Helicopter Safety | UK Helicopter Accident Occurences By Manufacturer

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The next helicopter safety evening is being held at around the UK on starting in September 2009 at Helitech.

Taken from a study of the Griffin Helicopters accident database since 09 Jan 1997 the study comprises a review of 398 rotary wing accidents and incidents involving UK registered aircraft of which 379 involved helicopters and 40 were fatal.

A summary of UK Helicopter Accident Occurences By Manufacturer.+/-

Manufacturer	Number In Study	Number of Fatal Accidents
Aerospatiale	10	1
Agusta	13	1
Bell Helicopter Textron	32	7
Bolkow	6	1
Brantly International Inc.	1	0
Enstrom Helicopter Corp.	26	1
Eurocopter	71	9
MD Helicopters	14	1
Robinson Helicopter Corporation	147	14
Rotorway International	10	1
Schweizer	22	2
Sikorsky	21	2
Westland Helicopters	6	0
Totals	379	40

A graph of UK Helicopter Accident Occurences By Manufacturer.+/-

Number in Study

Number of Fatal Accidents


Aerospatiale	10
	1
Agusta	13
	1
Bell Helicopter Textron	32
	7
Bolkow	6
	1
Brantly International Inc.	1
	0
Enstrom Helicopter Corp.	26
	1
Eurocopter	71
	9
MD Helicopters	14
	1
Robinson Helicopter Corporation	147
	14
Rotorway International	10
	1
Schweizer	22
	2
Sikorsky	21
	2
Westland Helicopters	6
	0