Sheriff helicopter made emergency field landing after reporting engine problems
Tags: Civil, Law Enforcmenet, Safety, US-California
Spraying accident at night
Tags: Agricultural, Bell, Civil, OH-58, Safety, US-California
Landing gear collapsed
Tags: Civil, S300, Safety, Schweizer, US-California, Western Helicopters
Helicopter was powered-up but still on the ground, when the engineer reached in through the open door and hit a lever, causing it to take off to a few feet altitude and then crash onto its side away from the engineer. A second person was present, but it is unclear from the press report whether they were in the helicopter or not. The crash caused the engine to separate
Tags: Civil, Safety, US-California
Three killed when a JetRanger went down at 3.42am on a reality TV shoot on a remote ranch. Helicopter had been supplied via Crossbow Helicopters, who act as brokers between film companies and helicopter operators. Photos posted of this 206 on Orbic Air's website (example) in the last few weeks indicate that it carried their titles as operator. Casualties named as pilot David Gibbs, 59, cinematographer Darren Rydstrom, 46, and Michael Donatelli, 45 - they were involved in filming for the Discovery Channel.
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Orbic Air, Safety, US-California
Helicopter destroyed per FAA data
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, Sinton Helicopters, US-California
Helicopter on agricultural ops crashed near HWY 41 and Harlan Ave. near the Fresno Co and Kings Co border
Tags: Agricultural, Bell, Blair Helicopter Service, Civil, OH-58, Safety, US-California
Hit powerlines (note, reg assumed correct but FAA accident report states it is a 47J whereas register and MSN suggest G5A)
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-California
Helicopter was one of a pair on low level frost control flight over a vineyard. Weather reported as foggy. Pilot named as Karen L. Johnson, age 62
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, San Joaquin Helicopters, US-California
Heavy landing, all 4 POB hospitalized, post crash fire, live ammunition on board
Tags: Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60, US Navy, US-California
Substantial damage after unsecured item from cabin struck aircraft
Tags: Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Safety, Southern California Edison, US-California
Helicopter exploded after striking fuel bay canopy. Sole occupant pilot was killed. Occurred at 11.08pm local time. The casualty was later named as owner James Belcher
Tags: Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-California
Post flight inspection revealed damage following bird strike
Tags: B222, Bell, CALSTAR, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-California
Low level collision between one helicopter landing and the other taking off from the adjacent pad. N911FA ended up on its skids, main blades missing and damage to rear cabin area after apparently being hit by main blades of N98BM. Boom of N911FA still attached (just) but fallen to ground at tail. Six to hospital, two in each helicopter plus two on the ground. On Monday 19th, Chief Phillip Sanchez provided a list of those affected - The two pilots are Officer Carol Eldridge and Officer Markus Mendenhall, and the commanding officer on board was Lt. Michael Ingram. The others were Lt. Randell Taylor, Officer Ryan Smith and an unidentified civilian contractor.
Tags: Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, OH-58, Pasadena Police, Safety, US-California
Low level collision between one helicopter landing and the other taking off from the adjacent pad. N98BM ended up on its skids, main blades missing and damage to front cabin area after apparently being hit by main blades of N911FA. Six to hospital, two in each helicopter plus two on the ground. On Monday 19th, Chief Phillip Sanchez provided a list of those affected - The two pilots are Officer Carol Eldridge and Officer Markus Mendenhall, and the commanding officer on board was Lt. Michael Ingram. The others were Lt. Randell Taylor, Officer Ryan Smith and an unidentified civilian contractor.
Tags: Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, OH-58, Pasadena Police, Safety, US-California
Out of control fixed wing veered off runway and struck parked/unattended helicopter
Tags: Civil, Safety, US-California
Blade delamination caused unusual vibration levels which prompted crew to investigate and then change aircraft before they took off
Tags: Air Methods, B407, Bell, Civil, EMS, Hall Air Ambulance, Safety, US-California
Tail rotor struck ground. Helicopter had been working on powerlines at the time of the accident. Helicopter caught fire and burned out - also causing a 1.5 acre brush fire
Tags: Agricultural, B206, Bell, Chesapeake Bay Helicopters, Civil, Safety, US-California
Pilot Bill Cavanaugh, was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital following crash on agricultural operations. His son told a TV station that his father had over 20,000 hours of flying experience
Tags: Agricultural, Bell, Civil, Del Rio Aviation, OH-58, Safety, US-California
Emergency landing of media helicopter due to oil leak and heavy smoke flume in the air. Helicopter was operating for KTLA Channel 5. Pilot was Tim Lynn
Tags: Angel City Air, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Safety, US-California
Landed hard and rolled onto its side. Aircraft destroyed
Tags: Civil, Eurocopter, Safety, SE313, US-California
Flipped over on landing. Night landing assumed, given time listed as 0740Z in California
Tags: Civil, Eurocopter, Safety, SE313, US-California
One serious injury after rotor blades hit disembarking passenger - CHP crew member Tony Stanley, who was getting out to help pick up injured hiker Jeremy Kilburn - both were then airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Redding
Tags: AS350, California Highway Patrol, Civil, Eurocopter, Law Enforcement, Safety, US-California
Cal Fire helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing. No injuries, minor damage
Tags: Bell, California Fire Dept, Civil Safety, Firefighting, UH-1, US-California
Agricultural ops, crashed in field
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, San Joaquin Helicopters, US-California
Emergency landing after crew began to smell smoke in the cockpit and reported that the engine was acting unusual. MH-65C assumed on the basis that the CGAS San Francisco website states they currently operate four of these (and no other types)
Tags: AS365, Eurocopter, Military, Safety, US Coast Guard, US-California
Engine trouble on approach. Pilot was only occupant, and was not injured. After the landing, the helicopter was on its side in about a marshy area near the side of a lake (see photos in third link below)
Tags: Civil, R22, Robinson, Safety, US-California
“Approximately five pieces of wood cribbing came loose from a helicopter load and fell to the ground in an unoccupied open space along the Sunrise Powerlink about four miles south of Interstate 8 and four miles east of Loveland Reservoir,” the company said. “No one was injured.”
Tags: Civil, Safety, US-California
Tailboom damaged during autorotation landing
Tags: AS350, California Highway Patrol, Civil, Eurocopter, Law Enforcement, Safety, US-California
During post-maintenance run-up, helicopter fell on its side, caught fire and was destroyed
Tags: Civil, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-California
Crash occurred during windy flight conditions, the FAA said. The hard landing bent the tail boom of the aircraft and damaged the skids, among other things. No one was hurt.
Tags: Civil, Safety, US-California
Damaged in heavy landing. Registration per FAA prelim report, but is not a valid registration(!)
Tags: AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Safety, US-California
Mid air accident between AH-1W and UH-1Y of the US Marine Corps during a night-time exercise Total of 7 fatalities, 2 in the AH-1W, five in the UH-1Y. The five in the UH-1Y were named later as Capt. Michael M. Quin, 28, of Purcellville, VA, Sgt. Justin A. Everett, 33, of Clovis, CA, Lance Cpl. Corey A. Little, 25, of Marietta, GA, Lance Cpl. Nickoulas H. Elliott, 21, of Spokane, WA, Capt. Nathan W. Anderson, 32, of Amarillo, TX
See also - 22-Feb-12 Bell AH-1W Yuma, US-California (2F)
Tags: Bell, Fatal, Military, Safety, UH-1, US Marine Corps, US-California
Mid air accident between AH-1W and UH-1Y of the US Marine Corps during a night-time exercise Total of 7 fatalities, 2 in the AH-1W, five in the UH-1Y. The two in the AH-1W were named later as Maj. Thomas A. Budrejko, 37, of Montville, CT and Capt. Benjamin N. Cerniglia, 31, of Montgomery, AL
See also - 22-Feb-12 Bell UH-1Y Yuma, US-California (5F)
Tags: AH-1, Bell, Fatal, Military, Safety, US Marine Corps, US-California
Crashed in open, flat field during agricultural ops
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-California
Crashed into field after mid-air collision with fixed-wing Beech Bonanza. Minor injuries. R22 pilot was experienced fixed wing pilot logging night hours as a student.
Tags: Civil, R22, Robinson, Safety, US-California, Vertical CFI Helicopters
Emergency landing on school field shortly after refuelling at Modesto Airport. No damage
Tags: Civil, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-California
Crashed on take-off
Tags: Bell, Civil, Farm Aviation, OH-58, Safety, US-California
Pilot reported smoke in the cabin and brought the craft down as a precaution on the junction of Pacific Coast Highway and Magnolia at 9.40am local. 1POB, not injured.
Tags: Civil, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-California
All five members of a Navy helicopter crew are reported to be unhurt after crashing during a training mission on the edge of the Sierra Nevada.
Tags: Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60, US Navy, US-California
Precautionary landing after "Engine out" warning. Maintenance engineers attended scene and reportedly "repaired the faulty wiring"
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-California
Hard landing
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
During powerline maintenance flight, p[ilot made emergency field landing. Skids broken, tail boom sliced, main blades ripped off. Pilot to hospital
Tags: Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500, PJ Helicopters, US-California
The Madera County Sheriff's Department and Cal Fire as well as paramedics are on scene of a downed private helicopter. 2 POB to hospital, one by road, one by air
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Substantially damaged in field landing
Tags: Civil, S269, Schweizer, US-California
The helicopter went down at approximately 1:00 p.m. Monday in a training area in the southeast corner of Camp Pendleton. A small brush fire broke out as a result of the crash. Fire crews are on scene working to contain the flames. The two fatalities were later named as Capt. Jeffrey Bland, 37, and 1st Lt. Thomas Heitmann, 27
Tags: AH-1, Bell, Fatal, Military, US Marine Corps, US-California
commercial pilot sustained minor injuries; the helicopter sustained substantial damage to the tail boom from impact forces
Tags: B205, Bell, Civil, US-California
"force landed in a wooded area" per FAA report
Tags: Bell, Civil, PJ Helicopters, UH-1, US-California
A Coast Guard MH-65 on hoist training out of CGAS Humboldt Bay safely completed an emergency landing in a parking lot near Arcata Bay following an electrical malfunction caused a significant amount of smoke in the cabin. All four members aboard the helicopter have been reported safe and without injuries.
Tags: Eurocopter, HH-65, Military, US Coast Guard, US-California
Hydraulic problem en route from Idaho to San Diego in Southern California.
Tags: Boeing, Military, US-California, V-22
Struck powerline during agricultural ops
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Crashed in orchard during agricultural ops
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Emergency landing in field
Tags: B222, Bell, Civil, Mercy Air, US-California
At touchdown, the helicopter had some forward speed, the landing skids dug into the terrain, and the helicopter pitched nose down. The main rotor struck the ground and also severed the tail boom, and the helicopter rolled onto its left side.
Tags: Civil, Exec 162F, Rotorway, US-California
Crashed on take off
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Helicopter owner Frank Gomes said he had finished spraying the field and had turned the crop duster over to his apprentice for a practice run. "The practice didn't go all that well today," Gomes said, declining to comment further.
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, Gomes Farm Air Service, US-California
Minor damage on landing
Tags: Civil, El Monte Police, R44, Robinson, US-California
The helicopter, belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, crashed on a training flight shortly before noon Wednesday in the San Mateo Area of Camp Pendleton killing one of the seven on board. The deceased serviceman was later named as Sgt. Trevor Cook, 25, of Orleans, N.Y.
Tags: Bell, Fatal, Military, UH-1Y, US Marine Corps, US-California
Crop spraying helicopter crashed from low level during turn
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, US-California
Night emergency landing after reporting a mechanical problem.
Tags: AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Los Angeles Police Dept, US-California
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
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, US-California
Engine problems during turn at low level while spraying at 100ft agl. Landed heaviliy and rolled over
Tags: Civil, Hiller, UH-12, US-California
While setting an elecriticy tower within a utility right-of-way two miles SE of Plaster City, three of the helicopter’s four hooks holding up a tower section released. While hanging from the remaining hook, the structure was slowly lowered to the ground and, once on the ground, was released. The tower subsequently tipped over. No one was injured.
Tags: Civil, S64, San Diego Gas & Electric, Sikorsky, US-California
San Diego Gas & Electric’s helicopter was involved in an incident when a section of a transmission tower carried by the helicopter fell approximately 200- feet to the ground. No one was injured.
Tags: Civil, S64, San Diego Gas & Electric, Sikorsky, US-California
Precautionary landing in field after pilot "sensing something was wrong". Later flown to Santa Maria Public Airport for further assessment
Tags: Civil, R44, Robinson, US-California
Tail rotor struck tree and helicopter crashed into orchard
Tags: Civil, Hiller, UH-12, US-California
Flight plan for the overdue helicopter had it going the 30 miles from Hayfork to Weaverville and then back to Hayfork Friday. Search crews found the helicopter’s wreckage and pilot’s body in a remote area around 3:15 p.m. Student pilot later named as registered owner Mor Applebaum.
Tags: B2, Brantly, Civil, Fatal, US-California
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?]
Tags: B206, Bell, Civil, Los Angeles Police Dept, US-California
a warning light in the cockpit of another police helicopter with two officers aboard prompted the pilot to make a precautionary landing in a Home Depot parking lot about 2 a.m. That chopper landed near Western and Slauson avenues.
Tags: Civil, Los Angeles Police Dept, US-California
Force landed in mountainous terrain, 35 miles from Fresno
Tags: Airlift Helicopters, Civil, MD Helicopters, MD369, US-California
Chip light warning
Tags: Civil, EC120, Eurocopter, Sacramento County Sheriff, US-California
Helicopter shot at from the ground by an automatic weapon, and fuel tank reportedly struck. Emergency landing made at nearby Van Nuys airport without further incident
Tags: AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Los Angeles Police Dept, US-California
Precautionary landing by Riverside County Sheriff helicopter. Both occupants fine.
Tags: Civil, Riverside County Sheriff, US-California
Tipped over onto its starboard side on take-off
Tags: B47, Bell, Civil, US-California
Mechanic became trapped under the sponson of a CH-53E after the landing gear collapsed when the landing-gear pin was pulled before takeoff. Marine was later named as Sgt. Alexis Fontalvo
Tags: CH-53, Fatal, Military, Sikorsky, US Marine Corps, US-California
