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Annual Safety Review 2014
Aerial Work – Helicopter
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Figure 27:
Aerial work helicopter percentage of accidents and serious incidents 2005-2014
per propulsion type
%
%
Reciprocating
Turboshaft
Mass Group
Figure 28 shows the distribution of accidents per mass group. More than 75% of the accidents that occurred
involved helicopters from the 0-2250 kg mass group. This is in line with the composition of fleets employed in
Aerial Work operations.
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Figure 28:
Aerial work helicopter percentage of accidents and serious incidents 2005-2014
per mass group
%
%
%
%
0-2 250 kg
2 251 to 5 700 kg
5 701 to 27 000 kg
27 001 to 272 000 kg