25-Jul-2022
22-year old British tourist (named here as Jack Fenton) received fatal injuries after being struck by the tail rotor after alighting from the helicopter. This report suggests that one of the other three passengers on the helicopter disputes the statement made by the head of the Greek aviation accident investigation board.... Read more
7-Jun-2022
Tourist flight, 6 POB all injured. One airlifted to Kona Community Hospital, others by road A helicopter tour crashed on Wednesday in a lava field on Hawaii’s Big Island, injuring all six people on board — including two in serious condition, officials said. https://t.co/VCDgiiDQ6l — FOX 7 Austin (@fox7austin) June 11, 2022 ... Read more
4-Jun-2022
Heavily damaged in hard landing, pilot was only person on board and suffered serious injuries Pilot Injured In Helicopter Crash At Essex County Airport https://t.co/HtWnIVU6vq — Randolph Patch (@RandolphNJPatch) June 6, 2022 ... Read more
1-Mar-2022
Autorotations to a taxiway, and damaged a taxiway light... Read more
16-Jan-2022
FAA “aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances” Press reports “Local authorities were notified of the crash before noon by a citizen who reported seeing the aircraft lose altitude and then saw a “big splash of mud,” Lafourche Parish President Archie Chaisson said during a news conference” The two fatalities were named here as 30-year-old Dylan Horn... Read more
14-Dec-2021
Helicopter crashed on the eastbound carriageway of the Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge on Interstate 10. Aircraft was observed flying low, consistent with low cloud base and low visibility at the time. Helicopter took out some powerlines, causing 20,000 people to be without electricity. The helicopter was on fire post impact and completely burned out, as... Read more
14-Dec-2021
FAA – Training flight for power recovery practice. Crashed over safety area on runway. ... Read more
12-Dec-2021
Controlled emergency landing after being unable to recover correctly from practice autorotation landing... Read more
10-Nov-2021
Force landing on a road after paraglider tether caught on the skid... Read more
25-Sep-2021
Bell 407 N662RL was lifting off for departure when it drifted backwards into sister ship N668RL of the same operator... Read more
25-Sep-2021
Bell 407 N662RL was lifting off for departure when it drifted backwards into sister ship N668RL of the same operator ... Read more
18-Sep-2021
Bird strike damaged stabiliser shortly after take-off... Read more
1-Sep-2021
Bird strike cracked windshield... Read more
13-May-2021
Main blades struck port horizontal stabiliser during run-on landing on grass. No injuries to pilot or 2 passengers... Read more
19-Apr-2021
FAA report emergency field landing for this air ambulance helicopter... Read more
7-Apr-2021
Emergency landing in a car park, landed heavily and skids splayed out after the helicopter started spinning in the air, suggesting a tail rotor issue (see video below) 2 minor injuries of 4 POB. This was a training flight by a company intending to use the helicopter for sightseeing. One report said that they do... Read more
16-Nov-2020
Photos posted online show helicopter significantly damaged by landing in two feet of water in a lake, although it remained upright on its skids. Second image shows the person who took the photos, sat in the water of the lake with leg injuries strapped up in a rudimentary way... Read more
8-Nov-2020
Emergency landing on beach as the tide was coming in. Skids sank into the soft sand.... Read more
4-Nov-2020
Heavy autorotation landing. Sole occupant pilot not injured... Read more
15-Sep-2020
Main rotor struck tail boom during autorotation training. Instructor and student not injured... Read more
25-Dec-2019
A Survival Flight aircraft rolled onto its side on landing, after the pilot, Douglas Davis had an unconfirmed heart attack. There was no patient on-board at the time, the two crew members were uninjured, the pilot was later pronounced dead at the hospital.... Read more
9-Dec-2019
Aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico under unknown circumstances. The last known position was 13 nm W of Southwest Pass, Louisiana as they transiting from one off-shore platform to another.... Read more
31-Jan-2019
Smoke detected after using of deicing equipment. Precautionary landing made in open field without further incident.... Read more
29-Jan-2019
The helicopter departed Mount Carmel Grove City hospital and was flying to Holzer Meigs hospital in Pomeroy to pick up a patient. Contact was lost and the wreckage was found in a wood about three and a half hours later. Troopers located the wreckage of a Bell 407 helicopter east of State Route 278 and... Read more
5-Nov-2017
Bird strike en route to offshore rig... Read more
18-May-2017
FAA reported substantially damaged after hard landing on training flight – aircraft operated by Bell Helicopter Training Academy... Read more
13-May-2017
Helicopter shot down from ground fire. Reports do not agree as to whether the two occupants were fatally injured or not. In one report, a Bell 407 is shown with holes in the front windscreen... Read more
2-May-2017
On May 2, 2017, about 0635 central daylight time, a Bell 407 made a precautionary landing at Grand Bay receiving station in the Gulf of Mexico, near Boothville, Louisiana, after the pilot noticed a vibration in-flight. VMC prevailed at the time of the accident.The non-scheduled domestic passenger flight was being conducted under the provisions of... Read more
10-Dec-2015
EMS helicopter “went down in dense fog in an area known to have overhead powerlines”, killing all four on board – pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic and patient... Read more
25-Sep-2015
Helicopter was landing at a gravel pit near a hunting camp. While manoeuvring to land to refuel the helicopter, the tail rotor struck a fuel drum. The rotor blade was destroyed, the tail rotor drive train was damaged and one main rotor blade was damaged by debris. The helicopter landed safely and the pilot, the... Read more
13-Sep-2015
helicopter went down in the Chinese city of Chongqing on Sunday, killing all four on board, including two cameramen Jiang Ya and Song Hao’en from Chongqing Broadcasting Group, a local satellite TV station.... Read more
14-Aug-2015
Struck lower tail fin on concrete curb while repositioning after refuelling... Read more
24-Jul-2015
Transporting 6 workers from the Bobbie Burns lodge when the engine lost power. The pilot carried out an emergency landing to an area of new growth trees. The landing with low rotor rpm was hard, but the helicopter stayed upright. The tail section of the helicopter was struck by a main rotor blade and severed.... Read more
9-Jul-2015
2 fatal and 5 injured when helicopter of State Grid General Aviation Company crashed at Tongyong Airport. Photo shows helicopter missing one blade – another photo here... Read more
28-Jun-2015
“Blown off the side of the platform” during run-up on offshore rig. 1 minor injury... Read more
8-Jun-2015
Emergency landing in marsh area. Boom damaged... Read more
5-Mar-2015
Tail rotor strike on landing, substantially damaged... Read more
5-Feb-2015
conducting heliski operations with one pilot and five passengers aboard. During a run-on downwind landing, the main rotor contacted the helicopters tail boom. The tail rotor driveshaft cover was damaged and the tail rotor driveshaft was creased. The aircraft’s vertical winglets were also struck by the main rotor blades. The helicopter’s occupants were not injured.... Read more
17-Jan-2015
Aircraft on approach to landing was flown to the right of centerline for landing at the base helipad. Fuel tank is installed right of the helipad. At approximately 10ft AGL, main rotor blades contacted fuel tank obstruction light. Pilot maneuvered aircrat to the left, landing on the center of the helipad. No injuries to 3... Read more
1-Nov-2014
Night emergency landing into public park after bird strike broke chin window... Read more
8-Oct-2014
The helicopter was allegedly downed by IS with a shoulder fired missile. One report says three fatalities... Read more
3-Oct-2014
Bird strike, penetrating the windshield, which shattered – causing only minor injury to the front-seat passenger. Note – wrongly reported elsewhere as N410TD. N409TD confirmed by FAA report and this news story which refers to the ATC call “zero nine tango delta”. pilot made an emergency landing at the West 30th St. HP... Read more
11-Sep-2014
Sole occupant pilot injured in crash – helicopter was on survey work for Greenriver Energy... Read more
30-May-2014
Contolled landing close to rig. Floats deployed and helicopter remained upright on floats on calm seas, 6 POB safely evacuated by liferaft... Read more
3-May-2014
Emergency landing onto snow at 10,000 ft altitude, damaging blades, after reported engine problem.... Read more
10-Apr-2014
Training accident, one pilot with very minor injuries but the other with head injuries which proved fatal... Read more
30-Dec-2013
Three POB injured after reported loss of lower caused helicopter to come down... Read more
29-Dec-2013
Fire fighting helicopter shot at from the ground by 9mm bullett... Read more
16-Nov-2013
While en route from Tegucigalpa to Juticalpa, an inflight problem led to emergency landing, during which main rotor blades sliced tail boom. Helicopter landed upright on its skids in a field of long grass. One passenger was Honduras’ ruling party presidential candidate, Juan Hernandez... Read more
19-Oct-2013
Birdstrike, landed without incident but one of 3 POB suffered minor injuries... Read more
11-Oct-2013
Legislator Margarita Ferra de Bartol died of her wounds in hospital, while San Juan Governor Jose Luis Gioja suffered several bruises. Three other passengers were also injured. This video shows brownout conditions at low level, then a flash as the helicopter contacts with powerlines. Initial accident report here... Read more
13-Aug-2013
Ditched near offshore rig – the pilot and two passengers had minor injuries and were airlifted to Thibodaux General Medical Center for treatment. Helicopter destroyed – see photo after recovery onto ship... Read more
12-Aug-2013
Lower chip detector plug was found out of the locked detent position and had slightly ?backed out? of the housing. This condition will cause a disruption of oil flow through the transmission oil pump and therefore a loss of oil pressure. Enroute from Page Municipal Airport (KPGA) to Kane County Hospital in Kanab, Utah... Read more
7-Aug-2013
Emergency landing on the beach, no damage... Read more
24-Jul-2013
Accident situation unknown. Helicopter operating on Disaster Relief Operations with Uttarakhand Government. Operator reported it was en route from Kedarnath to Guptkashi at about 1530 hrs. Later update said it was weather related. Fatalities named here as Pilot J. S. Dhaliwal and technician Abhay Ranjan... Read more
30-May-2013
Emergency landing in school field, helicopter remained upright. Tail boom sliced by main rotor blades... Read more
25-Apr-2013
Rolled over on landing. Supporting work on radio repeater site on the mountain... Read more
18-Apr-2013
Bird strike, windscreen broken, landed without further incident, no injuries... Read more
15-Apr-2013
We have a recent report in of an emergency landing at 10.28pm of an EMS helicopter near the junction of New River and Cross Mountain roads in New River, Arizona – northern outskirts of Phoenix. Air Methods operating for “Guardian Air”... Read more
3-Mar-2013
Bird strike to side of helicopter very shortly after night take-off... Read more
2-Jan-2013
Three killed in night time accident north of Ventura – pilot Gene Grell, nurse Shelly Lair-Langenbau and paramedic Russell Piehl. Reports state it was the helicopter based at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa. Post impact fire. Was en route from Mason City to Emmetsburg.... Read more
30-Dec-2012
Damaged in emergency landing near Vaishno Devi shrine – remaining mostly undamaged and relatively upright into the trees/shrubs into which it fell. Minor injuries to 7 POB, named as pilot A S Parmar and passengers Anita Puri, Meenakshi, Arun Kumar, Arti Devi, Raj Rani and Chetan Kumar. Sources vary, but most report a technical issue... Read more
29-Dec-2012
Emergency landing, Tail boom sliced, damage to main blades. Helicopter remained upright. No Fire. Patient on board... Read more
28-Dec-2012
“Guardian One” Helicopter fell off side of ground handling trolley during run up, causing tail to contact the ground... Read more
24-Dec-2012
While in the hover, boom struck blade(s) of parked helicopter during a pedal turn... Read more
15-Nov-2012
Force landing after striking power lines. Wire strike system successfully cut cables and helicopter landed safely. This report suggests that the helicopter was flying at 80-100 ft altitude, and thus the crew “were acting outside the scope of their employment and in violation of Federal Aviation Regulations, company operational specifications and policies.”... Read more
5-Nov-2012
“Hall Medevac 1” made emergency landing after bird strike while en route to pick up patient... Read more
29-Oct-2012
Blade delamination caused unusual vibration levels which prompted crew to investigate and then change aircraft before they took off... Read more
10-Oct-2012
Chin window damaged by patient trolley and helicopter taken out of service until new parts fitted. Life Link III operate five Bell 407s – N404LL through N408LL so presumably one of these was the subject aircraft... Read more
9-Oct-2012
Available photos give no clues as the trees are likely to have had a significant effect on the level of damage. Weather reports include both rain and fog with visibility of less than a quarter of a mile. Pilot William Ellsworth and passenger Tighe Sulllivan were killed. The other passenger Stephen Barral survived but is... Read more
5-Oct-2012
Safe emergency landing in field due to technical issue. No damage to helicopter or POB... Read more
18-Sep-2012
Crashed into lake after contacting zip wire which spans the lake. One drowned (named as Daniel Segundo Martinez), four survived. Helicopter was being used to capture video footage of the lake for use on a television program... Read more