Bali Hai Helicopter Tours Bell 206B, Kalaheo, Hawaii

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Bali Hai Helicopter Tours Bell 206B, Kalaheo,
Hawaii
Investigator-in-ChargeNicole L. Charnon
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Accident Flight

• Bell 206B, N16849
• Part 91 flight operation

• SFAR 71 Special Operating Rules for Air Tour
  Operators in the State of Hawaii
• Eighth tour, departed at 1600

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Tour of Kauai
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Radar Ground Track
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Weather and Ground Track
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Weather and Ground Track
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Weather and Ground Track
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Accident Flight Images
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1628 photo
1636 photo
1637 photo
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Accident Site
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SFAR 71

• Emergency final rule in October 1994
• Established for Hawaii tours
• Minimum altitude 1,500 feet
• Minimum standoff distance 1,500 feet
• Flotation equipment
• Helicopter performance plan
• Operations limitations compliance
• Passenger safety briefings

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SFAR 71 Deviations

• Deviations approved case-by-case
• Required additional safety measures
• Emergency landing areas
• Ingress and egress descriptions
• Transition segments
• Annual checkride
• Annual safety meeting

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Annual Safety Meetings

• Not run by Flight Standards District Office
  (FSDO)
• Conducted by air tour operators
• Inconsistent topics and agendas
• Pilots differed in understanding of approved
  deviations

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Hawaii-specific Weather Concerns

• 8 weather-related accidents since SFAR 71
• 31 fatalities
• 4 weather-related accidents involved pilots new
  to the islands

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Additional Presentations

• Operations
• Human performance
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast
  (ADS-B) technology

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Parties to the Investigation

• Federal Aviation Administration
• Rolls-Royce
• Accredited Representative
• Transportation Safety Board of Canada
• Bell Helicopter

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