Helicopter was involved in aerial work. Helicopter struck63,000 volt powerline while turning, and caused local power failure. Extent of damage to helicopter not yet known
Tags: AS350B3, Civil, Eurocopter, France, Hélicoptères de France, Safety
Wire strike during low-level rescue operation to try and save a kayaker in flood waters. Successful emergency landing in adjacent meadow without further damage. Part of wire impaled in main blade(s)
Tags: EC145, EMS, Eurocopter, France, Military, Safety, Securite Civile
Crashed on a football pitch with the tail boom having been cut off. Substantially damaged
Tags: Civil, EC120, Eurocopter, France, Safety
Collided with trees and crashed into a lake killing the pilot
Tags: Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, France, SA316, Safety
Pilot chose to make precautionary landing due to deteriorating weather. Helicopter rolled over when landing on snowy surface
Tags: AS350, Blugeon Helicopters, Civil, Eurocopter, France, Safety
Pilot lost visual reference when landing on a snowy surface. Heavy landing, damaged skids and tail boom
Tags: AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, France, Safety
Loss of control in the hover during post-maintenance test flight, and hit hangar. 3 injured, aircraft total loss.
Tags: AS355, Eurocopter, France, French Army, Military, Safety
R44 routing from Switzerland through France to Spain. Had taken off from Clermont-Ferrand, destination Le Luc in the Var region. Father and son killed in the accident. Controlled flight into terrain. Aircraft destroyed
Tags: Civil, Fatal, France, R44, Robinson, Safety
Four injured when helicopter came down after hitting cables. The helicopter was involved in maintenance work on the cables. Two were "ejected", from an underslung cradle, and two were in the helicopter. Pilot Joel Prisse has dislocated shoulder and crew Philippe Pournin has multiple lower limb fractures. Aircraft destroyed
Tags: AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, France, Hélicoptères de France, Safety
High level of vibrations during landing phase. Helicopter landed hard and rolled over.
Tags: Civil, France, MD Helicopters, MD500E, Safety
AS532AL on a pre-delivery test flight out of Marignane crashed killing all six occupants. Some reports are suggesting it struck wires but that is not confirmed
Tags: AS332, Eurocopter, Fatal, France, Military, Safety
Tail rotor struck a cable while on a reconaissance flight. Two occupants thrown clear of the helicopter and two trapped inside. Piloting the helicopter was Jacques Fouque, an experienced pilot and mountain guide, the engineering director of the Emosson dam Regis Desmus, Jean-Marc Mermillod, from IG3M a company specialising in lifts and cable work and Sebastien Brun, the helicopter mechanic and son of CMBH director Pascal Brun.
Tags: AS350, Chamonix Mont Blanc Helicopters, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, France
Pilot Kevin Mullarkey, age 67, an Irishman now resident in Kuwait. Passenger was Gerard David, age 70, a member of the Meribel Flying Club, were involved in a crash which resulted in the helicopter catching on fire and severely burning both men.
Tags: Civil, France, R44, Robinson
Tourist flight. Pilot claimed to have been caught in a wind vortex. Helicopter Destroyed
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, France
Instructional flight, takeoff without hydraulic assistance, ended up on its side
Tags: Civil, France, R44, Robinson
Precautionary landing in field after engine problems
Tags: Eurocopter, France, French Army, Military, SA341
Shortly after take off from the military base of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, a door of the aircraft opened. One occupant tried to secure it, but appears to have dragged out by suction, falling into the waters of a pond. A second crew member went to assist and was also sucked out. One later died in the hospital of Perpignan
Tags: AS532, Eurocopter, Fatal, France, French Air Force, Military
The helicopter had been chartered by the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes. On board was the pilot, a geologist from the General Council and an employee of the company "Heaven Climber", specializing in work in steep areas.
Tags: AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, France, Heli Air Monaco
Heavy landing on training flight
Tags: Eurocopter, France, French Army, Military, SA341
Gazelle from 5RHC was involved in low level training, and crashed in an open field.
Tags: Eurocopter, France, French Army, Military, SA341
