Lee Roskop

Aviation Safety Coordinator, Rotorcraft Fleet Safety, Aircraft Certification Service, FAA

Lee Roskop is an aviation safety coordinator specializing in rotorcraft fleet safety for the FAA’s Aircraft Certification Service. He joined the FAA in 2009. His past and present responsibilities in the FAA have included quantitative risk analysis of rotorcraft airworthiness issues, research and analysis of rotorcraft accident data, and promoting FAA engagement and communication with rotorcraft OEMs and operators. Prior to the FAA, Lee was an engineering specialist in rotorcraft accidents in the flight safety group of a rotorcraft OEM. He began his aviation career as an officer in the U.S. Air Force where he served as an instructor and evaluator helicopter pilot. Lee began working as part of the former International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) in 2010. He has worked in the U.S. Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) since its inception in 2013 and has served as the government co-chair of the USHST’s safety analysis team since 2018.