Door fell from helicopter into school grounds
Tags: Bell, Military, National Airborne Service Corps, Safety, Taiwan, UH-1
2 of 5 on board injured in heavy landing while on post-maintenance test flight
Tags: Bell, Military, Safety, Tunisia, Tunisian Army, UH-1
Helicopter from Minot AFB made emergency landing, which injured two of the five occupants
Tags: Bell, Military, Safety, UH-1, US Air Force
Emergency landing in field off Espinoza Road
Tags: Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, Safety, UH-1, US Dept of Homeland Security
Failed to gain height, and control very erratic on take-off from sports field. Put down safely, but not before damaging buildings with its downwash. Government minister on board
Tags: Bell, Colombia, Colombian National Police, Military, Safety, UH-1
Emergency landing by fire-fighting helicopter. Pilot Cody Seeger (only person on board) not injured. The helicopter landed on its side in a forested hillside - trees surrounding the crash site may have softened the impact
Tags: Bell, Civil, Columbia Basin Helicopters, Firefighting, Safety, UH-1, US-Oregon
Weather conditions were described as adverse with winds up to 80km/h. The helicopter was dousing veld fires in the mountains on behalf of the Department of Water Affairs
Tags: Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, South Africa, UH-1
Cal Fire helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing. No injuries, minor damage
Tags: Bell, California Fire Dept, Civil Safety, Firefighting, UH-1, US-California
Contacted powerlines during sling operations. Bucket operator sustained serious injuries
Tags: Bell, Civil, Safety, UH-1, US-Washington
Pilot experienced some difficulties and elected to put the helicopter down in a mangrove swamp on approach to Tumaco airport. All four (one report says five) occupants safely recovered
Tags: Bell, Colombia, Colombian National Police, Law Enforcement, Military, Safety, UH-1
Las Vegas police Huey rescue helicopter clipped a Red Rock Canyon wall with its main rotor blades on a training flight with 5 POB. Sources say a strong wind gust pushed the Bell HH-1H helicopter into a canyon wall in the Spring Mountain range. Safe landing, no injuries
Tags: Bell, Civil, Las Vegas Metro Police, Law Enforcement, Safety, UH-1, US-Nevada
Peruvian National Police helicopter crashed killing co-pilot Nancy Flores after being shot at by rebels while searching for 43 kidnapped energy company workers. Two others - gunner Luis Guerrero and a civilian acting as a guide, Elver Huaman, were wounded.
Tags: Bell, Fatal, Law Enforcement, Military, Peru, Peruvian National Police, Safety, UH-1
Helicopter was hovering near the ground when it suddenly crashed.
Tags: Bell, Military, Philippine Air Force, Philippines, Safety, UH-1
Military helicopter which went to rescue civil helicopter which had crashed (see here) - crashed itself in a mountainous area killing all 10 aboard,
Tags: Bell, Fatal, Guatemala, Guatemalan Air Force, Military, Safety, UH-1
Mid air accident between AH-1W and UH-1Y of the US Marine Corps during a night-time exercise Total of 7 fatalities, 2 in the AH-1W, five in the UH-1Y. The five in the UH-1Y were named later as Capt. Michael M. Quin, 28, of Purcellville, VA, Sgt. Justin A. Everett, 33, of Clovis, CA, Lance Cpl. Corey A. Little, 25, of Marietta, GA, Lance Cpl. Nickoulas H. Elliott, 21, of Spokane, WA, Capt. Nathan W. Anderson, 32, of Amarillo, TX
See also - 22-Feb-12 Bell AH-1W Yuma, US-California (2F)
Tags: Bell, Fatal, Military, Safety, UH-1, US Marine Corps, US-California
Apparent mechanical failure at low level
Tags: Bell, Military, Peru, Peruvian National Police, Safety, UH-1
Field landing with no damage after reported tail rotor servo failure. 4POB, no injuries. En route to Virginia from joint base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Engineers from Fort Dix attended and helicopter flew again about 1 hour later
Tags: Bell, Military, Safety, UH-1, US Marine Corps, US-New Jersey
Hard landing - starboard gear collapsed. Pilot identified as 57-year-old Jeff Boatman
Tags: Bell, Civil, UH-1, US-Arizona
Mechanical issues led to the landing near 11th and Gallatin streets. Both radios went out during a routine exercise
Tags: Bell, Military, UH-1, US Air Force, US-DC
One serious and two minor injuries to the 3 POB
Tags: Bell, Military, Turkey, Turkish Air Force, UH-1
Reported mechanical problems, crashed onto mountain and rolled for some distance
Tags: Bell, Fatal, Military, Philippine Air Force, Philippines, UH-1
"force landed in a wooded area" per FAA report
Tags: Bell, Civil, PJ Helicopters, UH-1, US-California
Emergency landing beside road. No apparent external damage
Tags: Bell, Civil, Montana Dept Natural Resources, UH-1, US-Montana
Emergency landing in rice field
Tags: Bell, Military, Royal Thai Air Force, Thailand, UH-1
The helicopter, from Thap Phraya Sua Camp in Ratchaburi's Suan Phung district, crashed into a mountain in a bad weather while on a mission to remove civilians who had been trapped in Kaeng Krachan National Park. Deceased named as Pilots Maj Kitisak Chin-iam, and Lt Pratya Nualsri plus passengers Maj Kitiphum Ekkaphan, SM1 Rangsan Polsaibua and SM1 Narongdet Pongnumkul
Tags: Bell, Fatal, Military, Royal Thai Army, Thailand, UH-1
Struck high voltage powerline. 8 fatalities named as pilot Néstor Manuel Niño Acosta, Copilot Fabián Fuentes Meneses, technician Leandro Sánchez Sánchez and passengers Gutiérrez Mendoza Eimer, John Contreras Lobo, John Joya Delgado, Germán Medina Delgado and Wilson Correa Castillo
Tags: Bell, Colombia, Colombian National Police, Fatal, Military, UH-1
Struck trees during low level manoeuvre
Tags: Bell, Civil, UH-1, US-Washington, Washington Dept Natural Resources
PAF Spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol clarified that the Air Force helicopter did not crash as it just “made a hard landing” as an emergency procedure.
Tags: Bell, Military, Philippine Air Force, Philippines, UH-1
A Defence Force source said the helicopter, which was en route from Ohakea to Woodburn, was carrying a spare engine for another Iroquois, which began to leak oil - the the resultant fumes cause the need for an emergency landing
Tags: Bell, Military, New Zealand, Royal New Zealand Air Force, UH-1
Engine fire en route - emergency (and safe) landing in field
Tags: Bell, Military, UH-1, US Marine Corps, US-North Carolina
Air-to-air with FAC-4501, killing 5 in this helicopter. Air force Capt. Juan Jose Orjuela, Mexican Lt. Dante Herrera Alarcon, Lt. Manuel Alberto Cuspoca, technician John Mario Diaz Llanos and technician Felipe Pava Rodriguez were killed in the accident.
Tags: Bell, Colombia, Colombian Air Force, Fatal, Military, UH-1
Air-to-air accident with FAC-4506. No fatalities in this helicopter. Crew listed as Captain Jorge Eduardo Estrada Olivares (Army Pilot), Lt Ivan Camilo Gonzalez Rada (Student Army),
Lt Hugo Estrada Lopez (Mexican Student) and First Technical Luis Carlos Castro (Crew FAC)
Tags: Bell, Colombia, Colombian Air Force, Military, UH-1
Helicopter crashed on the beach, ending up on its side with boom separated. Sole occupant pilot was seriously injured, pulled from the wreckage by a passer-by and flown to Palmerston North Hospital. Pilot name reported as Jim Sherwin, aged 60
Tags: Bell, Civil, Lakeland Helicopters, New Zealand, UH-1
Television stations cited the military as saying officials had reached the wreckage, but fog covered the area. It was a Bell UH-1 on a night training mission
Tags: Bell, Fatal, Military, Turkey, Turkish Air Force, UH-1
Helicopter was on third and last day providing EMS support to the Rally Chaco. Descended after reported bird strike. Photos show the tail boom was broken, likely severed by the main blades
Tags: Bell, Military, Paraguay, Paraguay Air Force, UH-1
It was taking a test flight after a regular maintenance check and was hovering when it crashed, the GSDF said.
Tags: Bell, Japan, Japanese Ground SDF, Military, UH-1
