1-Dec-2022
Police officer injured in 15-20 foot fall from helicopter after grabbing a rappelling rope that was not sufficiently secured. Video here... Read more
17-Feb-2022
Dynamic roll-over while attempting to land on a dolly. No injuries to pilot, only person on board... Read more
13-Dec-2021
Experienced engine issues in the hover, made a heavy landing damaging skids and underside of fuselage. New York Police Dept aircraft... Read more
7-Oct-2021
Helicopter was inbound from Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. Operator’s post on Facebook stated : Mercy Flight’s Batavia-based helicopter N505TJ was involved in a hard landing near the Genesee County Airport. No patients were onboard at the time of the incident, and all four of the Mercy Flight crew members involved sustained no injuries as a... Read more
21-Oct-2020
Helicopter ditched in three feet of water in poor visibility. Fuselage cracked by impact. Sole occupant pilot got out and appeared OK... Read more
9-Sep-2020
Precautionary field landing while on powerline imaging work... Read more
1-May-2017
Precautionary landing made at country club after the windshield developed a crack and its anti-icing system started to short out. It was later flown back to base at Rochester... Read more
1-Feb-2015
Emergency landing on snow was heavy and helicopter turned over... Read more
3-Oct-2014
Bird strike, penetrating the windshield, which shattered – causing only minor injury to the front-seat passenger. Note – wrongly reported elsewhere as N410TD. N409TD confirmed by FAA report and this news story which refers to the ATC call “zero nine tango delta”. pilot made an emergency landing at the West 30th St. HP... Read more
3-Oct-2014
Emergency landing in school field after warning light illuminated... Read more
19-Jun-2014
Tenth Combat Aviation officials say the pilots were conducting a maintenance test flight over Jefferson County when an emergency light came on in the cockpit.... Read more
7-Feb-2014
Tail rotor struck fence while taxying... Read more
3-Jan-2014
Badly damaged when fell off the trailer it was being transported on Interstate 90. Road conditions were snowy. Helicopter was withdrawn in 2011 and has been sold to a new owner in Australia. It still appears to be carrying old registration N505TJ (since taken up by a new Bell 429) and not its reassigned reg N585TJ.... Read more
28-Dec-2013
Landing accident on training flight, helicopter ended up on its port side. Both occupants to hospital... Read more
30-Jun-2013
Text book emergency landing in the Hudson river on a sightseeing trip. Floats deployed, helicopter landed on the water and remained upright. Pilot named as Michael Campbell, 22.... Read more
3-Jun-2013
Precautionary landing on golf course, less than a mile short of its destination at Republic Airport. Reportedly due to poor weather... Read more
31-May-2013
Helicopter ditched in lake shortly after take-off. 2 POB (pilot Gordon Wuebbolt and his daughter) swam ashore.... Read more
15-Nov-2012
Helicopter on low level patrol, hit wires and crashed. Fatalities were pilot Mackenzie Bleth from Haverfield Aviation and Dale Crout – an employee of New York State Electric and Gas. Post crash fire, and we note from this story that the tail was some distance from the helicopter and not affected by the fire.... Read more
12-Oct-2012
En route Newtown, NJ to Bridgeport, CT when it made an emergency landing on a farm and rolled over. Reported fuel issues... Read more
31-Aug-2012
State Police Trooper/pilot Trooper Thomas A. Shultz, 41, was injured in a very heavy landing after “he experienced an in-flight mechanical emergency.” Photo shows skids splayed out after landing in a wooded area... Read more
29-Aug-2012
Bird strike reported to FAA. Landed without any further incident... Read more
16-Jul-2012
Rolled over multiple times on autorotation landing on training flight. Instructor and student not seriously injured... Read more
7-Jun-2012
NYPD aircraft – Emergency landing in field. Awaiting further details... Read more
16-Jan-2012
Reports coming in of a Nassau County Police Dept helicopter “Helo 5” making an emergency landing at 00.36 local time at Southside Middle School,... Read more
26-Oct-2011
Erwin Rodger, 68, of Mattituck was attempting to fly the single-engine ultra lite helicopter he owned over the inlet and was flying too low due to darkness, police said. He then crashed into a marsh area, flipped the helicopter... Read more
20-Oct-2011
Reports of an inbound helicopter with transmission problem, more details to follow when available... Read more
4-Oct-2011
Took off to about 20ft, then started spinning and ditched shortly after. Sonia Marra Nicholson, aged 40, died after being trapped inside the helicopter. Her girlfriend Helen Tomaski died from her injuries the next week. Her mother Harriet was in critical condition later in the day after being pulled unconscious from the water. Her 72-year-old... Read more
4-Jul-2011
Sustained unknown damage in hard landing... Read more
4-Feb-2011
Warning light led to emergency landing in snowy field. No indication of any damage or injuries... Read more
14-Oct-2010
The Blackhawk was conducting a routine training flight when one of the two engines experienced a mechanical problem.... Read more
22-Sep-2010
Twin engine Bell 412 forced to ditch 30m short of its home base, emergency floats deployed successfully and all five occupants evacuated without injury... Read more
24-Aug-2009
24-Aug-09 N22ZA Bell B206L-3 White Plains, US-New York... Read more
8-Aug-2009
8-Aug-09 N401LH Eurocopter AS350BA New York, US-New York... Read more
4-Aug-2009
4-Aug-09 N315PD AgustaWestland AW119 Prospect Park, US-New York... Read more
1-Aug-2009
1-Aug-09 N315PD AgustaWestland AW119 Maspeth, US-New York... Read more
9-Apr-2009
9-Apr-09 N791SH Robinson R22 Staten Island, US-New York... Read more
