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Title: Bali Hai Helicopter Tours Bell 206B, Kalaheo, Hawaii


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Bali Hai Helicopter Tours Bell 206B, Kalaheo,
Hawaii
Investigator-in-ChargeNicole L. Charnon
2
Accident Flight
  • Bell 206B, N16849
  • Part 91 flight operation
  • SFAR 71 Special Operating Rules for Air Tour
    Operators in the State of Hawaii
  • Eighth tour, departed at 1600

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Tour of Kauai
4
Radar Ground Track
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Weather and Ground Track
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Weather and Ground Track
7
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Weather and Ground Track
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Accident Flight Images
1630 photo
1628 photo
1636 photo
1637 photo
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Accident Site
10
SFAR 71
  • Emergency final rule in October 1994
  • Established for Hawaii tours
  • Minimum altitude 1,500 feet
  • Minimum standoff distance 1,500 feet
  • Flotation equipment
  • Helicopter performance plan
  • Operations limitations compliance
  • Passenger safety briefings

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SFAR 71 Deviations
  • Deviations approved case-by-case
  • Required additional safety measures
  • Emergency landing areas
  • Ingress and egress descriptions
  • Transition segments
  • Annual checkride
  • Annual safety meeting

12
Annual Safety Meetings
  • Not run by Flight Standards District Office
    (FSDO)
  • Conducted by air tour operators
  • Inconsistent topics and agendas
  • Pilots differed in understanding of approved
    deviations

13
Hawaii-specific Weather Concerns
  • 8 weather-related accidents since SFAR 71
  • 31 fatalities
  • 4 weather-related accidents involved pilots new
    to the islands

14
Additional Presentations
  • Operations
  • Human performance
  • Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast
    (ADS-B) technology

15
Parties to the Investigation
  • Federal Aviation Administration
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Accredited Representative
  • Transportation Safety Board of Canada
  • Bell Helicopter

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