1-May-2011
One US Army helicopter crashed during the 40 minute US navy seal operation to kill or capture Osama bin Laden. No one was hurt. Local reports quote the time as “late on Sunday night”. Three other helicopters involved in this operation. Some reports say it crashed after being shot at from the ground... Read more
2-May-2011
The aircraft, which was located in the parking area and was preparing to carry out the operation of a flight taxiing to take off-shore, with two crew and nine passengers, suffered the separation along the entire tail rotor.The initial findings have identified a tail rotor blade at approximately 75 m from the aircraft.... Read more
2-May-2011
Reported as mechanical failure by the general media... Read more
3-May-2011
Crashed into field after take-off... Read more
3-May-2011
Hard landing, rolled over, broke skid... Read more
3-May-2011
At least one officer was killed and several others were injured as a Pakistani army helicopter crashed Tuesday evening some 40 km northwest of the country’s capital Islamabad, reported local Urdu TV channel Samaa.  Fatality named as Subedar Major Fayyaz, with injured personnel named as Lt Colonel Abdullah, Major Tufail, Lance Naik Ehsan and another... Read more
4-May-2011
A Chinook out of Fort Campbell made an emergency landing in a field in Crittenden County near Frances, Kentucky. One person suffered minor injuries but there is no word on how many people were on board.... Read more
4-May-2011
Clipped powerlines while crop spraying. Pilot has electrical burns to his thighs... Read more
4-May-2011
Chip light warning... Read more
5-May-2011
AS350B2 from the Korea Forest Service (KFS), carrying two people, crashed around 11:32 a.m. near the Sogeum River, about 237 kilometers east of Seoul.... Read more
8-May-2011
Helicopter clipped a tree at low level when watching a skateboard race on Lookout Mountain near Golden, CO. Also check out YouTube videos here and here... Read more
9-May-2011
5 passengers and 2 crew members who were injured and were airlifted by helicopters of the Armed Forces to hospitals in Bucaramanga and Barrancabermeja... Read more
9-May-2011
1 fatality. Mustering accident, according to Queensland Fire & Rescue. Official report here... Read more
10-May-2011
Clipped a tree during a search for a missing elderly woman at night. Crashed into dense woodland, boom separated from cabin. Three serious injuries... Read more
10-May-2011
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11-May-2011
Crashed into a tree in Paroon, Nuristan, while four helicopters were landing inside a compound of National Directorate of Security, Nuristan governor Jamaluddin Badr said... Read more
11-May-2011
Precautionary landing in field after engine problems... Read more
11-May-2011
Crashed in a meadow, caught fire and burnt out. Sole occupant pilot, Dirk Wiersma (aged 65) was unharmed... Read more
12-May-2011
Coroner reported that James Burks of Hot Springs, Ark. was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville.  Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Hundelt says the helicopter was spraying fungicide on a wheat field near New Athens when the rotor separated from the aircraft, causing it to crash.... Read more
13-May-2011
Pilot broadcast Mayday after loss of oil pressure in one engine 90 miles SW of Stavangar. SAR helicopter scrambled and accompanied S92 back to a safe landing at Sola... Read more
13-May-2011
A medical evacuation helicopter, marked with the universally recognized Red Cross symbol, came under attack by insurgents yesterday while medical providers attempted to recover a wounded service member in Sangin District, Helmand province.... Read more
13-May-2011
Force landed in mountainous terrain, 35 miles from Fresno... Read more
13-May-2011
Type not confirmed, crashed and burst into flames. A NSW Ambulance spokesman said the pilot, Peter Woodland (aged 64), managed to escape from the helicopter before it burst into flames.... Read more
13-May-2011
A Border Security Force helicopter crashed in Sirohi district of Rajasthan killing the pilot and three others. The helicopter crashed at 3 pm near Bahadurpura village. A team of officials from Mount Abu reached the crash site and all the bodies, which are badly burnt, have been recovered. The killed are identifed as pilot Colonel... Read more
15-May-2011
Tail rotor struck vegetation... Read more
15-May-2011
a warning light in the cockpit of another police helicopter with two officers aboard prompted the pilot to make a precautionary landing in a Home Depot parking lot about 2 a.m. That chopper landed near Western and Slauson avenues.... Read more
16-May-2011
Two hotel guests were treated for injuries after their helicopter crashed in woods close to Gidleigh Park Hotel. Helicopter referred to as a two-seater. Head/neck injuries quoted. Wrongly reported as a two-seat helicopter, as it was an R44... Read more
16-May-2011
Mixed reports quoting three or four serious injuries and a total of 17 (or 10 plus three crew?) on board. Weather reported as “very windy” but no other information at this time as to potential cause... Read more
16-May-2011
Force landed in field. Aircraft less than one year old... Read more
16-May-2011
Fire fighting operations with winds gusting 20-30 knots. The pilot was flying slowly just above tree top level when the nose suddenly swung to the left. The pilot added power, but the rotation increased. The pilot reduced power and lowered the collective. The helicopter entered the trees and came to rest on its right side... Read more
16-May-2011
Four Canadian soldiers were injured, one of them seriously, when a Chinook helicopter crashed on landing under moonlight in a remote part of Panjwaii district in southern Afghanistan early Monday morning... Read more
16-May-2011
Agricultural operation – the R44 had been hired by Beijing’s landscape and forestry bureau.... Read more
17-May-2011
A 1-2 Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion flying an Apache helicopter made a cautionary landing in Hanover, east of Butts Army Airfield when a red warning light came on... Read more
18-May-2011
A police helicopter made an emergency landing on a soccer field near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after a warning light came on indicating a possible problem.  [Type not confirmed, but photo shows B206 in a parking lot – is this at the soccer field?]... Read more
18-May-2011
Struck trees during low level manoeuvre... Read more
19-May-2011
Training flight, crashed from low hover of three metres... Read more
20-May-2011
Filming cameraman recorded real-life autorotation after engine quit and would not restart. He put his foot through the bubble in the landing. Location not given... Read more
20-May-2011
Firefighting operations, taking up water from lake, fel into lake 30m from shore and two thirds submerged. Sole occupant pilot killed, later named as Jean-Luc Deba, 54, of Montreal.... Read more
20-May-2011
Four of five occupants killed when helicopter crashed into Istanbul Strait. Pilot, and commander of the Police Aviation Unit, Kemal Ozdemir survived the accident by swimming to safety. Other passengers were Branch Director of Information Technology Ragip Ali Bilgen and his son, Marine, with a strong second pilot Murat Güçlü and Oray Sarıçay’ın who worked... Read more
21-May-2011
Crashed beside the runway at Cusco Airport on a post-maintenance test flight. Operator reports it as mechanical failure. On board were Jose Sanchez Caballero (pilot), Neffry Palomino and Daniel Delgado (mechanics).... Read more
21-May-2011
Tuna spotting helicopter crashed into the sea. Condition of pilot (named Rodriguez) unknown... Read more
22-May-2011
Destroyed on ground by hurricane... Read more
23-May-2011
Helicopter was conducting slinging operations at an oil field well site when the conflicted with structures at the well site causing it to fall to the ground. Pilot in his late 50s with non-life threatening injuries after a helicopter crash. STARS air ambulance attended and ferried him to Edmonton for attention... Read more
23-May-2011
ONe of the four Chinooks used in Ireland for President Obama’s visit had a blade damaged in the high winds. The helicopter was airfreighted out of Dublin on 3rd June in a C-17 freighter for repair.... Read more
23-May-2011
Low level survey flight... Read more
23-May-2011
Early reports only, two serious injuries – 48-year old pilot from Blainville, and his passenger, a 49 year old from Montreal... Read more
24-May-2011
Prince George’s County Fire Department Spokesperson Mark Brady says a military helicopter made an emergency landing... Read more
24-May-2011
Helicopter had been chartered by Statnett for work on high voltage power lines. Rotor blade struck pylon and became unstable, crashing to the ground. Passenger worked for Infratek, subcontractor to Statnett. Pilot was named as Karl Gustav Backlund.... Read more
24-May-2011
Pilot Kevin Rossan, 35, works for Scott’s Helicopter Services of LeSeuer, Minn., and was contracted by the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District to spray for mosquitoes. Pilot reported engine failure for sudden descent which ended 30-40 feet from the shore of a lake in 12-15 feet of water.... Read more
25-May-2011
Crashed from an altitude of 20m while spraying vineyards. The only one person on board, pilot Michele Astrella, 62, from Basilicata, was seriously injured... Read more
26-May-2011
Post maintenance test flight. Landed in corn field and fell onto its side.... Read more
26-May-2011
Fort Hood Chief Warrant Officer Christopher R. Thibodeau, 28, of Chesterland, Ohio, died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of injuries he suffered when his helicopter crashed during combat operations, the military said. Thibodeau was assigned to Fort Hood’s 1st Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade.... Read more
27-May-2011
Uncommanded yaw to the left in cruise, pilot initiated autorotation. A complete power loss was experienced, pilot continued the autorotation. Unable to reach the landing area selected and completed the flare short of the area. Lnded hard in shallow water, substantially damaging tail boom and tail rotor. Ocupants exited safely and waded to shore. CADAORS... Read more
27-May-2011
Wind gust blew something into the rotor blades while hovering at 3ft when it was hovering immediately outside its hangar... Read more
27-May-2011
Flight plan for the overdue helicopter had it going the 30 miles from Hayfork to Weaverville and then back to Hayfork Friday. Search crews found the helicopter’s wreckage and pilot’s body in a remote area around 3:15 p.m. Student pilot later named as registered owner Mor Applebaum.... Read more
28-May-2011
A helicopter from the Mexican Air Force (FAM) crashed on Saturday near Apatzingan, Michoacan, apparently as a result of mechanical failure in the aircraft... Read more
28-May-2011
Forced landing on sloping ground and tail rotor struck ground... Read more
28-May-2011
A Mi-2 helicopter crashed in the Stavropol Territory when it supposedly performed farm work. The pilot died, a source at the Emergencies Ministry’s regional centre said. The accident occurred in the village of Yasny at about 23:00 on Friday.... Read more
29-May-2011
Helicopter was doing a pipeline survey near Loon River, AB when the it struck a power line. The pilot managed to land the aircraft after the rotor blades sustained substantial damage – CADAORS ref 2011C1776... Read more
29-May-2011
Precautionary landing after tail rotor issue... Read more
29-May-2011
Aircraft crashed in a pasture and then burst into flames. Firefighters extinguished the flames on the helicopter, then put out a grassfire that was started by the crash.... Read more
29-May-2011
“We saw him spinning and hit the ground,†Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Kevin Ale said.  The helicopter’s cockpit and cabin appeared intact, but its tail boom was bent and its rear rotor sheared off. Pilot named as Deputy Shawn Sullivan... Read more
30-May-2011
An Australian Army Officer (later named as Marcus Case) was killed when an Australian Chinook Helicopter crashed while undertaking a re-supply mission in Zabul Province.... Read more
30-May-2011
A military helicopter belonging to Iran’s Air Force has crashed near the central city of Isfahan, killing the pilot and co-pilot, a senior Iranian official says. Deputy Governor of Isfahan Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili said that the crash was caused by technical problems in the helicopter.... Read more
31-May-2011
Engine cowling opened in flight and struck main rotor blades. Helicopter landed without further incident.... Read more
31-May-2011
west-north-west wind of 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. During the hover the helicopter yawed suddenly to the right. To avoid a collision with nearby trees, the pilot landed in an adjoining field. The landing on the uneven ground was reported to be “abrupt” and the helicopter rolled over, damaging the... Read more
