8-Oct-2022
Struck tower, causing helicopter to crash... Read more
12-Jun-2022
Precautionary field landing... Read more
1-Jun-2022
Forced landing in a wooded area. No injuries reported to 2 POB... Read more
2-Apr-2022
FAA: “Crashed into a field for unknown reasons”... Read more
12-Mar-2022
Struck powerlines during take-off... Read more
3-Mar-2022
Shortly after take-off from Space Coast Regional Airport in Titusville, an emergency landing was made in a parking lot of a self-storage business following loss of engine power. Helicopter was heading to Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine No damage is evident from the poor press image Helicopter makes emergency landing in Titusville parking... Read more
20-Feb-2022
Crashed into the water close to a busy beach. Three POB were seriously injured, and were named here as Morgan Geller, Rachelle Mussary Arkin, and Robert Arkin This afternoon at 1:10 p.m., MBPD received a call of a helicopter crash in the ocean near 10 Street. Police and @MiamiBeachFire responded to the scene along with... Read more
19-Feb-2022
Hard landing in field. No injuries to 2 POB... Read more
2-Nov-2021
Main blades struck power pole... Read more
29-Sep-2021
Blade struck fence on landing. Minor injury to the 4 POB Helicopter destroyed... Read more
8-Apr-2021
Successful emergency landing made on football pitch, following a possible governor failure that happened shortly after the aircraft left Naples Municipal Airport... Read more
4-Feb-2021
While conducting low level nighttime frost control operations, the helicopter dropped to the ground, rolled over and caught fire. No injury reported to the 2 POB... Read more
26-Jan-2021
Heavy autorotation landing. FAA report damage as Substantial... Read more
11-Jan-2021
A family of four died in a helicopter crash, named in this press story as Ronald Hicks, 36, Shelly Hicks, 32, Parker Hicks, 8, and Jaylyn Hicks, 5, of Bell, Florida. The helicopter was registered to Hicks Seal Coating & Striping LLC. A father, mother, and their two children were killed Thursday night when their private... Read more
16-Oct-2020
Autorotation into a green swamp wilderness due to engine issues. Tail boom separated and blades struck trees... Read more
25-Aug-2020
Landing gear collapsed while taxying after landing. 2POB not injured... Read more
12-Apr-2020
Hillsborurgh County Sheriff helicopter suffered bird strike. No injury reported to 2 POB... Read more
9-Apr-2020
Hard landing. No injury reported to 1 POB... Read more
19-Feb-2019
Training accident, rollover onto starboard side. Heavily damaged – see images... Read more
29-Jan-2019
Pilot was practicing autorotations, landed hard and bent boom.... Read more
10-Jan-2019
Helicopter blades struck ramp worker during startup. The man who was killed was identified in this report as Salvatore Disi, 62... Read more
2-May-2017
A Marion County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was assisting the Florida Forest Service and Marion County Fire Rescue with active brush fires crashed while dipping a bucket for water in a lake. Pilot is named in press reports as Sgt. John Rawls... Read more
9-Dec-2015
Accident reported on NTSB website without further details... Read more
1-Dec-2015
R22 went down on a training flight from Venice Regional Airport. Female student named here as Agnus Jolumo was airlifted to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with head and facial injuries, while the male instructor Ronald Vasconcelos went by land ambulance with minor injuries to Venice Bayfront Health FAA quote this as N8560M but that R22 was... Read more
4-Sep-2015
Light aircraft ground taxying ran into parked and unattended US Army Blackhawk... Read more
3-Sep-2015
Brian Hayes, Volusia County Mosquito Control’s chief pilot, was flying a routine larvae-cide mission when the helicopter crashed.... Read more
6-Aug-2015
Precautionary landing on golf course. Later cleared for onward flight... Read more
10-Jul-2015
Emergency field landing. Pilot was only one on board Date could be 09-Jul-15 (press report was very early morning on 10-Jul-15)... Read more
24-Apr-2015
Blade damaged while helicopter being fueled. The location and date suggest that this was at the Sun’N’Fun event... Read more
27-Mar-2015
US Navy TH-57B rolled over onto its starboard side during a night training flight. Instructor and student not seriously injured... Read more
22-Mar-2015
R44 went down two miles west of the airport it took off from, crashing into a house and killing the pilot and two passengers – later named here as Bruce Teitelbaum, 48, and Marsha Khan, 55, and Harry Anderson, 42... Read more
14-Mar-2015
Crashed in unknown circumstances... Read more
9-Mar-2015
7 Marines and 4 Army personnel killed in poor visibility on Florida coast. The missing Marines were from a special operations regiment out of Camp LeJeune in North Carolina – identified as Capt. Stanford Henry Shaw III , Master Sgt. Thomas Saunders, Staff Sgt. Liam Flynn, Staff Sgt. Trevor P. Blaylock , Staff Sgt. Kerry... Read more
12-Feb-2015
Training accident of a SeaRanger out of Whiting Field NAS, rolling over onto its side while landing... Read more
28-Jan-2015
Mid air collision with fixed wing Piper Pa28 N54380... Read more
29-Dec-2014
Crashed in unknown circumstances just outside boundary fence of Lantana Airport – killing instructor Luis Aviles, and seriously injuring student pilot Johnathan Desouza... Read more
23-Oct-2014
Substantially damaged. FAA website provides no further information at this time... Read more
13-Sep-2014
Emergency landing – pilot requested a mechanic, and some water. No details of any damage in teh press reports... Read more
21-Jul-2014
Rolled over on landing... Read more
5-Jun-2014
Both instructor and student injured in training flight accident at NAS Whiting Field... Read more
23-Apr-2014
Tail rotor struck fence... Read more
8-Feb-2014
Officials believe the helicopter had just taken off when it hit trees close to the Wakulla County Airport’s runway. The helicopter then cut nearby power lines, and came to rest in a marshy area. 53-year-old Curtis Robert Clifford and 49-year-old Terry Bryan Ooten were found dead, while 45-year-old Sheri Noelle Devore survived... Read more
3-Feb-2014
Tail struck ground during autorotation training... Read more
31-Jan-2014
Main rotor blades struck hangar while taxying... Read more
23-Jan-2014
Training accident, helicopter ended up on its starboard side... Read more
21-Jan-2014
Landing accident, helicopter on its side... Read more
10-Jan-2014
Helicopter clipped wing of parked fixed wing. Unclear whether helicopter was taking off, landing or being repositioned at the time... Read more
6-Dec-2013
Pilot died in accident from low level on agricultural operations. Post crash fire. The pilot was later identified as Jon Whitaker... Read more
3-Dec-2013
Safe emergency landing with no injuries to 3 POB... Read more
1-Nov-2013
Force landing in muddy area... Read more
29-Sep-2013
Crashed and subsequently completely burnt out. Pilot Donald Purden conscious and alert... Read more
7-Aug-2013
Emergency landing on the beach, no damage... Read more
3-Aug-2013
Landing gear collapse... Read more
8-May-2013
Pilot reported a loss of engine power while hovering the helicopter at 20 feet during biological survey flight. Aircraft was substantially damaged.... Read more
2-May-2013
EMS Helicopter grounded after technical (electrical?) fault on take-off. Patient on board and taken onwards by ground ambulance... Read more
24-Apr-2013
Emergency landing at night on highway US19. Pilot minor injuries treated at scene, co-pilot uninjured... Read more
3-Apr-2013
Crashed into a parking lot two miles after take-off, killing both occupants. Non-aviation witnesses report an explosion before the helicopter reached the ground. Post crash fire. The deceased were later named by Miami Dade Police as pilot Mark Palmieri and passenger Ross Allen. One report states it was a post-maintenance test flight... Read more
30-Mar-2013
Precautionary landing – no further details known... Read more
19-Mar-2013
Heavy landing, deforming the skids, on the side of Highway US-1 after engine malfunction... Read more
6-Feb-2013
Heavy landing from 75ft after pilot reported loss of power, Port skid collapsed, tail rotor damaged. 3 POB, 1 to hospital, 2 refused.... Read more
26-Jan-2013
Apparent engine failure on a flight to shoot feral hogs. Pilot William Harward and his two passengers, Massad Ayoob and Jonathan Strayer, were treated at Raulerson Memorial Hospital in Okeechobee and released... Read more
2-Jan-2013
Helicopter tipped over onto its starboard side on a training flight landing... Read more
18-Dec-2012
Bird strike – turkey vulture broke windshield and injured pilot – the only person on board. Safe landing in a parking lot... Read more
16-Dec-2012
Bird strike – windshield broken... Read more
30-Nov-2012
Crashed into water, killing sole occupant pilot John “Larry” Ward. Witness reported rotor blade separation... Read more
28-Nov-2012
Tail rotor damage after striking tree. EMS aircraft, accident time 0130 local.... Read more
20-Sep-2012
Bird strike to upper cowling and rotor system, during night flight. Maintenance cleaned and inspected finding no damage... Read more
1-Sep-2012
Hit by laser while circling potential EZ landing site. Source identified, arrest made... Read more
24-Jul-2012
General media reported it as a tail rotor issue while hovering. Helicopter came to rest close to a fence... Read more
4-Jul-2012
Crashed into lake – student pilot on night training exercise... Read more
13-Jun-2012
Crashed on training mission out of Hurlburt Field’s Eglin Range, injuring all five occupants... Read more
4-Jun-2012
Hit buzzard in flight, emergency landing ended up with helicopter on its side. 5 POB to hospital as a precautionary measure, but not seriously injured. Helicopter registered to Southern Aviation Systems, but address points to this being linked to corporate operator Southern Waste Systems... Read more
25-May-2012
Lost power and force landed on beach. Slight damage to tail boom noted from press photo. Helicopter was en route to Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport made an emergency landing this afternoon on Longboat Key’s Gulfside beach.... Read more
