Aviation Law Group Encourages The NTSB And The FAA To Re-Open Their Investigation Of Robinson Helicopter Main Rotor Control Loss Following Two Recent Tailboom Separation Accidents In Washington State and in Hawaii

by Chris Rusing | Jul 31, 2024 | Accident, Hawaii Accident, Washington Accident

A Robinson helicopter accident on June 29, 1992, involving the inflight break-up of the helicopter prompted the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to launch a special investigation into Robinson R22 and R44 helicopter main rotor control accidents. The Federal...

Here We Go Again: Another Fatal R-44 Crash In Kauai Less Than One Month After An R-44 Tail Boom Came Off In Flight In Washington State Killing Two

by Robert Hedrick | Jul 14, 2024 | Accident, Hawaii Accident

We are shocked but not surprised to hear of yet another deadly Robinson R-44 crash, N144KW, this time just off the North Coast of Kauai on July 11, 2024. Our hearts go out to the families of the two passengers and pilot who were on the sight-seeing flight operated by...

HA35 Flight Crew Told Passengers It Was OK To Get Out Of Seats Right Before Turbulence

by Casey Dubose | May 18, 2023 | Accident, Commercial Aviation Accident, Hawaii Accident

Many of the passengers of Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35, which flew into severe turbulence on December 18, 2022, report that right before the turbulence hit, the airline crew announced that they were approaching Honolulu and that it was OK to use the bathroom and get up...

HA 35 Preliminary Report Raises More Questions About Flight Crew Information And Response

by Robert Hedrick | Jan 24, 2023 | Hawaii Accident

The NTSB issued its preliminary report on the HA 35 flight turbulence accident that occurred on December 18, 2022. The Hawaiian Airlines flight was approaching Hawaii after leaving Phoenix, when it hit severe turbulence, injuring at least 25 persons (passengers and...

Hawaiian Airlines Flight 35: Severe Turbulence Must Be Avoided At All Costs

by Robert Hedrick | Dec 20, 2022 | Commercial Aviation Accident, Hawaii Accident

Our hearts go out to the passengers and crew injured on Sunday, December 18, 2022, while flying on Hawaiian Airlines Flight HA35 from Phoenix to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. Unfortunately, the Airbus 330 airplane they were riding in struck...

Hawaii Helicopter Air Tour Crashes Continue Despite NTSB Safety Recommendations

by Robert Hedrick | Jun 13, 2022 | General Aviation, Hawaii Accident

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, a Bell 407 helicopter operated by Paradise Helicopters was on a flightseeing tour on Big Island, Hawaii, when it crashed, injuring all six persons on board, including numerous serious injuries. The accident occurred on a small lava field...