Pilot reported as 51-year-old Mark Palmieri. R44 was broken in two and the cabin area reported as charred. Pilot had to wait 3 hours before being rescued... Read more
Rolled onto its side during take-off manoeuvre... Read more
R44 had to make emergency landing after experiencing a significant loss of power, in which the tail was damaged. It was one of three R44s flying together which were all wrongly refuelled at Forestville Airport... Read more
Landed on its port side with floats deployed. Two people medevac to hospital by MedCopter “Chopper 2”... Read more
Weather related emergency landing. No apparent damage... Read more
The helicopter had departed from Modugno, near Bari, and was heading to Foggia. Pilot Tanzarella Antonio D’Amico, age 29, was alone... Read more
R44 burst into flames on impact. Student pilot was taken to hospital in a critical condition with serious burns. Instructor Ivor Durham, owner and director of Newcastle Helicopters, died along with 21-year old Sam Bateman.... Read more
Run on landing on wet mud performed which ended in the helicopter on its side, tail boom apparently severed by the tail which ended up close to the fuselage.... Read more
One helicopter (and six fixed wing) damaged when hangar roof collapsed due to weight of snow... Read more
Emergency landing (or was it a “hard landing”?) made after reported loss of power... Read more
Rolled over on landing... Read more
Pilot used the helicopter’s flotation device and all four stayed on board until they were saved about one hour later.... Read more
Emergency landing made on edge of river after suspected mechanical problems. Two occupants uninjured... Read more
President Piñera landed off-airfield in his own R44, and a video of the incident taken by a citizen suggested that the stop was unplanned. The President denies this, saying it was a planned refuelling stop... Read more
Pilot Jean Marcel Grillet Aubert seriously injured, Passenger (unnamed) not injured... Read more
Pilot Dempsey Stice, 42, was found dead in the cockpit with no signs of trauma, Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said. He apparently landed the helicopter safely as there was no damage to the aircraft,... Read more
30 minute tour flight with three Chinese passengers – The 34-year-old-pilot, a 40-year-old man, and two women, aged 36 and 46, were taken to Cairns Base Hospital.... Read more
HeliHub.com is currently tracking news of an R44 missing in Argentina. No word in eight days is likely to lead to an incident report, hence we have opened a page for this. Pilot named as Alejandro Ferzola.... Read more
Low level accident. R22 ended up on its starboard side. 1 POB not seriously injured... Read more
Bird strike, landed OK... Read more
Tail reportedly struck something, causing helicopter to spin and pilot to lose control. Helicopter ended up in shallow waters on edge of a reservoir... Read more
Emergency landing following carbon monoxide warning illumination... Read more
Solo training flight, crashed and burst into flames. Pilot named as Mohd Sukri Osman, age 31, a policeman by profession... Read more
Forced landing in Avenida Tiradentes, heavy enough for skids to splay out. Helicopter remained upright. helicopter was operating for Radio Eldorado, and neither occupant was injured – pilot reported as Andrew Smith, and reporter Flavio Perez... Read more
During the cruise, the engine failed. The pilot conducted a forced landing. The passenger received serious injuries and the helicopter was seriously damaged.... Read more
R22 crashed in a steep sided valley while en route from Sospel to Avignon. French press named the deceased as Martin Rutty and Simon Lichtenstein... Read more
Pilot reported as Alfred Morrison (53) Heavy landing in corn field and helicopter ended up on its side. Helicopter was involved in low-level operations to keep frost from forming on crops... Read more
Tail rotor hit post on take-off after refuelling. Accident timed between 1 and 2am. Pilot reported as William Harward (53), and passenger James Wyatt. Helicopter was involved in low-level operations to keep frost from forming on crops... Read more
Heavy landing by student pilot while hover taxying after door opened in flight.... Read more
Encountered sudden winds taking off in mountainous region, landed no side in snow. Pilot Paolo Ferrazza (35) was not seriously injured while passenger Andrea Zampedri (38) was virtually unscathed... Read more
According to the Fire Department, the helicopter pilot Cristiano Felipe Rocha, 23, suffered a broken nose. The passenger, identified only as Leonardo, suffered minor injuries.... Read more
Bird strike broke canopy, emergency landing made in school field.... Read more
Emergency landing, without reported damage. Engineers attended at the scene... Read more
Pilot Russell Parker, aged 39, died in this R22 accident while mustering cattle... Read more
Training accident, ended up on starboard side... Read more
The two fatalities on a licence re-validation flight were owner Bevan Bertholdt (39) and flight instructor Boeta Austin... Read more
FAA report “heavy landing”... Read more
Passengers included pop singer Anna-Maria Zimmermann (21), who came to fame in Germany’s third series of “Pop Idol”. Also on board were her manager Alexander Frömelt (37) , her tour manager Dominik Schlick (31) and the pilot Mario M. (50)... Read more
FAA prelim report stated that this R22 “ended up on its side”. We note that we have another report dated 29th October of the same type of helicopter in Prescott AZ – perhaps the FAA got the wrong date on this report?... Read more
Landing mishap near Lake Boksjön, east of Tärnaby where helicopter with 2 POB met bad weather and force landed into a quagmire. The aircraft settled deep into the ground, resulting in damage to the helicopter.... Read more
Instructor Jason Wright, 29, of Bluff, and his pupil Allan Munro, 67, of Avondale, 75km north of Invercargill, were found with the submerged but intact Robinson 22 2km southeast of Colyers Island inside the harbour, ending a 24 hour search.... Read more
Helicopter was involved in scouring the property to map mustering locations when the accident happened... Read more
Low level training exercise and right skid snagged the ground causing the helicopter to imbalance and turn over onto its side.... Read more
Pilot believed he had a mechanical failure and tried and pick a spot to land for an emergency landing... Read more
Main blade hit electicity line pole during take-off... Read more
The pilot and shooter were on a deer recovery operation when the helicopter went down in the Preservation area of Fiordland about 6pm.... Read more
The pilot over-controlled the aircraft on experiencing dynamic rollover during take off. The aircraft became airborne and began rotating, before impacting the ground and sustaining serious damage to the tail. The pilot was unaware of the damage and continued the flight although he subsequently landed without further mishap.... Read more
Helicopter ended up on its port side after the pilot was reported as saying he lost power... Read more
The R44 suffered a tail rotor birdstrike 33ft above the ground, vibrated and lost power. The machine landed heavily on boulder-covered uneven terrain and tipped over, tearing off the tail rotor boom and smashing the main rotor.... Read more
One news report quotes it as an R44, but the FAA register only records one Schweizer 300 with Lake Superior Helicopters... Read more
FAA preliminary report indicates this was a wirestrike... Read more
The 34-year-old Dutch pilot lost control at 1 meter above the ground, causing the helicopter rolling over on landing. Only the pilot was aboard and is not hurt... Read more
One fatality was famous rugby player Andre van Wyk... Read more
Impact with terrain. Pilot Adam Reeves, 45, and passenger Shelley Zapototsky, 37 died in the accident... Read more