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Total Government recorded Australian helicopter accidents per year by helicopter make (1981 – 1996)

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MAKE

81

82

83

84

85

86

87

88

89

90

91

92

93

94

95

96

TOTAL

Aerospatiale

2

 

 

 

1

5

1

3

2

5

6

2

5

2

 

2

36

Augusta Includes AB47

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

1

 

 

5

Amateur  -Rotorway Exec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

2

Bell - all types

11

14

10

9

14

13

14

16

15

12

13

10

15

7

7

6

186

Enstrom

 

1

1

 

 

2

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

6

Hiller Uh12E

4

1

9

10

3

1

8

2

6

2

2

2

1

 

1

 

52

Hughes - all types

10

9

10

4

8

12

9

10

11

12

9

12

7

6

8

8

145

Kawasaki KH4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

3

2

3

3

3

3

4

4

27
Robinson R22

1

2

1

8

9

4

3

13

17

24

20

20

17

17

13

12

181

Sikorsky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

2

Westland

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Total:

28

27

1

31

36

38

35

46

55

57

56

50

48

39

33

3

643

 

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Note the rise in recorded R22 accidents as it replaced the B47, AB47 & H269 in cattle mustering Ops. This coincides with the increase in the R22 fleet size.

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Note the gradual reduction in Bell accidents as the B47 was replaced by the R22 for mustering ops

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Note: it was common not to report accidents in the early days of mustering ops. It is known that the early years accident rates where higher than 40:100K hours

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Note: there where 250 R22 helicopter s registered in Australia in 1996. The total officially recorded accidents by that date where 181

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Note: One insurance broker reports that every H269 insured by them eventually crashed during this period

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