1-Sep-2012
Hit by laser while circling potential EZ landing site. Source identified, arrest made... Read more
1-Sep-2012
Tail rotor drive shaft sheared... Read more
1-Sep-2012
Unknown helicopter type crashed into a farm field killing the only occupant, named in the press as Kenneth M. Smith, 61.... Read more
1-Sep-2012
Accident caused the deaths of the captain of the aircraft, chief-inspector Tiago Casimiro, his assistant, João Adelino João Brandão, as well as the workers of the Provincial Electoral Commission, Lourenço Mussenoho and Maria Augusta João.... Read more
3-Sep-2012
Piloted by Commander Paulo Loureiro and the co-pilot Diogo Cabral – and involved in firefighting when it crashed.... Read more
3-Sep-2012
R44 routing from Switzerland through France to Spain. Had taken off from Clermont-Ferrand, destination Le Luc in the Var region. Father and son killed in the accident. Controlled flight into terrain. Aircraft destroyed... Read more
4-Sep-2012
Substantially damaged in training accident. The Instructor and student were transported to a hospital for medical evaluation and were later released with minor injuries.... Read more
5-Sep-2012
“An ISAF helicopter has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, resulting in two ISAF fatalities. We are investigating,” a spokesman for NATO’s U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said. The two casualties were later named as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose L. Montenegro Jr., 31, of Houston, Texas, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thalia S. Ramirez, 28, of... Read more
6-Sep-2012
Main blades severed tail boom during landing. CADAORS ref 2012P1524... Read more
6-Sep-2012
Night bird strike, cracking search light housing. Landed safely... Read more
7-Sep-2012
Crashed after losing control in the hover... Read more
8-Sep-2012
Mountainous region, poor weather, 4 killed... Read more
9-Sep-2012
Lost power and forced to land in a field. Main blades hit tail boom... Read more
9-Sep-2012
Skid snagged ground taking off from sloping ground, causing helicopter to turn onto its side. Debris from helicopter killed... Read more
10-Sep-2012
Helicopter crashed and burnt out. Both occupants killed – later named here as Christopher John Yeager, 40, the pilot of Houston and Joyce Ann Ates, 60, a photographer from Midwest City, Oklahoma.... Read more
11-Sep-2012
Tail rotor struck sand bank on take-off.  Substantial damage included the tail rotor, tailboom, tail rotor gearbox, horizontal stabilizer, 1 main rotor blade and the long shaft. CADAORS ref 2012Q2152... Read more
15-Sep-2012
Helicopter was subject to small arms fire from the ground and was badly damaged. Four of the nine passengers sustained gunshot related injuries. CADAORS ref 2012C4147... Read more
15-Sep-2012
Skid caught ground on take-off – helicopter rolled-over onto its side... Read more
15-Sep-2012
Crashed into cornfield, burning out and killing sole occupant pilot named as Michael Scarfia.... Read more
16-Sep-2012
Tail struck ground during hover... Read more
17-Sep-2012
Landed dangerously close to previously-identified hazard during brown-out landing at night. Pilot elected to wait for daylight to depart and patient went to medical facility by ground ambulance... Read more
17-Sep-2012
Just after landing, the heat of the exhaust caused the grass where the R44 had landed to catch fire, ultimately consuming the helicopter. CADAORS ref 2012C4261... Read more
18-Sep-2012
Tail rotor contacted crop during agricultural operations, pilot lost control and helicopter crashed. Aircraft destroyed.... Read more
18-Sep-2012
Pilot lost control in the hover, helicopter crashed and burnt out... Read more
18-Sep-2012
Helicopter crashed in mountainous region, killing the sole occupant pilot. There was a post-crash fire.... Read more
18-Sep-2012
Crashed into lake after contacting zip wire which spans the lake. One drowned (named as Daniel Segundo Martinez), four survived. Helicopter was being used to capture video footage of the lake for use on a television program... Read more
19-Sep-2012
R44 extensively damaged and all three POB to hospital with injuries. Helicopter ended up on its port side (see photos)... Read more
19-Sep-2012
Struck power cables on climb out of field. The severed cables caused a small fire. Helicopter landed very heavily on its skids, starboard skid low CADAORS ref 2012C4146... Read more
19-Sep-2012
Tail rotor struck ground. Helicopter had been working on powerlines at the time of the accident. Helicopter caught fire and burned out – also causing a 1.5 acre brush fire... Read more
19-Sep-2012
Pilot Gregory Rumohr, 51, of Rio Vista in Johnson County, was uninjured in the accident which was reported due to engine failure... Read more
19-Sep-2012
Ground impact during training flight... Read more
20-Sep-2012
Bird strike to upper cowling and rotor system, during night flight. Maintenance cleaned and inspected finding no damage... Read more
20-Sep-2012
Helicopter crashed after being shot down by rebels... Read more
20-Sep-2012
Crashed on night flight. Helicopter was 30 days old with 50 hours on the airframe.... Read more
21-Sep-2012
Blown over onto its side by high winds when parked unattended on the apron – photo... Read more
22-Sep-2012
Crashed and ended up on its port side. Initial investigations are looking at whether the helicopter was overloaded and/or outside CofG limits... Read more
22-Sep-2012
Struck rotor blades on landing... Read more
23-Sep-2012
Main blades clipped pole while in low-level hover-taxi. From photos, this could well be PR-YRG (49084) but that is not confirmed... Read more
23-Sep-2012
Unstable load on climbout led to pilot releasing two logs, killing a logging worker on the ground – CADAORS ref 2012P1637... Read more
24-Sep-2012
Training accident. Photos show location was near pylon – were cables involved?... Read more
24-Sep-2012
Heavy landing on training flight and ended up on its starboard side. Local press later named (here) Police Sgt. Darin R. Garness as being at the controls, and the other pilot was officer Clifford Wicks.... Read more
25-Sep-2012
Very heavy landing – main blades appear completely intact. All 4 POB injured, two seriously... Read more
26-Sep-2012
Training accident, dynamic rollover onto starboard side... Read more
26-Sep-2012
Emergency landing made in a field after smell of burning in the cabin. No damage to helicopter, no injuries... Read more
28-Sep-2012
During a an orchard spraying operation, while pilot was concentrating on avoiding a line of tree, the tail rotor struck a wire. Tail rotor effectiveness was lost and the main rotors struck some trees. Helicopter rolled over... Read more
28-Sep-2012
Pilot reported tail rotor problems before crashing – the tail rotor was found on the roof of a house “a few hundred metres” from the crash site. While the pilot and one passenger survived, the accident killed textile magnate Joe Habie, one of the richest men in Guatemala... Read more
30-Sep-2012
Crashed into Lake Nocona, 3 POB – pilot was reportedly the owner Darren Fenoglio, with passengers Josh Walterscheid and Derrick Morse. Helicopter sank in lake. One report stated pilot only had a student certificate and thus not allowed to carry passengers... Read more
30-Sep-2012
Pilot tried to divert to a local airport because of limited visibility due to bad weather. Helicopter crashed in open field and was extensively damaged. All three “minor to moderate” injuries – Pilot Scott Wallace and medics Teresa Campbell and Rhett Drahe.... Read more
30-Sep-2012
Autorotated into field and turned over after engine problems while lifting power line pole . 2POB not injured... Read more
