2012 and 2021 occurred during landing and due to a loss of control on the ground, according to NTSB’s accident dashboard. Most often, fatalities were reported in accidents that happened en route due to loss of control in-flight. Collen’s plane type, the T182T, is among the most popular in general aviation, McSpadden said. The 29-foot-long plane is relatively simple to fly, comfortably seats four people, has a powerful engine, can land on short runways and can fly or land at slow speeds, McSpadden said. While it isn’t an aircraft that a novice would likely learn to fly in, it’s not a difficult next step up. The plane type also maintains a strong safety record, according to McSpadden, who added that the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association is constantly pushing for more technology and equipment to improve safety. The NTSB and FAA have each also sought to try to reduce accidents. General aviation isn’t as regulated as commercial airlines, NTSB spokesperson Peter Knudson said. And equipment, infrastructure and training between the two are starkly different. “There’s a certain level of risk in these kind of operations,” Knudson said. WSDOT is asking anyone with information about Collen’s flight or who may have spotted anything in the search area to call the State Emergency Operations Center at 800-258-5990. The plane’s tail number is N24289. Read more at: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article273258655.html#storylink=cpy Single-engine plane accidents happen more in WA than most other states 9 Soldiers Killed as Pair of Helicopters Crash in One of the Army's Deadliest Training Accidents Soldiers assigned to the 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division and the Dutch 11th Airmobile Brigade conduct skedco hoist training on Feb. 3, 2023, at Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. (Malcolm Cohens-Ashley/U.S. Army) 30 Mar 2023 Military.com | By Steve Beynon Nine soldiers are dead after a crash involving two Black Hawk helicopters out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on Wednesday night, a training accident that is one of the deadliest in Army history. "This is a truly tragic loss for our families, our division and Fort Campbell," Brig Gen. John Lubas, deputy commander of the 101st Airborne Division, said at a press conference Thursday morning. On Wednesday night, a pair of 101st Airborne Division Black Hawks were conducting routine training in southwestern Kentucky. The pilots were using night vision, a common practice for units to practice flying in low visibility. There was no hazardous weather, according to National Weather Service data. Officials from Fort Campbell are hoping the black boxes onboard two Black Hawk helicopters will give insight into what caused their deadly crash. (March 30) AP It's unclear what caused the two Black Hawks to crash, but the pilots were able to bring the aircraft down in an open field, away from a nearby residential area, according to Lubas. None of the soldiers on the two helicopters survived. An investigation team from the service is set to arrive at the crash site Thursday afternoon. It marks one of the deadliest days for the Army outside of combat since the 1994 Green Ramp disaster in which 24 soldiers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, died after a F-16 fighter jet collided with a C-130 with the wreckage hitting a C-141 and igniting jet fuel and ammunition next to a group of paratroopers. Five soldiers have died in on-duty aviation incidents per year on average since 2018, according to data from the Army Combat Readiness Center, which tracks training mishaps. The bulk of those incidents involved Black Hawks, which are produced by defense giant Lockheed Martin. In February, two chief warrant officers with the Tennessee Army National Guard died when their Black Hawk crashed near Huntsville, Alabama. Last year, Lockheed was awarded a $2.3 billion contract to build at least 120 H-60M Black Hawks as the Pentagon works on plans for its next generation helicopter. In 2021, after a series of Black Hawk crashes, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., called on the Pentagon to review the safety of the aircraft. "I ask that you take all necessary steps to promptly investigate these incidents to determine if they fit a larger pattern of malfunction with the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter," Gillibrand said in a statement at the time. The investigation into the crash is likely to take months, with high-profile accidents also typically getting intense scrutiny from Congress and the media. 9 Soldiers Killed as Pair of Helicopters Crash in One of the Army's Deadliest Training Accidents Keeping Safety First: A Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents Airbus released its annual Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents, updated with 2022 figures. The safety of our products and the people who fly or operate them has always been the number one priority for Airbus. Compiling and analysing data1 of the incidents and accidents which occurred helps to contribute to improving the safety of our products by identifying trends or emerging threats that can be acted upon to prevent accidents from happening. The focus of the Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents is on Western built jets with over 40 seats. It shows that there were around 27 million flight departures in 2022, which was an increase of almost 5 million when compared with 2021. This is still around 20% below the number of flights recorded prior to the pandemic. The document reports that the aviation sector shows a positive trend towards a recovery of traffic to pre-pandemic levels. This ramp-up also highlights the need to attract more aviation professionals across the industry to avoid any shortfall, especially in light of the global workforce requirements for the next 20 years. “In order to secure safe and efficient operations in 2023 and beyond, it is fundamental for the industry to maintain and develop competencies of all aviation professionals and permanently reinforce our safety culture,” says Yannick Malinge, Chief Product Safety Officer for Airbus Commercial Aircraft. The analysis also points out that 2022 was a year that reported six commercial jet hull loss accidents without fatalities and two fatal accidents that were due to vehicles entering the runway. There was also a fatal accident where all passengers and crews lost their lives that remains to be classified, and therefore, is not yet recorded in this year’s analysis. “As the number of accidents and flights will vary each year, accident rates are more relevant than reviewing the number of accidents per year when analyzing trends”, the document reads. In this context, the statistics show that the number of accidents today is significantly lower than a comparable year in the previous decade and the rate of fatal accidents and hull losses is steadily decreasing over time. The analysis shows how “accident rates were further reduced with the introduction of new technologies that helped to reduce accident rates for each generation of aircraft”. The largest percentage of flights in recent years were made using the latest generation 4 fly-by-wire commercial jets, which have the lowest accident rate. “In 2022, generation 4 commercial jet aircraft flew 56% of the flights and the accident rate for both generation 3 and 4 aircraft remained historically low.” Comparing accident rates by generation of aircraft illustrates the value of the investments made through technology to improve safety, ensuring that taking a flight in a commercial jet aircraft is a low-risk activity. For more information on commercial aviation accidents and what the statistics tell us about our continual efforts to improve safety, visit the accident statistics website. 1Source data: The data for this analysis was extracted from official accident reports, as well as ICAO, Cirium, and Airbus databases. Keeping Safety First: A Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents Annual Report Shows Reduction in Fatal Aviation Accidents By Homeland Security Today March 11, 2023 The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its 2022 Safety Report for global aviation. The report showed a reduction in the number of fatal accidents and the fatality risk, compared to 2021 and to the five year average (2018-2022). From this year, the Safety Report has been re-invented as an online interactive resource rather than in static PDF format. Report highlights include: • In 2022, there were five fatal accidents involving loss of life to passengers and crew. This is reduced from seven in 2021 and an improvement on the five year average (2018-2022) which was also seven. • The fatal accident rate improved to 0.16 per million sectors for 2022, from 0.27 per million sectors in 2021, and also was ahead of the five year fatal accident rate of 0.20. • The all accident rate was 1.21 per million sectors, a reduction compared to the rate of 1.26 accidents for the five years 2018-2022, but an increase compared to 1.13 accidents per million sectors in 2021. • The fatality risk declined to 0.11 from 0.23 in 2021 and 0.13 for the five years, 2018-2022. • IATA member airlines experienced one fatal accident in 2022, with 19 fatalities. The industry 2022 fatality risk of 0.11 means that on average, a person would need to take a flight every day for 25,214 years to experience a 100% fatal accident. This is an improvement over the five-year fatality rate (average of 22,116 years). The majority of fatalities in 2022 occurred in a single aircraft accident in China that claimed the lives of 132 persons. The airline involved was not an IATA member but is on the IATA Operational Safety Audit registry. The next largest loss of life occurred in an accident to an IATA member in Tanzania that resulted in 19 fatalities. “Accidents are rare in aviation.” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General. “There were five fatal accidents among 32.2 million flights in 2022. That tells us that flying is among the safest activities in which a person can engage. But even though the risk of flying is exceptionally low, it is not risk-free. Careful analysis of the trends that are emerging even at these very high levels of safety is what will make flying even safer. This year’s report, for example, tells us that we need to make some special efforts on turboprop operations in Africa and Latin America.” Read more at IATA Annual Report Shows Reduction in Fatal Aviation Accidents Gas Turbine Engine Accident Investigation May 8-10, 2023 USC LAX Campus This specialized accident investigation course is directed to fixed wing turbojet and turboprop as well as turbine powered rotary wing aircraft. The course examines specific turbine engine investigation methods and provides technical information in the related area of material factors and metallurgical failure investigation. Individuals with responsibility for the post-accident examination of gas turbine engines and individuals responsible for integration of engine information into the total accident investigation should attend this course. Instructors Doug Pridemore retired with over 35 years of experience in gas turbine engine failure analysis with GE Aviation and Rolls-Royce. Mr. Pridemore has led numerous high-profile metallurgical investigations, including many uncontained engine events and military Class I mishaps while working with domestic and foreign government agencies, including the NTSB, Canadian TSB, French BEA, and military boards. Mark Taylor worked as an engineer and accident investigator for GE Aviation for 41 years. Mr. Taylor was responsible for investigating incidents and accidents involving any GE small commercial engine. He investigated accidents and incidents involving S-61, UH-60, S-70, and V-107 helicopters; Canadair Challenger, Canadair Regional Jet, Learjet 25, SAAB 340, Aerocommander 1121, Falcon 20, Sabreliner, Falcon 2000, and DC10 fixed-wing aircraft. He worked with government agencies in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Argentina, France, China, Mexico, and England. 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Email: aviation@usc.edu Telephone: +1 (310) 342-1345 Interested in a USC Aviation Safety and Security Program Newsletter? Please tell us here. Photo Credit: Glenn Beltz (CC BY 2.0) USC - Gas Turbine Engine Accident Investigation International Society of Air Safety Investigators https://www.isasi.org/ Ladies and Gentlemen, ANZSASI2023 Surfers Paradise Please see the important information attached about registering for this year's Australian and New Zealand Safety Conference ANZSASI Registration Reminder.pdf ASASI Executive ISASI ANZSASI2023 Surfers Paradise - Early Bird Reminder Call for Nominations For 2023 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award, honoring a leader in global aviation safety. The Award will be presented during the 76th Annual International Air Safety Summit, taking place November 6-8 in Paris, France. Presented annually since 1956, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award recognizes notable achievement in the field of civil or military aviation safety in method, design, invention, study, or other improvement. The Award's recipient is selected for a "significant individual or group effort contributing to improving aviation safety, with emphasis on original contributions," and a "significant individual or group effort performed above and beyond normal responsibilities." Mechanics, engineers, and others outside of top administrative or research positions should be especially considered. The contribution need not be recent, especially if the nominee has not received adequate recognition. Nominations that were not selected as past winners may be resubmitted for consideration in subsequent years. Please note that self-nominations will not be considered. The Award Committee, composed of leaders in the field of aviation, meets each year to conduct a final review of nominees and selection of the current year's recipient. Please help us identify and honor this year's most deserving recipient. Nominations, including a 1-to-2-page narrative, can be submitted via the Laura Taber Barbour Foundation website at http://ltbaward.org/the-award/nomination-form/. Nominations will be accepted through June 2, 2023. For more information, including a complete history of Award recipients, see www.ltbaward.org. About the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation and Award The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award's story dates back more than 75 years. On April 14, 1945, after visiting family in Pittsburgh, Laura Taber Barbour was aboard a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3 when it crashed into the rugged terrain of Cheat Mountain near Morgantown, West Virginia. All passengers and crew were killed. In 1956 her husband, Dr. Clifford E. Barbour and son, Clifford E. Barbour, Jr., in close association with The Flight Safety Foundation, established the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award in her honor. For the past 65 years, this distinguished award recognizing outstanding achievements in aviation safety worldwide has been presented at Flight Safety Foundation’s International Aviation Safety Summit. In 2013, The Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Foundation was formed as an independent non-profit charitable organization composed of members of the Award Board, the aviation community, and the Barbour family. In addition to the annual presentation of the award, in 2019 the Foundation initiated a scholarship program that supports worthy students pursuing professional aviation studies. As the Foundation broadens its scope, the Laura Taber Barbour Air Safety Award will continue to recognize those who significantly contributed to aviation safety. For more information on the Foundation, the award, and past winners, visit http://LTBAward.org Share your knowledge and experience at 2023 CHC Safety & Quality Summit. Call for Papers is now open for 2023 CHC Safety & Quality Summit. Theme: Reset 2024: Developing New Safety Mindsets Submission Deadline: May 21, 2023 Much has changed in the past five years. Energy prices have collapsed, then spiked; customers have deferred, then ramped, production. We have grappled with global pandemic and now war in Ukraine. We have welcomed new market entrants in response to a changing environment and changing importance of sustainability. The offshore helicopter industry has had to adapt – quickly - to meet changing demands. As the pace of change has accelerated, it has sparked a state of permacrisis with little time to regroup. Simultaneously, the accident rate has accelerated, from an all-time low in 2019/20, to 12 fatal accidents and 18 lives lost in 2022. Were we distracted, complacent, without the focus and resources? How do we enhance safety, succession and sustainability in a dynamic industry? The CHC Safety & Quality Summit 2023 now calls for papers to address these challenges. Please submit abstracts for consideration on the following topics: 1. New safety performance mindsets. A persistent safety management challenge is the changing human habit. Understanding safety relies on understanding the brains and behaviours at the heart of the flight system. We know the value of a safety management system lies in the willingness and openness of our teams to reflect, learn and change, time and time again. What new insights can we draw from human neurology and psychology to keep the person at the centre of safety, resilience and safety management practice? 2. New talent requirements and the next generation. There are numerous dynamics that stymie recruitment and retention: an experienced but ageing employee population, remuneration limitations, entrants’ skills gaps, changing workplace expectations and persistent poor performance in regard to diversity and inclusion. Are our organisations fit for purpose? What is our succession plan to ensure the safety and quality of our industry in 2024 and beyond? The CHC Safety &Quality Summit will take place in Vancouver, BC, Canada on 14 - 16 November, 2023. Most sessions during the three-day conference will be for 90 minutes. Individual sessions typically attract between 20 to 60 people. Submissions should include proposed session titles, descriptions or outlines, objectives and audience benefits, presenter bibliographies, and contact details. Please send your submission online via links on this page. We look forward to hearing from you by 21 May 2023. Note: Any type of vendor promotions or marketing pitch will not be accepted. 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