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HELICOPTER ACCIDENTS The arrow is pointing in the right direction —downward. Over the past two decades, the U.S. helicopter fatal accident rate has been cut in half, from 1.27 fatal accidents per 100,000 flights to 0.63. However, the industry has hit a plateau during 2018 and 2019. Fatal accidents in the U.S. are continuing at approximately the same level.


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• Last month, the team released two new airmanship bulletins on the Vortex Ring State and on Power Available Limitations.


• The USHST continues to provide face-to-face safety education and safety material distribution at industry events — most recently at the CHC Safety Summit in Dallas and at the National Agricultural Aviation Association convention in Orlando.


• The USHST is ready to release a best practices document offering guidelines for preflight inspections and final walk-arounds.


• A USHST team also is completing work on a proposed Advisory Circular regarding the use of


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