News report just says it crashed, no further details yet available. Possibly G-BTHI (1732)... Read more
Force landed and tipped over... Read more
After losing power to the number 2 engine, the pilot successfully landed the helicopter onto the water. The auto-floatation device deployed, one side reportedly deflated and as the main rotor brake was being applied, the helicopter rolled over. CADAORS 2012P1300... Read more
Tail rotor struck wire on approach after crew were distracted by vehicle on ground potentially entering landing zone. Landed without further incident... Read more
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation – all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter completely burnt out (photo), except the last part of the tail which revealed its serial AF-808. ... Read more
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation – all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter ended up almost completely inverted on its rotorhead in an area of long grass – photo... Read more
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation – all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter ended up in a 45 degree left bank situation in a wooded area (photo). 7 on... Read more
Crashed and pilot to hospital – CADAORS 2012A0768... Read more
Helicopter went AOG and was grounded for four days on a helipad which averages six EMS landings per week... Read more
Crashed from low level (approx 15m) after hitting a tree. Aircraft destroyed... Read more
While firefighting, refilling hose struck trees and then swung up into main rotors and the tail boom. Extensively damaged.... Read more
Helicopter crashed while carrying out agricultural work. No further details at this time. Pilot fatally injured... Read more
Air Ambulance helicopter damaged by vandals while parked on scene – aerial broken, but no airworthiness implications... Read more
Firefighting helicopter impacted terrain, killing 5 including three Russian citizens named as Alexander Gavrilov, Nikolai Atepalikhin and Sergey Khorokhorin... Read more
Detail to follow – CADAORS 2012C3400... Read more
Struck guide wire to a tower... Read more
Pilot had left the rotors to run down and departed the helicopter. “Blades seen to begin oscillating, striking the tail boom and the ground beside the helicopter”... Read more
En route to pick up miners at the remote site when the helicopter crashed into the side of a hill and rolled a considerable distance, killing the pilot -Â later named as James Hopper, 63... Read more
Struck wires... Read more
Crashed near the beach at Porto Seguro, reportedly due to pilot Ruan Oliveira Santana, 31, losing control in heavy winds. Pilot and five passengers all got out OK – named as Rogério Andrade, 47, RaÃssa Aguiar, 19, and three children. Photos here... Read more
Rolled over on landing... Read more
Landed in a field and rolled onto its side. Helicopter was on a test flight – reportedly for development of the main rotor system for the Bell 525 Relentless... Read more
Synidcate/Club-0wned R44 ditched in the Black Sea at night 200 metres from the shore, and sank. Sole occupant pilot (from who lives in Kharkov) swam ashore.... Read more
Reg C-FLBI is not confirmed but is the only one in this operators fleet to match the details given so far in the CADAORS report, ref 2012P1240... Read more
Low-rotor-rpm horn sounded on climb-out. Skids hit uneven ground during run-on landing, causing helicopter to fall on its side. Two occupants exited safely only to watch the helicopter be consumed by post-crash fire. see also http://www.3CapesHeliChallenge.com/... Read more
Damaged skid and had to make emergency landing on mattresses to minimise damage... Read more
The pilot’s assessment was that the helicopter had lost power, compounded by the fact that the carburettor heat control had not been returned to the ‘cold’ position before the approach and landing.... Read more
B407 carrying the Secretary of Public Security of Veracruz, Arturo Bermudez Zurita, and the Undersecretary Jose Nava Holguin, made a forced landing. Pilot was Alfonso Diaz Pineda... Read more
Landing accident – ended up on starboard side... Read more
Field landing after wire strike... Read more
Industry sources tell us (with photo evidence provided) that the helicopter took off with clamshell rear doors still open. Tower alerted pilot who returned to the airfield. Some items fell from the helicopter in the interim.... Read more
Loss of engine power at low level while crop spraying. Badly damaged landing in the crop... Read more
Emergency landing after experiencing tail vibrations... Read more
Damaged in emergency landing. No injuries to 4 POB... Read more
Very heavy landing, stayed upright but caused extensive airframe damage. 4 POB minor injuries, all treated on scene.... Read more
Autorotated and landed hard... Read more
Difficulties on take-off resulted in heavy landing with much damage to the helicopter – operator is quoted in press estimating damage cost at 150,000 euros. Minor injuries to the 4 POB... Read more
Two crew and one passenger killed – mountainous location. The passenger is named in local press as Juan Armando Hinojosa Cantú, owner of Grupo Higa, parent company of helicopter operator Eolo who have up to four AW119s and three AW109SPs according to this press release... Read more
Weather conditions were described as adverse with winds up to 80km/h. The helicopter was dousing veld fires in the mountains on behalf of the Department of Water Affairs... Read more
Further details to be updated in the next 24 hours. Please check back here later... Read more
Helicopter contacted and broke powerlines on EMS flight as “Christoph 10”. Note – Registration is NOT confirmed, but is a recently ex-factory new delivery which was assigned to the “Christoph 10” base, and photos here show D-HUTH... Read more
Kevin C. Rossan, 35, from Troy, Mich., was transported to the King’s Daughters Hospital in Madison after his Bell 47 crashed in a field while on spraying operations after the main blades came into contact with the ground. Helicopter ended upright, but badly damaged (see photo)... Read more
We have received a report of a helicopter crash on Whidbey Island. No injuries to occupants and waiting on further details... Read more
Main rotorblade struck powerline... Read more
Force landing... Read more
Emergency landing on the shoulder of Highway 198, between kilometre 36 and 37 near the former copper-mining town of Murdochville, about 825 kilometres northeast of Montreal. CADAORS 2012Q1702... Read more
AS532AL on a pre-delivery test flight out of Marignane crashed killing all six occupants. Some reports are suggesting it struck wires but that is not confirmed... Read more
Tail separated during agricultural flight... Read more
Post flight check found engine cowling missing... Read more
Emergency Services text stated :-  North Andover| Special| 492 Sutton St|MSP Helo Air-4 making a precautionary landing at Lawrence Airport- aircraft disabled in the runway.| 00:30. “Air 4” is N8924AH from the name on the tail (see photo)... Read more
General media reported it as a tail rotor issue while hovering. Helicopter came to rest close to a fence... Read more
Badly damaged in landing in swampy area short of intended helipad landing. Three occupants injured of the 22 on board. Helicopter with 3 crew was transporting 19 oil workers to a remote field location... Read more
UH=-60 of Turkey’s paramilitary police crashed in Kurdish border region killing 4. A further 8 survived (other reports differ on number of survivors). One reported said it lost power while landing... Read more
Struck wires at low level while spraying and ended up upside-down on roof of building.... Read more
One killed and two injured when helicopter crashed into reservoir. Operator flies at least two LongRanger IVs – B-7712 (52305) and B-7715 (52357)... Read more
Extensive vibration in the cruise led to emergency landing. Tail rotor bearing issue... Read more
Air ambulance struck cables on climb-out from road accident scene.  Pilot Augusto Stazzonelli, co-pilot Stefano Turetta, doctor Fabio Martorana, a nurse, an alpine rescue specialist and the patient survived.... Read more
2 survived, 12 killed in crash. Helicopter was en route home with three members of the crew and 2 trainers, 1 staff and 8 Officer Cadets, Officer Cadet School after a jungle training camp. The Defence Ministry later stated “The main cause of the aircraft crash was due to human error. The aircraft was involved... Read more
Crashed into river, killing 3 – named as Siti Khuzaimah Anuar, Pepter Ato Mayau and Henry Lau Tee Yong. German pilot Rico Steger, 35, was the only survivor. Weather was reported as a factor (also cited in later report)... Read more
Aircraft damaged after hitting powerlines on a training flight out of Odiham... Read more
helicopter involved in agricultural work crashed. Pilot Marty Fry walked away from the accident... Read more
Tail rotor struck ground taking off from sloping ground... Read more
Rolled over on landing... Read more
Helicopter crashed killing 2 of the 5 POB – later named as Senior Chief Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Sean P. Sullivan, 40, of St. Louis, MO, and Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Joseph P. Fitzmorris, 31, of West Monroe, LA. Â The helicopter was assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 15, based in Norfolk, Va and... Read more
Details unknown, but an MH-53E of US military crashed while recovering the fuselage of this NH90. Date may be in the few days prior to 19-Aug-12, the date the MH-53 crashed – check YouTube video link below. Reported in some places as ROAF code “629” but not confirmed... Read more
Shortly after dropping two passengers, helicopter had problem on take-off and it crashed onto its starboard side. Pilot Christoffel Myburgh sustained head injuries... Read more
Multiple laser strikes. Landed safely... Read more
Rotor blades struck trees on take-off, landed on beach without further incident... Read more
Military spokesman Col. Sawarmy Khalid Saad said that a technical failure caused the crash. Seven officers were killed and two others were injured. [Helicopter type assumed, not confirmed]... Read more
Mi-2 owned by Congo Interior Ministry (referred to in one report as a “police helicopter”) crashed killing Russian citizen, SP Korostel, and Belarusian citizen, MF Cherenkov. Earlier reports of 2 Ukrainians being killed were later dismissed... Read more
Rolled over multiple times on autorotation landing on training flight. Instructor and student not seriously injured... Read more
Rotor blade struck vehicle on landing... Read more
Landed hard and rolled onto its side. Aircraft destroyed ... Read more