15-Mar-2022
Heli skiiing operation. On final approach to pick up some skiiers, the helicopter impacted the snow and rolled over... Read more
6-Sep-2021
Crashed after skid caught on helipad during take-off... Read more
30-Aug-2021
Rolled off the side of the landing pad... Read more
9-May-2021
Autorotation landing. Skid stuck in ground during run-on landing, causing helicopter nose to hit ground and main blades to slice tail boom... Read more
26-Mar-2021
Helicopter crashed on Knik Glacier, killing five of the six POB. The helicopter appears to have hit the mountain 10-15 feet below a ridgeline at an elevation of about 5,500 feet. The helicopter then rolled 800-900 feet downhill. Alaska State Troopers identified the deceased as: 52-year-old Colorado resident Gregory Harms 56-year-old Czech Republic resident Petr... Read more
12-Sep-2020
Struck tree during landing. Sole occupant pilot was not injured... Read more
6-Sep-2020
Port side sliding door separated and hit main rotor disc. Emergency landing... Read more
25-Aug-2020
Engine failed while hovering over mountainous terrain. Heavy landing and helicopter rolled onto its side. Pilot not injured Helicopter was being operated for HighGold Mining, who issued this related press release... Read more
18-Feb-2019
Accident pilot was dropping off 2 heli-ski clients at a 6,000 foot msl mountain ridge line site, requiring him to preform a “toe in” landing. While hovering, but with the toes of the skids resting on the up-sloping field, and the two skiers disembarked, the main rotor blades contacted an area of rocky terrain. The pilot then... Read more
22-May-2017
Landing accident on a glacier. No injuries to 7 POB... Read more
26-Oct-2015
The pilot reported he was conducting an approach in flat light conditions, visibility was decreasing, and during a turn, the right skid impacted terrain. The pilot reported the helicopter then came to rest on its side and he egressed from the cockpit. Substantial damage sustained to the helicopter. The purpose of the flight was to... Read more
13-Mar-2015
Tail rotor spider assembly fractured in-flight, resulting in an emergency run-on landing at Merrill Field, Anchorage... Read more
1-Jul-2014
Force landing on beach... Read more
18-Jun-2014
Uncommanded descent and crashed on landing. Helicopter was carrying a team from the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys... Read more
11-Jun-2014
Engine and main rotor over-speed event during engine start, resulting in ground resonance and substantial damage to the helicopter’s fuselage, and main rotor drive system.... Read more
28-May-2014
Pilot killed during loadlifting training operations – named here as Thomas Moore. Post crash fire. Ground crew seriously burned in attempts to rescue pilot... Read more
5-Sep-2013
Crew of three stranded by weather on a volcano after freezing rain left thick ice on their helicopter. The three were identified as pilot Sam Egli, USGS geophysicist John Paskievitch and University of Alaska-Fairbanks researcher Taryn Lopez... Read more
8-Aug-2013
FAA report that this was on “hauling ops” but this video and the caption below suggest it was on firefighting work... Read more
30-Mar-2013
Impacted terrain while maneuvering during an SAR flight near Talkeetna, Alaska. The airline transport pilot, an Alaska state trooper serving as a flight observer for the pilot, and a stranded snowmobiler who had requested rescue were killed, and the helicopter was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire.... Read more
24-Mar-2013
On landing, pilot looked to ensure tail rotor clearance and inadvertently inputted cyclic. Helicopter rolled up on one skid and main rotor blades struck the ground. Helicopter was involved in load lifting operations... Read more
15-Dec-2012
Collision with trees during load lift operation. Pilot injured. CADAORS ref 2012P2046... Read more
26-Sep-2012
Training accident, dynamic rollover onto starboard side... Read more
1-Sep-2012
Tail rotor drive shaft sheared... Read more
8-Aug-2012
En route to pick up miners at the remote site when the helicopter crashed into the side of a hill and rolled a considerable distance, killing the pilot -Â later named as James Hopper, 63... Read more
31-Jul-2012
Autorotated and landed hard... Read more
1-May-2012
Struck trees with main rotor blades while landing... Read more
21-Apr-2012
Struck tail rotor on landing... Read more
18-Apr-2012
Tail rotor separated while landing on glacier... Read more
21-Jan-2012
Loose cargo bag flew into rotors... Read more
15-Jan-2012
A PZL SW4 has crashed at Fairbanks International Airport while operating there for “Cold Weather Testing”. 3POB. The incident happened at 2:23 p.m. and the temperature at the airport was minus 36 degrees that afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.... Read more
26-Sep-2011
Rolled over during landing... Read more
4-Jul-2011
Pilot Paula Huckleberry, 61, was flying to McGrath with two passengers — 21-year-old Scott Stevenson of Idaho and 39-year-old Chris Fontes of Arizona ... Read more
27-Jun-2011
Tipped backwards and fell off elevated platform while engine was running... Read more
15-May-2011
Tail rotor struck vegetation... Read more
7-Sep-2009
7-Sep-09 N4186Y Robinson R44 Central, US-Alaska... Read more
30-Jun-2009
30-Jun-09 N1088N MD Helicopters MD369E Ketchikan, US-Alaska... Read more
26-Jun-2009
26-Jun-09 N9ZR Eurocopter SA318C Talkeetna, US-Alaska... Read more
4-Jun-2009
4-Jun-09 Bell OH-58 Buffalo Point, Yellville, US-Alaska... Read more
15-May-2009
15-May-09 N813DG AgustaWestland AW139 Deadhorse, US-Alaska... Read more
12-May-2009
12-May-09 N7196H Robinson R44 Iliamna, US-Alaska... Read more
12-Apr-2009
12-Apr-09 N208CH Eurocopter AS350 Haines, US-Alaska... Read more
