1-Jul-2012
Force landing due to a technical issue on positioning flight back to base after firefighting... Read more
2-Jul-2012
Crashed 30 minutes after the Bell 412 firefighting accident. One report states loss of tail rotor on approach to site at altitude of 20m. Both occupants (aged 55 and 36) injured... Read more
2-Jul-2012
“helicopter made a crash landing”. No injuries... Read more
2-Jul-2012
First of two accidents fighting the same fire in Spain. Pilot killed.... Read more
3-Jul-2012
Cal Fire helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing. No injuries, minor damage... Read more
3-Jul-2012
Crashed while conducting low level manoeuvres east of Saskatoon. An ELT signal was reported by several overflying aircraft. CADAORS 2012C2707... Read more
4-Jul-2012
JetRanger crashed in open field during agricultural operations. Pilot in hospital after walking to nearest farm for help. Helicopter destroyed. CADAORS 2012C2726... Read more
4-Jul-2012
Pilot had difficulty adjusting power. Skid hits edge of helipad when landing, causing it to roll over onto its side... Read more
4-Jul-2012
Crashed into lake – student pilot on night training exercise... Read more
4-Jul-2012
Helicopter crashed killing all four occupants shortly after take off from Lensk Airport. Operator UTair named the victims as pilot Gordeychuk Vasily, mechanic Druzenko Ivan and passengers Verezhak Yaroslav and Arthur Popov. Unclear how relevant this is, but UTair have also stopped using Lensk for refuelling as a result of the accident.... Read more
6-Jul-2012
Helicopter missing for 4+ days. Three crew missing are New Zealander Antony Annan, 49 and two Australians, one named as Russel Aitken, 42.... Read more
6-Jul-2012
One serious injury after rotor blades hit disembarking passenger – CHP crew member Tony Stanley, who was getting out to help pick up injured hiker Jeremy Kilburn – both were then airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Redding... Read more
7-Jul-2012
Unknown circumstances, according to FAA records... Read more
8-Jul-2012
While taking off, the helicopter’s low rotor rpm warning horn sounded. The pilot entered autorotation and carried out a forced landing into a field.... Read more
8-Jul-2012
Industry sources tell us that the helicopter made a very heavy landing inside the circuit causing sufficient damage to require it to be taken out by road for repair. Date needs confirming... Read more
8-Jul-2012
Industry source tell us that a force landing was made, and during flare the main blades clipped the stabliser end-plates. Damage pointed out by refueller when next uploading fuel, and pilot continued a further one or two more legs. Date needs confirming... Read more
9-Jul-2012
Main blades contacted tail boom during agricultural operations... Read more
9-Jul-2012
Starboard skid got stuck on terrain, resulting in dynamic roll-over onto its side. Minor injuries to sole occupant pilot. CADAORS 2012Q1523... Read more
9-Jul-2012
Pilot killed in R22 accident. Passenger received minor injuries.  See also HeliHub.com news story – California R22 crash kills record-holder pilot Johan Nurmi... Read more
10-Jul-2012
Helicopter was involved in a low level bear survey and crashed. Pilot killed, one passenger seriously injured, the other minor injuries. Pilot was later identified as 56-year-old Paul Rosset, from Yellowknife. Both passengers were employees of Environment Yukon – named here as Jonathan Postma and Raphael Roy-Jauvin. CADORS 2012C2841... Read more
11-Jul-2012
Crashed to the ground into a building, killing both occupants – instructor Mailson Rocha Lopes (age 23) and student Denis Frank Thomazi (32)... Read more
11-Jul-2012
Reported as a test flight, but with 8 POB? Fatalities named as Major Amir Azam, Havildar Abdual Waheed, Havildar Zeeshan Haider, Naik Muhammad Imran, Sepoy Kaleem Ullah and Sepoy Noor Mustafa... Read more
12-Jul-2012
Helicopter landed heavily and fell onto its side... Read more
12-Jul-2012
Helicopter was involved in operation cutting trees back along a powerline, using an underslung saw. Finnish pilot... Read more
13-Jul-2012
Flipped over on landing. Night landing assumed, given time listed as 0740Z in California... Read more
13-Jul-2012
Landed hard and rolled onto its side. Aircraft destroyed ... Read more
14-Jul-2012
Rotor blade struck vehicle on landing... Read more
16-Jul-2012
Rolled over multiple times on autorotation landing on training flight. Instructor and student not seriously injured... Read more
16-Jul-2012
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
16-Jul-2012
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
17-Jul-2012
Rotor blades struck trees on take-off, landed on beach without further incident... Read more
19-Jul-2012
Multiple laser strikes. Landed safely... Read more
19-Jul-2012
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
19-Jul-2012
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
19-Jul-2012
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
20-Jul-2012
Tail rotor struck ground taking off from sloping ground... Read more
20-Jul-2012
helicopter involved in agricultural work crashed. Pilot Marty Fry walked away from the accident... Read more
20-Jul-2012
Aircraft damaged after hitting powerlines on a training flight out of Odiham... Read more
20-Jul-2012
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
20-Jul-2012
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
21-Jul-2012
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
21-Jul-2012
Extensive vibration in the cruise led to emergency landing. Tail rotor bearing issue... Read more
21-Jul-2012
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
21-Jul-2012
Struck wires at low level while spraying and ended up upside-down on roof of building.... Read more
22-Jul-2012
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
23-Jul-2012
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
24-Jul-2012
General media reported it as a tail rotor issue while hovering. Helicopter came to rest close to a fence... Read more
24-Jul-2012
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
24-Jul-2012
Post flight check found engine cowling missing... Read more
25-Jul-2012
Tail separated during agricultural flight... Read more
25-Jul-2012
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
26-Jul-2012
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
26-Jul-2012
Main rotorblade struck powerline... Read more
26-Jul-2012
We have received a report of a helicopter crash on Whidbey Island. No injuries to occupants and waiting on further details... Read more
27-Jul-2012
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
27-Jul-2012
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
27-Jul-2012
Further details to be updated in the next 24 hours. Please check back here later... Read more
27-Jul-2012
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
28-Jul-2012
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
29-Jul-2012
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
31-Jul-2012
Autorotated and landed hard... Read more
31-Jul-2012
Very heavy landing, stayed upright but caused extensive airframe damage. 4 POB minor injuries, all treated on scene.... Read more
31-Jul-2012
Damaged in emergency landing. No injuries to 4 POB... Read more
