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COMMON
QUESTIONS
What are the common causes of helicopter crash
accidents ? These include an inexperienced helicopter pilot, poorly trained
helicopter mechanics, negligent operation of the helicopter, poor weather
conditions, operating with excessive loads, negligent maintenance, excessive
hours on the turbine, engine, main rotor head, tail rotor, driveshaft, rotor
gear box, intermediate gear box, or tail rotor gear box, worn or overloaded
cam shaft & crankshaft, repeated over speed of engine resulting in valve
seat failure, failure of splines on the drive shaft and water contamination
in the fuel.
Other sources of helicopter accidents may be a helicopter owner's failure to properly address concerns in airworthiness directives, the helicopter pilots failure to place the craft into an autorotation, fuel exhaustion, failure to maintain control during autorotation, inadequate service bulletin warnings, improper use of the collective, inadequate communication / coordination between the flight crew and ground personnel, failure to properly react to a loss of engine power or in flight loss of power, failure to follow flight plan, loss of tail rotor control, loss of directional control, failure to maintain adequate main rotor rpm, flight engineer's inadequate visual lookout, improper use of the rotorcraft cyclic control and pilot's failure to obtain a preflight weather briefing.
In a helicopter crash lawsuit,
who are the defendants that are brought into a helicopter crash negligence & products
liability cases ? The best answer is, all responsible parties which can include
the helicopter owner, helicopter operator, charter service, contractor, helicopter
engine rebuilder, parts manufacturer, mechanics, and others that are determined
to caused or contributed to the helicopter crash. Litigation involving helicopter
crash injuries and deaths have include crashes of a weather helicopter, traffic
report helicopter, radio / television station helicopter, medical helicopter,
EMS helicopter, news helicopter, offshore helicopter charter service to oil
rig platforms and ships, tour helicopters for sightseeing, search & rescue
helicopter, ER helicopter, transport helicopter, and certain military helicopters.
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In
the typical helicopter crash, many
different causes of action may exist against a number of potential defendants.
The causes of action may be based on negligence, products liability,
breach of warranty and gross negligence. Often
the helicopter owner / operator may be negligent in having a
under-trained or inexperienced pilot, poorly trained ground mechanics,
negligent in the operation of the craft, negligent in operating in poor
weather conditions, operating with excessive loads, negligent
maintenance of the helicopter, and excessive hours on the turbine engine,
main rotor head, rotor gear box, intermediate gear box, or tail rotor
gear box.
Another
area of potential liability is against the actual manufacturer of the helicopter
for design and manufacturing defects,
breach of warranties, and failure to properly warn of known defects and dangers
of the product. Also the engine, rotor, blade and gearbox re-builders
are a constant
source for liability due to mechanics often failing to completely
tear down and properly rebuild a component part within the proper
specifications. In helicopter crash litigation, all potential defendants
are brought into a products liability case.
