Latest Accident Reports

17-Aug-10 EC-KUJ Eurocopter AS350B3 Ben Bakhta, Algeria (2F)

Crashed when working on cleaning powerline insulators.  2 killed in the accident (David Canon – 28, Spanish, and Alex Weagg – 47, Spanish), 1 seriously injured (Antoni Habilane Salmero, 47, Spanish) to hospital... Read more

14-Aug-10 D-HNOC Robinson R44 Stroe, Netherlands

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

12-Aug-10 D-H… (Type TBA) Waldkappel, Germany

Alleged damage to chimney by a helicopter... Read more

08-Aug-10 D-HDWM Hughes 369HS Borovaya, Belarus (1F)

Crashed and burst into flames while taking part in a CIS competition in helicopter sports. The 74-year-old pilot was performing a loop-the-loop but didn’t have enough height as he came out of the manoeuvre... Read more

05-Aug-10 ZS-RVB Robinson R22 Kenhardt District, South Africa (2F)

One fatality was famous rugby player Andre van Wyk... Read more

02-Aug-10 N34JS Robinson R44 Blairsville, US-Georgia (2F)

Impact with terrain.  Pilot Adam Reeves, 45, and passenger Shelley Zapototsky, 37 died in the accident... Read more

22-Jul-10 N918EM AS350B2 Kingfisher, US-Oklahoma (2F)

Abrupt manoeuvre by pilot (allegedly to demonstrate a coyote hunt according to the NTSB report) when it struck trees.  Pilot and one paramedic killed.  The other paramedic, who was still in the process of fixing his seatbelt, survived by being thrown clear in the impact.... Read more

17-Jul-10 SE-HLP Hughes 369D Vilhelmina, Sweden

Skid stuck in ground during run-on autorotation landing on training flight... Read more

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