On Friday 25 September 2020, the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-92A, LN-ONQ, operated by Bristow Norway was on its way back to Sola (ENZV) after a flight to the West Elara oil installation. During descent from 7 000 ft. towards 1 000 ft., at a height of approx. 4 500 ft. the crew received a caution... Read more
Failure of recently-overhauled main gear box during ground run. Significant damage to the main gear box No information provided on registration or operator.... Read more
Rolled onto its side during landing... Read more
During a touch-and-go, the Extra EA 300 aircraft collided with a Guimbal Cabri G2 helicopter on the runway.... Read more
Main rotor struck tail boom during autorotation training. Instructor and student not injured... Read more
The aircraft took off to carry out a local flight, with the purpose of conducting police patrol, with two pilots, an air operator and two policemen on board.On the return, during the taxi in the central area of the apron, there was loss of control of the aircraft, which carried out two turns of approximately... Read more
Struck tree during landing. Sole occupant pilot was not injured... Read more
Precautionary emergency landing at Patterson Park on after a warning light came on (per press), or “altitude and radio issues” (per FAA)... Read more
Precautionary field landing while on powerline imaging work... Read more
Port side sliding door separated and hit main rotor disc. Emergency landing... Read more
No details found on why this CH-53E made an emergency landing, but it ended up burning out on the ground after landing. All 4 POB out safely.... Read more
Emergency landing in field after engine issues... Read more
Helicopter landed heavily and rolled over onto its starboard side. 12 POB, 2 with minor injuries... Read more
Hit lines while on low level agricultural spraying ops. Pilot died... Read more
Heavy landing which resulted in the starboard skid ripped off, main blades damaged, tail strike which destroyed tail blades Registration to be confirmed as HC-CVB is also reported as a Bell 505... Read more
Helicopter crashed into the yard in a built-up area, killing two of three occupants on impact. Third is reported to have later died in hospital. Images show mast and main rotor blades largely intact, suggesting it descended upright and vertically. Location is about 3km east of Lagos Airport.... Read more
As the helicopter was touching down on the helipad, it bounced and then drifted laterally. A main rotor blade contacted a tree and the helicopter rolled over onto its side. The two occupants were not injured; the helicopter was destroyed.... Read more
The aircraft took off from the temporary helipad, and was transporting a cargo, and unintentionally dropped the cargo (about 790kg, construction materials) on a grass field near the temporary helipad from a height of about 25m around 9:50 JST. Cargo was old steel tower members, weight: about 790 kilograms.... Read more
US special forces UH-60M crashed with two fatalities and three injuries. Two fatalities were named as Staff Sgt. Vincent Marketta, 33, and Sgt. Tyler Shelton, 22... Read more
Details sketchy, but helicopter damaged and 2 of 4 POB were injured.... Read more
Landing gear collapsed while taxying after landing. 2POB not injured... Read more
Engine failed while hovering over mountainous terrain. Heavy landing and helicopter rolled onto its side. Pilot not injured Helicopter was being operated for HighGold Mining, who issued this related press release... Read more
Pilot killed in firefighting accident. Pilot named here as Tom Duffy... Read more
FAA report unexplained field landing... Read more
Landed upright but tail boom got chopped by main blades during emergency landing... Read more
Tail rotor double delamination discovered during post flight inspection... Read more
Helicopter was applying herbicide to a wheat field with only the pilot on board. After clearing a row of trees, the helicopter began a slight descent. While rounding out to continue the application pass, the spray boom made contact with the crop and the pilot lost directional control of the helicopter. The helicopter veered to... Read more
Precautionary landing in baseball field. Eyewitness reports suggest there was something on fire in the cockpit which was taken out of the helicopter and extinguished. With rotors still turning, the one person who got out then got back in and the helicopter took off again.... Read more
Heavy landing, damaging the landing gear. No injuries to 17 POB Helicopter was en route from Tashtagol to Kemerovo... Read more
Crashed during firefighting operations. Pilot received fatal injuries – named here as Michael Fournier... Read more
Tail rotor struck lamp post on landing... Read more
Helicopter crashed while carrying out a long-line sling operation. The sole pilot was fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed in a post-crash fire.... Read more
Pilot killed in accident.... Read more
On 16 August 2020, a Robinson R22 Beta, registration VH-YMU, was being utilised for cattle mustering operations in remote country, from the Rocky Point Yards, Northern Territory, south of the McArthur River Mine Aerodrome. At about 1200 Central Standard Time, the pilot was required to conduct an emergency forced landing. The helicopter landed heavily, resulting... Read more
Main blade clipped building, causing unmanned helicopter to crash... Read more
Helicopter ditched in river on a training flight. Both instructor and student were injured... Read more
Helicopter contacted tree on take-off, which caused it to fall to the ground from 5m altitude and it fell onto its side. 1 of 4 POB injured... Read more
Helicopter was on an external load flight between 2 transmission lines when the main rotor contacted and severed an electrical cable. The pilot felt vibrations and immediately deposited and released the external load on the ground. The aircraft has been positioned away from the load, where it has landed safely. The main rotor was damaged... Read more
Helicopter was on an external load flight between 2 transmission lines in the Sacré-Coeur, QC, area when the main rotor contacted and severed an electrical cable. The pilot felt vibrations and immediately deposited and released the external load on the ground. The aircraft has been positioned away from the load, where it has landed safely.... Read more
Police helicopter made emergency landing in park. No damage/injuries Data from market intelligence firm Parapex Media shows that Baltimore Police currently operate four Airbus H120s, registered N451F, N452F, N453F and N454F... Read more
Routine training mission; helicopter was struck by a bullet. A safe emergency landing was made at Manassas Regional Airport. One crew member was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.... Read more
Three Texas Parks and Wildlife employees died in the accident as they surveyed the landscape for desert bighorn sheep. The pilot, who was a private contractor for the state agency, was taken to El Paso for medical treatment. The victims were named by Texas Parks and Wildlife as Wildlife Biologist Dewey Stockbridge, Fish and Wildlife... Read more
Aircraft crashed in a field. Sole occupant pilot seriously injured. Helicopter was involved in aerial application work... Read more
Precautionary landing in a parking lot... Read more
Emergency landing on a highway... Read more
Aircraft struck powerlines during aerial application... Read more
Heilcopter landed very heavily and the skids splayed out. Marks on runway consistent with helicopter spinning at the point of contact. Date 06-Aug-20 is the date of the report. Not confirmed that this was the accident date... Read more
Main rotor blades sliced tail boom on training flight. helicopter ended up on its skids with the tail on the ground nearby... Read more
Aircraft was conducting vegetation management while tree sawing and something caught saw blade and threw debris up into main blades. Aircraft landed in nearby field. Sole occupant pilot was not injured... Read more
Pilot not injured... Read more
Pilot died when helicopter crashed into wooded area. This report quotes pilot as Juan Francisco Escobar Blas... Read more
Substantially damaged beyond repair in a forced autorotation landing at Lübstorf near Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Minor injuries to the 3POB... Read more
During agricultural spraying operations, the helicopter struck powerlines and collided with terrain, resulting in substantial damage. The pilot sustained fatal injuries.... Read more
The pilot took off from the Santiago Heliport to carry out an aerial work to control frost. Three minutes after takeoff, a light on the governor failure warning panel came on, stopping the engine in flight, for which the pilot performed an autorotation, forcibly landing in a private parking lot. The pilot, the sole occupant... Read more
Blade strike while training in mountainous area. Helicopter continued take-off and departed location with rotor blade noise clearly “non-standard” Analysis of the helicopter’s tracks have suggested the date was 26-Jul-20 but this is not confirmed. Having been very active daily for two straight weeks, it was then not flying for four days. The video was... Read more
Helicopter landed on its side in an open field. 4 POB not seriously injured... Read more
When hovering from the park point for take-off, the pilot loses control yawing to the left. The helicopter landed very hard. Investigators report aircraft destroyed... Read more
The ATSB is investigating the near-collision with terrain involving Leonardo Helicopters AW139, VH-TJO, 25 km East of Goulburn, New South Wales, on 24 July 2020. While conducting a single-pilot NVG EMS flight, the aircraft entered an uncommanded descent and drift. The aircraft was recovered in close proximity to obstacles and during the recovery, the helicopter... Read more
According to the operator, their flight tracking program showed that the helicopter depart the Rifle Garfield County Airport (RIL), Rifle, Colorado, and was en route to perform a low altitude aerial observation flight of transmission/power lines. The flight track ended near the accident location after a 3 to 4 minute flight about one mile southwest... Read more
During winching operations, the helicopter’s main rotor blades struck a tree. The crew returned to Archerfield, after which inspection revealed substantial damage to all main rotor blades, which were replaced by engineers.... Read more
Damage to belly of helicopter after attempted landing on top of two metal posts about a metre tall which appear to have once supported a sign. Google Street View shows the posts in place in July 2019 Helicopter repaired and back in service by 22-Jul-20... Read more
Loss of tail rotor authority, and rolled onto its side on landing... Read more
Copilot window fell out at 1000 ft agl. Corporate part 91 operation... Read more
Hillsborurgh County Sheriff helicopter suffered bird strike. No injury reported to 2 POB... Read more
Hard landing. No injury reported to 1 POB... Read more
Tail rotor struck tree. No injury reported to 1 POB... Read more
The air accident happened on Monday 6 April 2020 in connection with sling loads for Statnett, the system operator of the Norwegian electrical power system. A container was to be moved. Because of a misunderstanding, the container was put in the wrong place. The container was to be moved further, but a strong wind gust... Read more
Struck powerlines shortly after takeoff, with brown-out a contributing factor. Minor injuries reported to 6 and serious injuries to 2. ... Read more
The UPDAF (Uganda People’s Defence Air Force) aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Bulo, Uganda. The helicopter had two crew on board, named as Maj Naome Karungi and PCdt Wakalo Benard, neither survived.... Read more
This accident took the lives of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. More details to follow when facts can be established rather than relying on media speculation... Read more
Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances whilst part of a search and rescue operation for missing snowmobilers in the Île Beemer area of Lac-St-Jean, Canada-Quebec. The solo pilot received non life threatening injuries.... Read more
Aircraft crashed into a hangar at Independence Municipal Airport, US-Iowa.... Read more
A helicopter crashed in a backyard of a home in Silver Spring Township, US-Pennsylvania. The two occupants on-board died, no injuries on the ground reported.... Read more
Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, Weston, US-Georgia.... Read more
Aircraft auto-rotated and hit the ground in the desert, Mesa, Arizona.... Read more
