This website exists to promote helicopter safety around the world, primarily in the UK.

It contains a comprehensive UK helicopter accident database, and the results of a study carried out in early 2008 to support the figures being discussed at the safety evenings.

The site also contains links to freely available safety material and information on venues and dates of helicopter safety evenings organised by some volunteers around the UK.

We are supported by
  • British Helicopter Association [BHA]
    The BHA have been very supportive, they are extremely interested in helicopter safety and in what we are trying to do here. Several meetings have taken place with their CEO and he is 100% behind the cause. Gary joined the Small helicopter working group when it reformed in April 2008.
  • Civil Aviation Authority [CAA]
    The Flight Ops Inspectorate (General Aviation) of the CAA have supplied us with extracts from some of their safety presentations, and have suggested some subjects which may be worth us researching.
  • General Aviation Safety Council [GASCo]
    GASCos CEO has supplied us with his research into small helicopter accidents, and this has formed a basis upon which we have based our 10 years worth of accident data analysis.
  • National Air Traffic Services [NATS]
    NATS have offered to deliver a presentation on the Heli Lanes and airspace infringements and how they are trying to educate pilots in order to reduce the number that occur each year.
  • The Met Office
  • The Met Office have supplied us with some historical data for days when visibilty related helicopter accidents have occured, they have also supplied us with hundreds of Get Met 2009 booklets and one of their forecasters has offered in his own time to come along take part in the safety evenings.

We are also talking to some other prominent aviation agencies, and if they agree to work with us details will be posted here shortly.

We are currently working on all kinds of updates to the site, details of which can be found on the future updates page.

Future safety evening dates are published here approximately two weeks before the event.

The Last Safety evening took place at
Redhill Aerodrome
on 26th November 2008, More Details can be found here.

The fourth Safety evening took place at
Leeds Bradford Airport
on 29th October 2008, More Details can be found here.

The third Safety evening took place at
Coventry Airport
on 4th September 2008, More Details can be found here.

The 2nd Structured Safety Evening
Took place at The Terminal Building, Redhill Aerodrome
14th April 2008. Details Here..

The First Safety Evening Took Place On
Thursday March 6th 2008
At Northumbria Flying Club, Newcastle Airport.
A summary of the evenings events is here...

Most Recent UK Reports Released +/-
RegistrationTypeDateFatal
AS33201 Apr 2009Fatal
Bond Super Puma crashed off Peterhead, Aberdeen.
AS33201 Apr 2009Fatal
Bond Super Puma crashed off Peterhead, Aberdeen.
AS33218 Feb 2009
EC225 ditched UK North Sea
R2208 Jun 1994Fatal
A/c crashed in field. A/c destroyed. 2 fatalities.
R2230 Jan 2008
Helicopter came down in field and rolled over. A/c destroyed. No injuries to two POB. Subject to AAIB AARF investigation.
AB13923 Dec 2008
AGUSTA AW-139, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
AB13923 Dec 2008
AGUSTA AW-139, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
AS33218 Feb 2009
EC225 ditched UK North Sea
AS33218 Feb 2009
EC225 ditched UK North Sea
AS33220 Nov 2007
Nr2 engine freewheel failed during simulated nr1 engine failure. A/c dropped to runway from 20-30ft. No damage or injuries reported. Subject to AAIB Field investigation.
UK Accidents On This Day In History [4 July]+/-