12-Jun-2022
Precautionary field landing... Read more
30-May-2022
During a flight between two construction sites, the pilot and the rear passenger, who was also a pilots, felt the helicopter sink to about thirty meters from the ground. The pilot decides not to attempt a recovery manoeuvre, given the presence of people on the ground near the landing area. The contact with the ground is... Read more
28-May-2022
Helicopter ended up on its starboard side when landing on a grass tennis court. All four POB safely out of the aircraft, two to hospital according to this report Update – location previously reported as “Denton”, the postal address of the location is Cuddesdon and thus we have updated the title Update 2 – Sources... Read more
27-May-2022
Helicopter experienced difficulties shortly after take off. All four POB seriously injured Wreckage airlifted the next day by the fire service Reparto volo dei #vigilidelfuoco di #Torino impegnato #oggi a Quargnento (AL) nella rimozione di un elicottero precipitato ieri pomeriggio pic.twitter.com/GOkk7aDpQD — Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) May 28, 2022 ... Read more
23-May-2022
Emergency landing in lake while scooping water for firefighting work for a fire in the area of Wymysłów. Helicopter ended up nearly fully submerged and inverted. Sole occupant pilot safely left helicopter and was admitted to hospital... Read more
16-Apr-2022
Rotors running refuel – FBO attendant was pulling the grounding cable from the fuel truck and the cable struck the main rotor blades Helicopter operates as “Native Air 7” from a base at Payson, AZ ... Read more
15-Mar-2022
Heli skiiing operation. On final approach to pick up some skiiers, the helicopter impacted the snow and rolled over... Read more
9-Mar-2022
Bird strike. 2 POB, neither injured... Read more
7-Mar-2022
Engine issues while landing on a trolley at night, pilot lost control and impacted the ground... Read more
11-Jan-2022
Pilot reported difficulties while flying and made emergency landing in built-up area – it appeared to be circling at low level in this doorbell footage All four on board, including a baby of 2 months old, got out without further injury. Air Methods statement : Today an Air Methods owned aircraft experienced an accident in... Read more
8-Jan-2022
Press release: Devon Air Ambulance’s H145 Helicopter, G-DAAS has been parked on the Derriford Hospital Helipad since the afternoon of Saturday 8 January. This is as a result of damage the aircraft sustained during a HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) task on Dartmoor. The aircraft skid was damaged during the landing on the moor, probably as a... Read more
20-Nov-2021
Air ambulance on a mission to help three persons that were lost in the mountains. The helicopter had to wait in heavy snow showers while boarding the passengers. The crew were aware of a power line they had to be careful to avoid while navigating out of the valley. Due to the heavy snow the... Read more
23-Oct-2021
Medical helicopter had landed on the highway to assist at an accident involving two trucks. The road had NOT been closed to traffic, and another truck drove past too close, causing the tips of the main blades to strike and damage the truck, with the impact moving the helicopter on its skids across the tarmac. ... Read more
28-Sep-2021
Aircraft was blown round “into wind” in a heavy storm when parked on grass at night. Given that the storm was sufficient to blow another AS355 on its side, it is likely this helicopter would need to be assessed for damage too.... Read more
28-Sep-2021
Aircraft was blown over onto its starboard side in a heavy storm when parked on grass at night. At least two of the three main blades broken, tail bent, starboard stabilizer broken... Read more
28-Sep-2021
Aircraft was damaged in a heavy storm when parked on helipad at night. Main blades forced to high coning angle (from CCTV video) and likely damaged, plus consequential damage to rotorhead... Read more
15-Sep-2021
Hard landing during autorotation training (FAA). Level of damage unknown in FAA report... Read more
13-Sep-2021
Main blades struck a tree. All 19 on board safely left the aircraft. Helicopter involved in firefighting operations and was taking a group of firefighters to the scene of the fire. With the helicopter incapacitated, the fire then came through the same area and the helicopter was burned out the next day 🔥 Un helicóptero... Read more
7-Sep-2021
Background: On the morning of the incident the flight crew based at KMRB in Martinsburg, WV was preparing to transition from a spare aircraft back into their normal duty aircraft which had just recently come out of a 1000-hour maintenance interval. The pilot-in-command for the day shift elected to move the spare aircraft (N102HN) off... Read more
7-Sep-2021
Background: On the morning of the incident the flight crew based at KMRB in Martinsburg, WV was preparing to transition from a spare aircraft back into their normal duty aircraft which had just recently come out of a 1000-hour maintenance interval. The pilot-in-command for the day shift elected to move the spare aircraft (N102HN) off... Read more
19-Aug-2021
After take-off, the crew detected abnormal airframe vibration and returned the aircraft to Archerfield. The post-flight inspection revealed a crack in one of the main rotor blades.... Read more
11-Jul-2021
Customs helicopter was involved in attempting to apprehend a boat being driven at high speed in the early hours of the morning, suspected of transporting drugs across the Strait of Gibraltar. Helicopter crashed into the sea, and the observer died in the accident – named here as José Luis Domínguez Iborra. Pilot and Copilot were... Read more
28-Jun-2021
The aircraft took off for a medical flight at around 12:35 UTC from Mario Ribeiro (SBMK) aerodrome, Montes Claros – MG, in order to land outside a helipad, in the municipality of Jequitaí – MG. A pilot, a technical crew member, a doctor and a nurse are on board. During the final approach, an obscuring dust cloud... Read more
28-Jun-2021
Heavy vertical landing, with skids splayed out, base of fuselage touching the ground and tail boom twisted. Main blades untouched, pictures suggest. 4 POB to the medical unit on the naval base where the accident occurred.... Read more
5-May-2021
Emergency field landing after bird strike... Read more
20-Apr-2021
Training accident, further details awaited. Two POB both to hospital... Read more
9-Apr-2021
Heavy landing in a garden on grass. Skids splayed out. Press report states pilot was Tereso T Orozco, 64, of Topeka, and passenger was Kenneth David Norman, 48, of Sunnyvale, Texas. Neither were injured... Read more
4-Apr-2021
During positioning flight back to base, VFR at night, the co-pilot’s door sliding window fell out. Pilot diverted from intended route and landed at Sioux Falls Regional Airport without further incident.... Read more
31-Mar-2021
Helicopter was involved in loadlifting operations, and lost altitude suddenly , crashing into trees as seen below in the image from Vigili del Fuoco. 37 year old pilot was the only POB and was taken to hospital... Read more
26-Mar-2021
Helicopter crashed on Knik Glacier, killing five of the six POB. The helicopter appears to have hit the mountain 10-15 feet below a ridgeline at an elevation of about 5,500 feet. The helicopter then rolled 800-900 feet downhill. Alaska State Troopers identified the deceased as: 52-year-old Colorado resident Gregory Harms 56-year-old Czech Republic resident Petr... Read more
15-Jan-2021
Bird strike on night flight took out the port lower windshield. Emergency landing made at Amsterdam Heliport. Recording of ATC conversation in this YouTube video ... Read more
10-Jan-2021
Helicopter ended up submerged in a river, reasons currently unclear Pilot freed himself, swam to river bank and called for help. Male passenger freed, but female passenger trapped and declared dead at scene... Read more
2-Jan-2021
Damaged after losing control during take off from Cape Town International Airport. Helicopter ended up on its starboard side on the apron outside a hangar. The pilot was flying alone and only suffered minor injuries and received medical attention.... Read more
30-Dec-2020
Crashed in white-out conditions during landing, during which the main rotor disc hit the ground. 20 minutes after the accident the helicopter caught fire and completely burned out. It is evident from images that the helicopter was written off in the accident (boom in multiple pieces) prior to the conflagration. Pilot named in this report... Read more
26-Dec-2020
Helicopter was involved in an operation to evacuate the body of a shaheed soldier, Abdul Qadeer The four on board were named here as Pilot Major M. Hussain, Co Pilot Maj Ayaz Hussain, Naik Inzimam Alam and Sepoy Muhammad Farooq. No details on cause of accident... Read more
23-Dec-2020
Accident on training flight. Two POB both injured and airlifted out. Helicopter ended up on its port side EMERCOM photo... Read more
19-Dec-2020
Starboard transmission cowling flipped up into the main rotor shortly after departure... Read more
15-Dec-2020
Helicopter crashed on rocky beach. Eyewitness reported seeing the helicopter spiralling out of control and plummeting to the ground Two fatalities named as owner/pilot Andrew Hamish Davidson, 60, and wife Lin Chen, 39. Three injured passengers including their two children and another child. The children – two boys and a girl – were all aged under 14 TAIC photo... Read more
8-Dec-2020
Helicopter was carrying an air rescue crew on a training mission when it fell from an altitude of (5,900ft). The surviving pilot raised the alarm at around 19:10 local time (18:10 GMT) after managing to escape from the helicopter. The crew onboard consisted of two pilots – one in training – along with two winch operators and... Read more
5-Dec-2020
At approximately 140 KIAS, the right rear passenger door came open. The PIC had also heard and felt a change in the aircraft. PIC immediately slowed down the aircraft and the flight nurse in the back of the aircraft while still seat-belted was able to close the door. Upon safe landing and exiting of the... Read more
4-Dec-2020
Take off from a temporary helipad in Higashi Matsuyama, Miyagi Prefecture at 10:50 (JST). The flight was for carrying trees with a sling (total weight of about 380 kg), and at an altitude of about 90 m near Miyato Kokegaura in Higashi Matsuyama, one of the trees (about 30 kg) fall in a paddy field. No... Read more
2-Dec-2020
Crashed on take-off during an anti-poaching operation. Army spokesperson advised that all five Botswana Defence Force members aboard the helicopter survived the accident and are currently receiving medical attention... Read more
29-Nov-2020
Bird strike took out the port windshield and damaged area between nose and base of windshield. Safe landing, but some of 6POB were injured... Read more
20-Nov-2020
Crashed after hitting zip wire. Both occupants received fatal injuries. One was named as entrepreneur Jorge Brito... Read more
16-Nov-2020
The aircraft was performing external load flights with delivering of concrete to a powerline fundament. During delivery of concrete to powerline mast number 49, the pilot experienced severe vertically vibrations. The pilot took immediate action, released the external load and was capable to manoeuvre the helicopter away from the construction area. During this operation the... Read more
15-Nov-2020
Bird strike left six inch hole in chin bubble window FAA just reported this as “Stat 13” which is a callsign and not a registration, but our research identified it as N442ME... Read more
14-Nov-2020
While attempting to decouple from dolly, rudder pedal became stuck and helicopter briefly became airborne. The tail rotor separated from the aircraft, resulting in a hard landing... Read more
8-Nov-2020
Tail rotor and stabiliser damaged by hitting a tree during an emergency landing... Read more
26-Oct-2020
The helicopter sustained substantial damage and the sole occupant pilot was seriously injured.... Read more
29-Sep-2020
A rescue crewman was lowered onto the deck of a vessel as part of winch training exercise, off the coast of Perth, Western Australia. During the exercise, the rescue crewman was pulled overboard from the vessel, into and through the water. The rescue crewman was not injured.... Read more
23-Sep-2020
Failure of recently-overhauled main gear box during ground run. Significant damage to the main gear box No information provided on registration or operator.... Read more
13-Sep-2020
The aircraft took off to carry out a local flight, with the purpose of conducting police patrol, with two pilots, an air operator and two policemen on board.On the return, during the taxi in the central area of the apron, there was loss of control of the aircraft, which carried out two turns of approximately... Read more
6-Sep-2020
Port side sliding door separated and hit main rotor disc. Emergency landing... Read more
1-Sep-2020
Emergency landing in field after engine issues... Read more
28-Aug-2020
The aircraft took off from the temporary helipad, and was transporting a cargo, and unintentionally dropped the cargo (about 790kg, construction materials) on a grass field near the temporary helipad from a height of about 25m around 9:50 JST. Cargo was old steel tower members, weight: about 790 kilograms.... Read more
25-Aug-2020
Engine failed while hovering over mountainous terrain. Heavy landing and helicopter rolled onto its side. Pilot not injured Helicopter was being operated for HighGold Mining, who issued this related press release... Read more
17-Aug-2020
Helicopter crashed while carrying out a long-line sling operation. The sole pilot was fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed in a post-crash fire.... Read more
17-Aug-2020
Pilot killed in accident.... Read more
12-Aug-2020
Helicopter was on an external load flight between 2 transmission lines when the main rotor contacted and severed an electrical cable. The pilot felt vibrations and immediately deposited and released the external load on the ground. The aircraft has been positioned away from the load, where it has landed safely. The main rotor was damaged... Read more
12-Aug-2020
Helicopter was on an external load flight between 2 transmission lines in the Sacré-Coeur, QC, area when the main rotor contacted and severed an electrical cable. The pilot felt vibrations and immediately deposited and released the external load on the ground. The aircraft has been positioned away from the load, where it has landed safely.... Read more
11-Aug-2020
Police helicopter made emergency landing in park. No damage/injuries Data from market intelligence firm Parapex Media shows that Baltimore Police currently operate four Airbus H120s, registered N451F, N452F, N453F and N454F... Read more
4-Aug-2020
Pilot died when helicopter crashed into wooded area. This report quotes pilot as Juan Francisco Escobar Blas... Read more
31-Jul-2020
The pilot took off from the Santiago Heliport to carry out an aerial work to control frost. Three minutes after takeoff, a light on the governor failure warning panel came on, stopping the engine in flight, for which the pilot performed an autorotation, forcibly landing in a private parking lot. The pilot, the sole occupant... Read more
26-Jul-2020
When hovering from the park point for take-off, the pilot loses control yawing to the left. The helicopter landed very hard. Investigators report aircraft destroyed... Read more
1-Jun-2020
Damage to belly of helicopter after attempted landing on top of two metal posts about a metre tall which appear to have once supported a sign. Google Street View shows the posts in place in July 2019 Helicopter repaired and back in service by 22-Jul-20... Read more
12-Apr-2020
Hillsborurgh County Sheriff helicopter suffered bird strike. No injury reported to 2 POB... Read more
9-Apr-2020
Hard landing. No injury reported to 1 POB... Read more
6-Apr-2020
The air accident happened on Monday 6 April 2020 in connection with sling loads for Statnett, the system operator of the Norwegian electrical power system. A container was to be moved. Because of a misunderstanding, the container was put in the wrong place. The container was to be moved further, but a strong wind gust... Read more
26-Dec-2019
During a sightseeing flight the helicopter crashed into terrain under unknown circumstances, resulting in a post crash fire. The pilot and six passengers perished.... Read more
25-Nov-2019
Around 19:40, during the maneuver to prepare for the engagement of the enemy, the Cougar helicopter and a Tiger collided, crashing close to each other. None of the embarked soldiers survived. A rescue and safety operation of the accident zone is underway. Many ways of the Barkhane force are still engaged. Thirteen soldiers died in combat are... Read more
25-Nov-2019
Around 19:40, during the maneuver to prepare for the engagement of the enemy, the Cougar helicopter and a Tiger collided, crashing close to each other. None of the embarked soldiers survived. A rescue and safety operation of the accident zone is underway. Many ways of the Barkhane force are still engaged. Thirteen soldiers died in combat are... Read more
1-Nov-2019
SAR helicopter ditched and located in 72m of water shortly after taking off at 11.26pm on a rescue mission. 7 POB missing There are four EC225s registered in Korea at present. HeliHub research shows that the subject aircraft is either HL9472 (msn 2702) or HL9619 (msn 2987)... Read more
21-Oct-2019
Bird strike (quoted in local press as a goose), and subsequent emergency landing at Oroville Municipal Airport en route Sacramento to Chico... Read more
23-Sep-2019
Tail damaged and starboard skid splayed out on landing at Kedarnath shrine, which is at an altitude of 11,500ft. 6 POB no serious injuries. Wreckage airlifted out 26 October per this press report... Read more