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12-Apr-13 N911FT Hughes 500D Phoenix, US-Arizona

Tail boom separation

Tags: Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Safety, US-Arizona


05-Apr-13 N520PA Hughes 500D Lihue, US-Hawaii

Found damage to trailing edge of rotor blade(s) on post-flight inspection

Tags: Airborne Aviation, Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Safety, US-Hawaii


10-Jan-13 OH-HNP Hughes 500D Paavolantie, Finland

Engine failure during low level powerline operation.  Extensively damaged.  Pilot walked away

Tags: Civil, Finland, Heliwest, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Safety


07-Dec-12 N818CE Hughes 500D Valencia, US-California

Substantial damage after unsecured item from cabin struck aircraft

Tags: Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Safety, Southern California Edison, US-California


06-Sep-12 C-GVHG Hughes 500D Alice Arm, Canada

Main blades severed tail boom during landing.  CADAORS ref 2012P1524

Tags: Canada, Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Prism Helicopters, Safety


29-Jun-12 D-HLUX Hughes 500D Bernkastel, Germany (1F)

Hughes 500D spraying a vineyard hit powerline and crashed into field, killing the 26-year old pilot.

Tags: Civil, Fatal, Germany, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Safety


21-May-12 ZK-HXZ Hughes 500D North Canterbury, New Zealand

It is believed the helicopter had been contracted by the Department of Conservation (DOC) to spray for gorse when it went down at the northern end of Lake Sumner.  Helicopter and pilot missing - pilot named as  35-year-old Mike Mehrtens - company website here quotes him as a 3,500 hour pilot

Tags: Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500D, New Zealand, Safety, Way To Go Heliservices


12-Mar-12 C-GVEB Hughes 500D Trading Bay, US-Alaska

"flipped over"

Tags: Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Safety, US-Alaska