Helicopter Safety | UK Helicopter Accident Occurences By Manufacturer

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Taken from a study of the of the Griffin Helicopters accident database since 09 Jan 1997 the study comprises a review of 366 rotary wing accidents and incidents involving UK registered aircraft of which 348 involved helicopters and 35 were fatal.

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

Manufacturer	Number In Study	Number of Fatal Accidents
Aerospatiale	9	0
Agusta	12	1
Bell Helicopter Textron	31	7
Bolkow	5	1
Enstrom Helicopter Corp.	24	1
Eurocopter	66	8
MD Helicopters	14	1
Robinson Helicopter Corporation	133	12
Rotorway International	9	1
Schweizer	20	1
Sikorsky	19	2
Westland Helicopters	6	0
Totals	348	35

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

Number in Study

Number of Fatal Accidents


Aerospatiale	9
	0
Agusta	12
	1
Bell Helicopter Textron	31
	7
Bolkow	5
	1
Enstrom Helicopter Corp.	24
	1
Eurocopter	66
	8
MD Helicopters	14
	1
Robinson Helicopter Corporation	133
	12
Rotorway International	9
	1
Schweizer	20
	1
Sikorsky	19
	2
Westland Helicopters	6
	0