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
Tail rotor failure during climb out... Read more
Tail rotor struck snow bank... Read more
Helicopter from Germany involved in filming came down in street in Spanish town. Report says that pilot was trying to make a forced landing in an empty lot after engine failure. Three occupants injured.... Read more
Photo shows B206 on its starboard side in a field. The pilot was up and walking around near the crash site, while his passenger was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, investigators said.... Read more
Helicopter ditched in the Gulf of Mexico, 10 miles off Sabine Pass, TX. Emergency floats deployed and photos show helicopter upright floating on the water.... Read more
Fell into river while trying to rescue people trapped in car by flood waters... Read more
A helicopter was damaged in an accident near the Aitik mine in Gällivare this afternoon. The pilot, who was the only one onboard, escaped without injuries. The cause of the outcome is unknown, but it will be examined by the Swedish Accident Investigation Board.... Read more
Public Security reported that it learned of this incident that injured the pilot, copilot and mechanic, who were admitted to General Hospital Xpujil... Read more
Force landing on a construction site following inflight loss of power. Landing was very heavy – skids collapsed and fuselage ended up on the ground. Pilot named as Boarini Bojikian Marcelo... Read more
Contacted wires on take off with patient from road accident site... Read more
Precautionary stop after indication of mechanical problems, while en route from EAA AirVenture back to its base in Indiana. Landed at 9.45am and after being checked over and cleared to fly, departed 3.45pm... Read more
Crashed and burned in bushland. Rescuers had to abseil 10m cliff to reach crash site. Pilot named as Colin Greenwood, age 35, and passenger was the helicopter’s owner Bruce Campbell, aged 65... Read more
Crop spraying helicopter crashed from low level during turn... Read more
Low Transmission Pressure light illuminated and pilot Dominic Noon made emergency landing at Crabbs Rifle Range... Read more
Landed hard during practice autorotations, fell onto its side, then causing a grass fire which consumed the helicopter and 15-20 acres of grassland. Pilot not injured... Read more
Helicopter involved in agricultural work. Wire strike took out electricity in East Palmerston. Initial reports sketch as to whether wires were cause or effect... Read more
Crashed into Indus or Sindh River en route to Peshawar, and poor weather reported. Five people on board including Major-General Mohammad Nawaz, director general of the Punjab Rangers along with two Captains and one Colonel.... Read more
Engine cowling opened in flight and struck main rotor blades. Helicopter landed without further incident.... Read more
Helicopter was doing a pipeline survey near Loon River, AB when the it struck a power line. The pilot managed to land the aircraft after the rotor blades sustained substantial damage – CADAORS ref 2011C1776... Read more
Post maintenance test flight. Landed in corn field and fell onto its side.... Read more
Early reports only, two serious injuries – 48-year old pilot from Blainville, and his passenger, a 49 year old from Montreal... Read more
Low level survey flight... Read more
Helicopter was conducting slinging operations at an oil field well site when the conflicted with structures at the well site causing it to fall to the ground. Pilot in his late 50s with non-life threatening injuries after a helicopter crash. STARS air ambulance attended and ferried him to Edmonton for attention... Read more
A police helicopter made an emergency landing on a soccer field near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after a warning light came on indicating a possible problem.  [Type not confirmed, but photo shows B206 in a parking lot – is this at the soccer field?]... Read more
5 passengers and 2 crew members who were injured and were airlifted by helicopters of the Armed Forces to hospitals in Bucaramanga and Barrancabermeja... Read more
Clipped powerlines while crop spraying. Pilot has electrical burns to his thighs... Read more
Crashed while firefighting, pilot Matuaze Héctor de la Fuente, 54, died at the scene of the accident, while his passenger, Cristián Sánchez Gabriel Orellana, 38, was seriously injured... Read more
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Water taxying on floats, turned sideways and fell onto its side... Read more
B206 crashed in the town square of Dataran Sibu, just opposite a hotel where Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is due to attend a function. Sole occupant pilot Sahimi Razali died later in hospital from his injuries... Read more
Pilot Retoreto Seriba Marcelo, 39, and passenger Adrian Rodriguez, 54, were killed in the accident.... Read more
Crashed into the water, unknown circumstances... Read more
“The incident happened at about 3:30pm in rainy and windy condition when the Australian pilot failed to navigate the helipad belonging to the Ambua Lodge. “ All five on board survived. Helicopter was inbound from Komo, in support of Essar LNG project there. Pilot named as Haji Ruslan... Read more
A Jet Ranger was damaged during a minor training mishap at Axamo Airport in Jönköping. The occupants were unharmed, and the cause of the incident is unknown... Read more
Flights suspended from London City Airport after Bell JetRanger made emergency landing there and blocked the runway... Read more
Force landed near a parking deck... Read more
Very heavy landing on long-line training flight. Helicopter ended up on starboard side with boom separated.... Read more
Main rotor struck tail boom during autorotation landing... Read more
Emergency landing on road during post-maintenance check flight. No injuries or damage... Read more
Brig. Gen. Alfredo Bocanegra Navia, the 48-year-old commander of the army’s 5th Brigade, and his aides (Lt. John Alexander Salcedo, Pvt. German Alfonso Ortiz) were traveling from brigade headquarters in Bucaramanga, Santander’s capital, to the town of Aguachica in neighboring Cesar province. Civilian pilot Jaime Landinez was also killed... Read more
Precautionary landing after bird strike... Read more
Helicopter was harvesting pine cones and descending to unload. At about 100ft agl, tail rotor authority was lost and the helicopter began to rotate. The main rotor contacted trees and the helicopter crashed on its left side. The pilot was the sole occupant and sustained minor injuries. CADAORS ref 2011C0421... Read more
Precautionary landing on school field after warning light illuminated. Timed at 3.30am local... Read more
Pilot was Scott Finlayson, rescued safely and briefly hospitalised.... Read more
Main blades severed tail boom during autorotation on training flight... Read more
Reportedly developed mechanical difficulties and crashed into a coconut tree while landing... Read more
TV reporting helico0pter for WCVB – Boston’s Channel 5. Warning light came on and pilot made immediate emergency landing. No damage to helicopter. Pilot Michael Young employed buy Helicopters Inc, and photographer Karen Lippert of WCVB were aboard.... Read more
The accident was fatal victim Colonel Dionysos Bomfim, 65, and left the injured co-pilot Yves Monte Costa... Read more
Landing accident, damage level not given in FAA preliminary report... Read more
Wire strike during low level patrol. Pilot Tim Kearns was flying in Isom with Mike Lasslo from Kentucky Power and Ed Toppings from United Coal.... Read more
Heavy landing on shoreline and skid splayed out. Three passengers with minor injuries, two others have no injuries.... Read more
NTSB officials said the pilot, identified as Jerry Freeman, 53, of Miami, told investigators he had been flying since 3 a.m. and was tired when he crashed. FAA reports the person suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries Helicopter was involved in low-level operations to keep frost from forming on crops... Read more
Instructor and student suffered minor injuries in an accident during helicopter flight training... Read more
Wirestrike reported. Piloted by former ABC7 pilot Rich Westra, the accident tragically killing his wife Kelly Westra.... Read more
Gene Monteleone, 55, of Texas said he was flying his Jet Ranger helicopter from Waynesboro at about 8:15 a.m. Monday when the caution light came on.... Read more
No emergency call made, pilot was only one on board. Ended up on a road in a very wooded area. Deceased named as Joseph Schuengel, age 47, 17 year veteran MSHP officer... Read more
The pilot and one passenger onboard walked away unharmed after the aircraft tipped over as a result of a heavy landing... Read more
The FBI is investigating a report that a hunter fired gunshots at a helicopter in north-central Idaho, hitting it twice.... Read more
Helicopter used to spray herbicide crashed after refueling and chemical hoses were not disconnected before takeoff... Read more
LAPD helicopter put down in a park at 2.50am after a warning light came on. Engineers called to the scene cleared it for onward flight approx three hours later... Read more
Foreign object debris struck main blades on takeoff. Landed without further incident... Read more
Article quotes reg as “527TK”... Read more