Thoughts from a Helicopter Accident Investigator

In this Spotlight, Clint Johnson, chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska Regional Office, offers some sobering thoughts based on 23 years of experience and more than 700 accident investigations. If pilots could observe an investigator’s personal experiences while uncovering the human factors linked to helicopter accidents, Clint says, it would profoundly change their level of respect for and adherence to personal limitations.