1-Nov-2010
Story dated 24-Nov-10 but does not refer to incident date. We assume fairly recent, hence filing this as 01-Nov. Windshield distorted and then blew out a section. Bird strike not involved.... Read more
2-Nov-2010
The two fatalities on a licence re-validation flight were owner Bevan Bertholdt (39) and flight instructor Boeta Austin... Read more
2-Nov-2010
“A Mil Mi-8 helicopter of the Federal Security Service, which crashed in bad weather in Sakhalin on Tuesday, has been found burning.”. The deceased were all Majors – Anatoly Kozlov, Artem Trushko, Alexander Sleptsov, and Mykola Dudrov... Read more
3-Nov-2010
Wirestrike reported. Piloted by former ABC7 pilot Rich Westra, the accident tragically killing his wife Kelly Westra.... Read more
4-Nov-2010
Training accident, ended up on starboard side... Read more
5-Nov-2010
On landing at the hospital, fuel sprayed over the 11 persons in the landing area... Read more
6-Nov-2010
Canadian-born pilot Alex Remond Claude Deur, died in the crash at Taltal, near Route 5 North in the region of Antofagasta.... Read more
7-Nov-2010
Two crewmembers, Captain Sabin Basnet and Engineer Purna Awale, have been killed in the crash.... Read more
8-Nov-2010
The Cheetah helicopter was on a routine air maintenance sortie when the crash landing took place at 0810 hours, IAF sources said in New Delhi. Defence Ministry sources said the two pilots on board the helicopter were injured and were evacuated to Leh for treatment.... Read more
9-Nov-2010
Tail rotor struck a cactus. Pilot was sole occupant... Read more
9-Nov-2010
Pilot Russell Parker, aged 39, died in this R22 accident while mustering cattle... Read more
10-Nov-2010
After approaching runway 26 at Trebujena Airfield, Spain, the helicopter crashed after the student pilot lost control while making a 180-degree turn. 1 on board o.k.... Read more
10-Nov-2010
TV station helicopter made emergency landing – no details on damage levels sustained... Read more
11-Nov-2010
HeliHub.com has received information of an emergency at 16:35 on 11th November at Pensacola Airport where a Life Flight heilcopter put down in an emergency there with smoke in the cockpit. This is believed to refer to Baptist Life Flight, who operate EC135s. Airport fire department units attended. More information when we receive it.... Read more
11-Nov-2010
Helicopter suffered a heavy landing in a field, skids compacted and tail hit the ground. Cabin was untouched.... Read more
12-Nov-2010
News reporting helicopter made emergency landing at Whiteman Field, Pacoima. Tail boom hti ground and broke off in autorotation. Cabin landed upright on skids, 2POB OK (Pilot Derek Bell and cameraman Chris Haug)... Read more
12-Nov-2010
Damaged during operation to clean insulators of a transmission line... Read more
13-Nov-2010
“Three aboard missing helicopter” Officials said the aircraft was traveling Panama-Cali, the capital of the Valle del Cauca department.... Read more
13-Nov-2010
Helicopter described as “ultralight” and press report states it was the first accident of this type of helicopter in Czech Republic... Read more
13-Nov-2010
Weather was reported as poor. The helicopter was piloted by Captains Israel Vega Castillo and Ernesto Carranza DomÃnguez, and flight technical Concepción Valdés Carrillo. Registration wrongly reported in press as XU-ANI which is not a Mexican registration (we expect XA- prefix)... Read more
14-Nov-2010
Engine not running evenly, pilot put down very heavily, skids collapsed.... Read more
14-Nov-2010
Pilot was Paul Alan Beach (66) was fatally injured and passenger Steven Michael Chenoweth (53) is in serious condition. Chenoweth’s 13 year old son witnessed the crash and made the 911 call... Read more
15-Nov-2010
Helicopter was flying low on underslung load operations lifting bundles of trees from growing location to trucks bound for Texas. 1POB, named as Tim Smith, 41... Read more
15-Nov-2010
Substantially damaged in landing accident... Read more
15-Nov-2010
crashed on approach to Bayreuth/Bindlacher Berg Airport... Read more
17-Nov-2010
He has taken off, reached a height of three storeys and the engine has cut out. He landed on the skids and suffered back injuries.... Read more
19-Nov-2010
All 12 armed forces personnel on board an IAF MI-17 helicopter were killed when it crashed minutes after take-off from Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.... Read more
20-Nov-2010
Emergency landing, without reported damage. Engineers attended at the scene... Read more
22-Nov-2010
AirMed was responding to a rollover on I-84 when the rotor struck a metal pole on the side of the road. The craft raised 10 feet in the air and began tipping on its side before the pilot brought it down hard on both skids, which splayout out.... Read more
22-Nov-2010
Report from Israel of the death of Avi Sivan, previously a highly respected officer in the Israeli Defence Force. No other names of the other three fatalities have been released, or the circumstances of the accident.... Read more
23-Nov-2010
Instructor and student suffered minor injuries in an accident during helicopter flight training... Read more
23-Nov-2010
Bird strike broke canopy, emergency landing made in school field.... Read more
24-Nov-2010
Hard landing incident during a scheduled military exercise involving the SA Army and the SA Air Force... Read more
24-Nov-2010
According to the Fire Department, the helicopter pilot Cristiano Felipe Rocha, 23, suffered a broken nose. The passenger, identified only as Leonardo, suffered minor injuries.... Read more
24-Nov-2010
An Army Black Hawk helicopter from the 5th Aviation Regiment, based at Townsville, Queensland, conducted an emergency landing near Yass... Read more
25-Nov-2010
Helicopter was in landing phase. 7 killed, 3 injured... Read more
26-Nov-2010
Precautionary landing made in field. Appears to have flown on without further issue.... Read more
27-Nov-2010
Encountered sudden winds taking off in mountainous region, landed no side in snow. Pilot Paolo Ferrazza (35) was not seriously injured while passenger Andrea Zampedri (38) was virtually unscathed... Read more
30-Nov-2010
Bird strike. Returned to base... Read more
