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Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium National Aerospace Laboratory NLR

EUROPEAN HELICOPTER SAFETY TEAM (EHEST):TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS

MITIGATING HELICOPTER SAFETY ISSUES

Joost Vreeken, NLR (presenter) [email protected]

Jos Stevens, NLR [email protected]

Michel Masson, EASA [email protected]

EHSIT Specialist Team on Technology

European Rotorcraft Forum (ERF), 4-7 Sept. 2012, Amsterdam


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The reason why

2012:

34 (per Aug.)


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The reason why

Action HE1.4 of the European Aviation Safety Plan (2012-2015)


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Contents

European Helicopter Safety Team

What are the safety issues?

Specialist Team on Technology Tasks Tools Listed technologies Rating process Preliminary results

Way forward

Useful references


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Contents




Way forward

Useful references


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EHEST: helicopter component of ESSI andEuropean branch of IHST

European Helicopter

Safety Team

EHEST


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EHEST: A real European representation

FI

IS

ES

CY

FR

LVLT

BENL

DE

UKIE

RO

BG

GR

CH

IT

ATHU

ESPT

DK

NO SE

PLCZ

MT

LUSK

SL

EHEST area account for approx. 90% of EU registered helicopters


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EHEST organisation

EHE

ST

Analysis Team Regional Teams

ImplementationTeam

ST Training

ST Operations &SMS

ST Regulation

ST Technology


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EHEST safety products
http://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HE4_Single-Pilot-Decision-Making-v1.pdfhttp://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/HE3_Off-Airfield-Landing-Site-Operations-v10.pdfhttps://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/HE2_leaflet_helicopter_airmanship_v1.pdfhttp://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Leaflet_EHSIT_Training_final.pdfhttp://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/final-report-e1310376176838.jpg


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Way forward

Useful references

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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 7

Regulatory - Accident Prevention

Aircraft Design

Performance of Maintenance Duties

Condition of Individuals - Psycho-Behavioural Factors

Visibility / Weather

Condition of Individuals - Cognitive Factors

Safety Management

Maintenance Procedures / Management

Oversight and Regulations

Landing Procedures

Procedure Implementation

Terrain / Obstacles

Judgement & Decision-Making Errors

Inadequate Pilot Experience

Skill-based Errors

Part/system failure Aircraft

Flight Profile

Mission Planning

External Environment Awareness

Human Factors Pilot's Decision

Accidents analysed between 2005-2010

Source: EHSIT ST Technology

What are the safety issues (SPS)?

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Specialist Team Technology Tasks Tools Listed technologies Rating process Preliminary results

Way forward

Useful references

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ST Technology: Tasks

Assess the potential of technologies to mitigate safety issues

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ST Technology: Tool

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ST Technology: List technologies

IdentifyTechnologies

Check thattechnology is not

already listed

Include inTechnologyDatabase

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ST Technology: Some example technologies

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Sensor based obstacle and terrain avoidance

(Cassidian)

Predictive ground collision avoidance

(Goodrich)

Deployable System for CrashLoad Attenuation

(NASA Langley Research Center)

Coated rotor blades to prevent erosion

(Kaman a.o.)

Seat Dynamics for Aircrew Vibration Mitigation

(National Research Council Canada)

Autorotation training display

(Systems Technology Inc)


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ST Technology: Listed technologies

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0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

Operational Support

Workload

Vibrations

Other

Maintenance

Crashworthiness

Aircraft Design

Dynamic System

Data Monitoring

Avionics

Situational Awareness

Number of technologies per category


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ST on Technology: Rating process

Subteam A

Set oftechnologies

Subteam B

Set oftechnologies

Subteam C

Set oftechnologies

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Highlypromising

Moderatelypromising

Not / Slightlypromising


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ST on Technology: Preliminary results

Technologycategory :

Set of SPS

Data monitoring: accident prevention

part/system failure

...

Situationalawareness:

mission risk

pilot judgement andactions

...

Aircraft design: part system failure

skill based errors

...

Specific technology: Specific SPS

4 technologieshighly promosingfor 3 or more SPS

SPS lackingtechnologies

Too preliminary

Other mitigations

possible

1

13 Highlypromising

11 Moderatelypromising

2 Not / Slightlypromising


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Useful references

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Way forward

Technology database

technology

technology

technology

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Mailbox: [email protected]

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Usefull references

http://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/

go to publications

http://www.ihst.org/go to Safety Tools

European Aviation Safety Plan:

http://www.easa.europa.eu/sms/

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http://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/checklist.jpghttp://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/HE4_Single-Pilot-Decision-Making-v1.pdfhttp://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/HE3_Off-Airfield-Landing-Site-Operations-v10.pdfhttps://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/HE2_leaflet_helicopter_airmanship_v1.pdfhttp://easa.europa.eu/essi/ehest/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/final-report-e1310376176838.jpg


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