Crashed on take-off, ending up on its side with rotorhead against the hangar wall, injuring Tanzania’s vice president Dr. Mohamed Gharib Bilal and some of the others on board – total 11 POB... Read more
Failed to gain height on flight to Windhoek. Four killed in accident of 10 POB, fifth died shortly after in hospital according to Facebook page of local press Informanté... Read more
Darryl Condon, 51, and Neale Gray, 54 killed on flight returning back to base at Bruce Bay after maintenance at Wanaka... Read more
EMS helicopter went AOG on scene on M7 motorway... Read more
Training accident, one pilot with very minor injuries but the other with head injuries which proved fatal... Read more
S92 helicopter returned to North Sea rig Brent Delta on flight to Scatsa after experiencing significant airframe vibration... Read more
Immediate landing after unspecified cockpit warning light. No reported damage... Read more
AS350-B2 with a pilot and three passengers on board, took off while it was near a communication tower. During takeoff, the pilot wanted to bypass the tower and conduct a takeoff facing the wind away from the guy wires. Nevertheless, the main rotor came into contact with a guy wire and the aircraft crashed into... Read more
Crashed on hospital roof just off the helipad. 3 POB with pilot reported injured by local press. No patient on board. UNM later issued this video of the accident from CCTV cameras... Read more
Experienced severe vibrations and made an emergency/forced landing at an agricultural field 12 NM short of the destination.... Read more
Emergency field landing due to mechanical issue, no apparent damage.... Read more
Helicopter down – unclear from press reports if damaged or not. All crew and passengers reported safe... Read more
Pilot Robin Venuti, 38 and passenger Albert Rubio killed when helicopter crashed in “treacherous terrain” on elk-hunting flight... Read more
Emergency field landing with time given by FAA as 00:11 local. No injuries to the 4 POB... Read more
Crashed into a heavily forested area on a night flight. Pilot killed, and the two other occupants seriously injured... Read more
A ship pilot was seriously injured when he was being transferred via external sling from the helicopter to a container ship at night. No damage to helicopter... Read more
Rolled over onto its side in an open field on a training flight. Minor injuries to the two POB. NTSB report here... Read more
EMS helicopter AOG on scene at night, blocking highway... Read more
Engine malfunction at low level while hog hunting. Substantially damaged in field landing... Read more
The student pilot was attempting a solo lift from a grass surface. Whilst applying left cyclic input to correct a right side low condition, the helicopter rolled rapidly to the left in what was reported as a dynamic rollover incident.... Read more
Emergency field landing... Read more
During aerial mustering operations, the helicopter collided with terrain resulting in substantial damage. The pilot sustained serious injuries.... Read more
Helicopter was damaged in hard landing around 1.48am, but the pilot was able to regain control and fly it back to the Tehachapi Airport.... Read more
While flying at 1,000 ft in VMC conditions, the helicopter struck a bird which the pilot identified as a buzzard. The pilot carried out a precautionary landing to inspect the helicopter, which suffered a broken windscreen transparency. After the inspection, the pilot continued the flight to his destination at White Waltham. He reported that he... Read more
Force landing due to technical difficulties... Read more
Crashed in corn field with two fatalities... Read more
During the cruise, the crew observed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at about 1,000 ft above ground level. The UAV turned and tracked towards the helicopter and the helicopter crew took evasive action to avoid a collision.... Read more
Tail strike on landing at 20.05 local... Read more
Tail boom stabiliser fin lost inflight. Minor damage to belly of aircraft... Read more
Tail strike on landing... Read more
During the cruise, an object which had been secured with a seat belt, became loose and jammed the cyclic control, resulting in the helicopter nose pitching down. The helicopter collided with terrain resulting in substantial damage.... Read more
The helicopter was hover taxiing from its parking position towards the runway. As it did so, the tail of a Cessna 152 parked at a nearby refuelling point lifted and, under the influence of the rotor wash and a relatively strong surface wind, the aircraft came to rest inverted.... Read more
Passenger killed in accident at forestry site with helicopter being used for delivering supplies and equipment from one site to another. Pilot has minor injuries. Fatality named as Donald Carlton Kain, 53, a forestry supervisor... Read more
Engine warning – All 16 passengers and two crew landed in safely at Aberdeen Airport and the helicopter is being inspected by engineers.... Read more
Heavily damaged in hangar fire. A second Super Puma was also damaged in the same fire... Read more
Substantially damaged in hangar fire. A second Super Puma was destroyed in the same fire... Read more
Military SAR helicopter crashed into the water off the Canary Islands at 2155 CET on night training flight. One rescued, four later confirmed dead when the helicopter was located under water.... Read more
KOMO News helicopter down in Broad Street in Seattle, more updates shortly. Seattle Police confirm at least two fatalities – named in this article as pilot Gary Pfitzner and KOMO photographer Bill Strothman. The helicopter was being used in a joint partnership between KOMO and KING 5 according to this KING 5 report... Read more
Emergency night landing around 1.30am in stadium parking lot. Engineer called... Read more
4 fatalities reported in a helicopter crash at Gillingham near Beccles, Suffolk UK around 7.30pm. Low visibility due to fog reported. Helicopter had just taken off from Gillingham Hall bound for Northern Ireland. Press report indicates that the fatalities included owner Edward Haughey... Read more
Came down into trees shortly after take off, remaining impaled ten feet up a mango treee and killing radio announcer David Diaz. The other three occupants were all injured – pilot Raúl Arévalo Contreras, Swiss journalist Dominic Niels and cameraman from Channel 12, Jonathan Perdomo. The four were involved in filming and following a cycle race. See... Read more
Helicopter turned round on flight to ENSCO 100 offshore rig following a technical warning and made a successful precautionary landing back at Aberdeen... Read more
Three injured (one seriously) in low level accident at base airfield... Read more
Emergency landing in field after mechanical issue. Operating for K-State Salinas... Read more
The helicopter set down right side low on the chosen sloping landing site and remained partially supported by the rotor. The pilot attempted to move to a different site nearby, but a skid dug into the snow and the helicopter entered a dynamic rollover condition and fell to the ground on its right-hand side. There... Read more
All four POB injured, and rescued by Chilean Air Force UH-1... Read more
In flight problem, emergency landing onto tarmac and heavily damaged. Crew unhurt... Read more
Engine fire forced Cleveland Clinic helicopter to make emergency landing.... Read more
Field landing, no other details supplied in FAA preliminary... Read more
Tail rotor strike on landing... Read more
Attack helicopter crashed into farm field. Debris field very confined, suggesting lack of forward speed at time of accident and close proximity of pylon (photo) suggests wire strike... Read more
Impact with terrain. Accident killed pilot Ramón Rodríguez Toledo, copilot Andrés Berger, and Luis Paiz.... Read more
Emergency landing made after crew experienced “flight control malfunctions”... Read more
During take-off on translation from hover to forward flight, the rotor blades started slapping and flapping, resulting in a loss of control. The helicopter was substantially damaged.... Read more
Crashed into the Baltic Sea on a training exercise – The helicopter was on approach to a sea rescue cruiser at about 18:40 local time for a winch operation when suddenly loosing height and crashing into the sea, killing 3 of the 4 POB... Read more
Emergency landing in parking lot on night patrol... Read more
Helicopter landed heavily and fell onto port side during training operation. Extensively damaged (see photo) including tail boom sliced and frontal impact damage. Two minor injuries... Read more
Accident killed Major Luis Fabián Carrero Llanos, Captain Jhonny Patiño Ballesteros, Sargeant Leonardo Polo Monje and Cadet Mauricio Gómez Vélez.... Read more
The helicopter took off to reposition for refuelling and after about 1 minute, at about 30 ft above ground level, the engine stopped. The helicopter landed heavily, collided with an embankment and was substantially damaged.... Read more
Shot down by militants while on reconnaissance flight... Read more
During take-off, the helicopter rolled over and collided with terrain.... Read more
3 of 4 POB killed... Read more
During a practice autorotation, the helicopter landed heavily resulting in substantial damage.... Read more
Emergency landing on training flight... Read more
During a hydraulics off landing exercise, control of the helicopter was lost and the helicopter collided with the ground resulting in substantial damage. The two flight crew sustained minor injuries. The engine continued to run after the impact; however, there was no post impact fire. CADORS 2014C0677... Read more
During agricultural operations on a banana plantation, the helicopter clipped a tree and subsequently collided with terrain. As a result of the collision the pilot sustained injuries and the helicopter was completely wrecked (photo)... Read more
Crashed on training flight out of nearby Ardmore Airport... Read more
Training flight accident, crashed into the sea near a rocky coast. One fatality named here as Sergio Mauro, 24... Read more
On approach to land when something caused main blades to slice tail boom, causing helicopter to crash from low level into a field . The two occupants were not injured... Read more
At touch down the pilot experienced strong vibrations with damages to the helicopter... Read more
Crashed into a forest area killing both on board. There is some local controversy as the helicopter had reportedly been rebuilt after a fatal accident in 2007 and local law does not allow an aircraft which has been “written off” to be rebuilt in any way. Some close-up photos at the accident scene of various... Read more
Helicopter crashed killing solo pilot Didier Deschoolmeester... Read more
Unknown circumstances. Took 4 days to find wreckage of this missing helicopter... Read more
Emergency landing at airport with patient on board. Second helicopter came to take patient on to destination. Unstated technical issue, needed engineer. Operator Geisinger has six EC145s and one BK117... Read more
Emergency field landing. No apparent damage. Engineer called... Read more