Safety Alert
Helicopter Wheel Snags Helideck Net Near Miss with High Severity Potential
Helicopter Wheel Snags Helideck Net Near Miss with High Severity Potential
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 09-31
- Helicopter and Aviation
- Entanglement
- Helicopter operations
- Helicopter
- Safety communication
- Helideck
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Summary
This alert describes a helicopter wheel snagging a helideck net after the aircraft moved forwards and sideways before take-off. The Helicopter Landing Officer noticed the snag and informed the pilot by radio. The net released itself as the wheel was lifted about 30 cm above the helideck.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Helicopter operations; offshore aviation; rotary-wing operations.
Classifications: Helicopter; rotorcraft.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Helideck; helicopter landing deck.
IADC Alert 09-31. Themes: helicopter and aviation.