Helicopter hijacked, linked to recovery of monies owed by the operator to another aviation company
Tags: B206, Bell, China, Civil, Hubei Yinyan General Aviation, Safety
Hit powerline while spraying. Pilot walked away - he was named here as Michael Stewart
Tags: Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Provine Helicopter Service, Safety, US-Kentucky
Crashed in open land and fell onto its side. Reported as on photo mission. Three occupants had minor injuries
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, SAM Inc, US-Colorado
Sole occupant pilot killed after striking wires
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-Montana
Substantially damaged in landing accident. Although this is a tour helicopter, only two flight crew were on board, no passengers
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, Safety, Tours, US-Arizona
Tail rotor damaged on landing
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Reeder Flying Service, Safety, US-Nevada
Helicopter substantially damaged in emergency landing on road. Bridegroom Rishi Ramdeo, his parents Vijay and Danmathie and best man Robert Soogram were injured after their helicopter crashed outside the wedding venue. The pilot and the groom were reported in a critical condition and the other occupants were treated for mild to serious injuries.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, South Africa
Training accident. Main rotors severed tail boom, aircraft ended upright on its skids
Tags: B206, Bell, Ecuador, Ecuador Air Force, Military, Safety, Training
Ted McBride, 74, died after contact with a power line during agricultural operations
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, El Aero Services, Fatal, Safety, US-Nevada
Five POB - pilot and four tourists, including two from Ukraine. No injuries
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Kazakhstan, Safety, Zhersu Avia
Four injured in emergency landing in a garden. Pilot Eduardo Augusto Ospina was flying three military personnel - mobile brigade commander 29, Colonel Carlos Salamanca; Corporal Hector Fabio Sogamoso, and professional soldier Jaider Cardenas Posso.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Colombia, Heliservicio, Safety
Substantially damaged in force landing - helicopter ended up on its side. Aerowest Helicopters operating for New Mexico Dept of of Game and Fish. All three occupants injured - one Game & Fish officer, one veterinarian and the helicopter pilot reported minor injuries.
Tags: Aerowest Helicopters, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-New Mexico
Three killed when a JetRanger went down at 3.42am on a reality TV shoot on a remote ranch. Helicopter had been supplied via Crossbow Helicopters, who act as brokers between film companies and helicopter operators. Photos posted of this 206 on Orbic Air's website (example) in the last few weeks indicate that it carried their titles as operator. Casualties named as pilot David Gibbs, 59, cinematographer Darren Rydstrom, 46, and Michael Donatelli, 45 - they were involved in filming for the Discovery Channel.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Orbic Air, Safety, US-California
Helicopter destroyed per FAA data
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, Sinton Helicopters, US-California
Helicopter blown onto its side by high winds
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, Pennsylvania State Police, Safety, US-Pennsylvania
During low-level aerial filming operations, the helicopter rotated quickly to the right and descended. The pilot made an emergency landing on the sloping terrain. The helicopter rolled over and was subtantially damaged with minor injuries to the occupants.
Tags: Australia, B206, Bell, Civil, ENG, Heliwest, Safety
Helicopter landed on ice floe, which then collapsed and the helicopter sank. Pilot rescued. Local temperature with windchill around -50C CADAORS 2013C0108
Tags: B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Custom Helicopters, Safety
Helicopter was one of a pair on low level frost control flight over a vineyard. Weather reported as foggy. Pilot named as Karen L. Johnson, age 62
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, San Joaquin Helicopters, US-California
Emergency field landing. Cause not yet advised, as press report of "blown off course" seems so improbable
Tags: Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Tennessee
Helicopter crashed during agricultural work. Pilot reported as Hernán Cabrera, age 47. Distant photo shows helicopter landed upright in the crop, although tail does not look quite right! Chilean sources are quoting the accident as a UH-1H, but we do not agree - see the two stabilizer end-plates, definitely a LongRanger!
Tags: Agricultural, B206, Bell, Chile, Civil, Safety
Emergency landing after bird strike - EMS unit "Pafford AirOne" with patient on board. We believe they operate either/both of LongRanger 4 N1813 (52335) and LongRanger 3 N3180L (51055)
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Omniflight, Safety, US-Louisiana
Loud bang heard with an associated yaw to the right and loss of power. An autorotative landing was carried out into a nearby stream. The pilot and 1 passenger were uninjured. CADAORS ref 2012P1768
Tags: B206, Bailey Helicopters, Bell, Canada, Civil, Safety
Helicopter crashed after hitting guy wire of radio tower. Sole occupant pilot (named as Hugh Clifton Kelley) killed
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-Louisiana
Contacted the ground during a sharp turn while spraying, causing the helicopter to crash. The pilot (the sole occupant) suffered minor injuries. The helicopter reportedly was substantially damaged. CADAORS ref 2012O2922
Tags: Agricultural, B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Safety, Sunrise Helicopters
Very heavy landing - main blades appear completely intact. All 4 POB injured, two seriously
Tags: B206, Bell, Brazil, Civil, Helisul Taxi Aereo, Safety, Tours
Tail rotor struck ground. Helicopter had been working on powerlines at the time of the accident. Helicopter caught fire and burned out - also causing a 1.5 acre brush fire
Tags: Agricultural, B206, Bell, Chesapeake Bay Helicopters, Civil, Safety, US-California
Lost power and forced to land in a field. Main blades hit tail boom
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, Safety, US-Arizona
Substantially damaged in training accident. The Instructor and student were transported to a hospital for medical evaluation and were later released with minor injuries.
Tags: B206, Bell, Horizon International, Safety, UAE
Helicopter landed with considerable forward speed and cartwheeled over its nose on landing - indicating skids possible dug into ground. Helicopter destroyed but all 5 POB (including spiritual leader Asaram Bapu) safely exited with only minor injuries
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fast Helicharters, India, Safety
Safe night emergency landing made in sports field after bird strike caused 24 inch diameter hole in windshield
Tags: Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Tennessee
Loss of control landing in strong winds - main blades hit building
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, South Africa
Lack of fuel. The helicopter landed hard and the main rotor blades contacted and severed the tail boom, forward of the tail rotor assembly.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, Puerto Rico, Safety, San Juan Police Dept
Tail rotor struck wire on approach after crew were distracted by vehicle on ground potentially entering landing zone. Landed without further incident
Tags: Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Texas
One killed and two injured when helicopter crashed into reservoir. Operator flies at least two LongRanger IVs - B-7712 (52305) and B-7715 (52357)
Tags: B206, Bell, China, Civil, Fatal, Safety, Yunnan General Aviation
Rolled over on landing
Tags: B206, Bell, Bristow Helicopters, Civil, Safety, US-Alaska
Helicopter missing for 4+ days. Three crew missing are New Zealander Antony Annan, 49 and two Australians, one named as Russel Aitken, 42.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Hevilift, Papua New Guinea, Safety
JetRanger crashed in open field during agricultural operations. Pilot in hospital after walking to nearest farm for help. Helicopter destroyed. CADAORS 2012C2726
Tags: Agricultural, B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Safety
Crashed while conducting low level manoeuvres east of Saskatoon. An ELT signal was reported by several overflying aircraft. CADAORS 2012C2707
Tags: B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Safety, Sunrise Helicopters
Crashed into an apple orchard after losing power. Tail damage. Pilot not injured
Tags: Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, JR Helicopters, Safety, US-Washington
The aircraft had just completed a routine inspection and the mechanic was doing a post-inspection ground run when the aircraft inadvertently lifted from its stationary position and struck a hangar. Mechanic injured
Tags: Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Missouri
Helicopter under contract to the City of Whitehorse for mosquito control work was flying low level when it hit wires - pilot was blinded by the sunshine during a turn. Pilot put 206 down safely in a creek. No damage to helicopter or injury to pilot. 400 properties temporarily without power. CADAORS 2012C2112
Tags: B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Heli Dynamics, Safety
Crashed shortly after take off from Grand Central Airport, coming to rest against a concrete fence. The two occupants were severely injured - see photos here and here
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, South Africa
Lost power and force landed on beach. Slight damage to tail boom noted from press photo. Helicopter was en route to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport made an emergency landing this afternoon on Longboat Key’s Gulfside beach.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-Florida
Minor damage in accident while helicopter was involved in operations to do with a ratio antenna in support of a sports challenge on the island called "Transportation Achilles". The three crew members were unharmed - Fernando Saver Oyarzún, Claudio Navarrete Flores and Rodrigo Vargas Soto. One source quotes the helicopter serial number as "38" but offers no evidence, hence we are not listing that.
Tags: B206, Bell, Chile, Chilean Navy, Military, Safety
Minor damage on landing
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-Arizona
Crashed from low level during take-off and ended up on its starboard side within the police compound. Press statement said it was a mechanical issue. Pilot named as VÃctor Ojeda Esqueda and passengers were Secretary of Public Security Jesús Pinto Ortiz and director of the State Preventive Police, VÃctor Manuel Bosques. All three to hospital. Helicopter presumed destroyed (see photos here and here)
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, Mexican Federal Police, Mexico, Safety
Crashed into a wheat field during agricultural operations. Pilot named as Brian Townsend
Tags: Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, Townsend Aviation, US-Indiana
Crash from low level while on gas pipeline survey. Pilot Wayne Spry and his two passengers, Jerry Senger and Clint Shoemaker received minor injuries.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Hawkeye Helicopter, Safety, US-Kansas
Agricultural accidents. Starboard skid reportedly hit crop, Pilot got out on his own. Tail boom severed from fuselage. Pilot later named in press as 59-year-old Thomas Green of Gettysburg
Tags: Agricultural, Air Ag, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-Pennsylvania
Substantially damaged in heavy landing. Both occupants to hospital. Weather report as winds gusting to 30 knots at the time of the accident
Tags: B206, Bell, Chesapeake Bay Helicopters, Civil, Safety, US-Texas
Agricultural ops, crashed in field
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, San Joaquin Helicopters, US-California
Four injured when helicopter crashed into two houses - Juan Carlos Menendez, 40, Andres Turcios, 32, and Octavio Gordillo, 52 and one identified only as Michael. Aircraft made at least four circuits above Antigua before it went down, the fire department spokesman said - reportedly on aerial filming work
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Filming, Guatemala, Safety
Emergency landing at Barksdale AFB after suspected bird strike. Registration assumed as news received by HeliHub showed operator name as "Pafford EMS helicopter" and this LongRanger flies as "Pafford Air One"
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Louisiana
Bird strike on take off while pilot was using NVG. Damage to windscreen and vertical fin
Tags: Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety
Sightseeing tour with four British tourists crashed on the side of a mountain near Highways 1 and 40 east of Canmore. Pilot Matthew Goodine died prior to arrival at hospital, with other passengers sustaining minor injuries
CADAORS 2012C1381
Tags: B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Fatal, Kananaskis Mountain Helicopters, Safety
Rolled over on offshore platform
Tags: B206, Bell, Chevron USA, Civil, Offshore, Safety
JetRanger working with Bristow Academy crashed and turned over. Main rotors ripped off, tail boom damage but skids appear to in one piece? No injuries
Tags: B206, Bell, Bristow Academy, Civil, Safety, US-Florida
precautionary landing after a transmission light came on
Tags: Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Mississippi
Crrashed in bad weather, injuring the three occupants - Carlos Larios Aguilar, 48 years, the pilot Juan Pablo Moran, 52, and mechanic Jose Gomez, 28.. A military helicopter sent to help rescue this helicopter had a fatal crash itself (see here)
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Guatemala, Safety
After suffering an engine failure at 600 ft agl the helicopter completed a successful autorotation into a field. The engine failure was a result of a fracture in fatigue of a stage-two compressor blade.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Heli-Charter, Safety, UK
Helicopter tasked to fly Natural Resources and Environment Minister suffered significant in-flight vibration and pilot elected to return to base. Safe landing
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Hornbill Skyways, Malaysia, Safety
Tourist flight. May be weather related. Pilot named as Henry Francisco Viana Arias, with passengers Adriana Recao, Carlos Garmendia, Alvaro Trayer y Gerardo Barreto
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Lloyd Aviatión, Safety, Venezuela
Emergency landing made, pilot and passenger then evacuated the helicopter hurriedly.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-West Virginia
Helicopter made precautionary landing in soccer field beside the Upper Room Fellowship church due to poor weather on ferry flight back to base after dropping patient at hospital. Landing site was soggy ground and helicopter started to sink, thus hovered short distance to parking lot and then ground handled to covered area
Tags: Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-Ohio
3 died when their JetRanger crashed en route from Jacksonville to Gainesville to retrieve a heart meant for a patient at the Mayo Clinic, police and hospital officials said. The crash killed cardiac surgeon Luis Bonilla, procurement technician David Hines and pilot Hoke Smith shortly before 6 a.m. in a dense pine forest southwest of Green Cove Springs. Smith was the owner of helicopter operator SK Jets and had recently celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary. Reg N5016M not N95SK as previously reported
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, SK Jets, US-Florida
Helicopter caught zip wire cable, causing it to crash. Sole occupant fatal, later named as businessman Arie Neven. Was reported as inbound from Wonderboom to pick up one person and then planned outbound to Bakubunt
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, Souh Africa
