Crash After Encounter with Instrument Meteorological Conditions After Departure from Remote Landing Site, Alaska Department of Public Safety, Eurocopter AS350 B3, N911AA, Talkeetna, Alaska, March 30, 2013.

摘要

This report discusses the March 30, 2013, accident involving a Eurocopter AS350 B3 helicopter, N911AA, operated by the Alaska Department of Public Safety, which impacted terrain while maneuvering during a search and rescue flight near Talkeetna, Alaska. The airline transport pilot, an Alaska state trooper serving as a flight observer for the pilot, and a stranded snowmobiler who had requested rescue were killed, and the helicopter was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire. Safety issues include inadequate pilot decision-making and risk management; lack of organizational policies and procedures to ensure proper risk management; inadequate pilot training, particularly for night vision goggle use and inadvertent instrument meteorological condition encounters; inadequate dispatch and flight following; lack of a tactical flight officer program; punitive safety culture; lack of management support for safety programs; and attitude indicator limitations. Safety recommendations are addressed to the Federal Aviation Administration, the state of Alaska, 44 additional states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.