After dropping steadily for most of the past two decades, the helicopter accident and fatal accident rates have plateaued and the FAA is redoubling efforts to keep the numbers dropping. The U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST), an FAA-led initiative with the lofty goal of eliminating helicopter fatalities, released the latest stats on accident rates and for the past two years it has stalled at the rate of .62 to .63 fatal accidents per 100,000 flights. That’s about half the rate of 1.2 fatal crashes per 100,000 flights recorded in 2001.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/helicopter-fatality-rate-stalls