1-Apr-2013
Precautionary landing in parking lot on night mission after warning light illuminated... Read more
1-Apr-2013
Precautionary landing due to engine problem en route Bucaramanga to Yopal... Read more
2-Apr-2013
Helicopter ended up with tail boom severed by main rotors – which were themselves removed by the accident. Left skid completely deformed. All 4 occupants suffered minor injuries... Read more
3-Apr-2013
Main rotor blades struck tail boom while running up on roof-top helipad. Incident blamed on freak wind gust... Read more
3-Apr-2013
Unknown circumstances. Wreck found next morning after failing to arrive at intended destination... Read more
3-Apr-2013
Crashed into a parking lot two miles after take-off, killing both occupants. Non-aviation witnesses report an explosion before the helicopter reached the ground. Post crash fire. The deceased were later named by Miami Dade Police as pilot Mark Palmieri and passenger Ross Allen. One report states it was a post-maintenance test flight... Read more
5-Apr-2013
Found damage to trailing edge of rotor blade(s) on post-flight inspection... Read more
5-Apr-2013
2 of 5 on board injured in heavy landing while on post-maintenance test flight... Read more
5-Apr-2013
“Christoph 1” helicopter cut telephone line on approach to site landing to pick up patient injured in equine accident... Read more
7-Apr-2013
Incident summary – Oil exploration support helicopter went down, killing all on board. Initial reports vary between 13 and 14 fatalities after initial reports of 9. Some local news sources are saying it exploded in the air, 10 minutes from its destination. The helicopter was supporting work by Perenco Peru, who issued a statement saying that apart from... Read more
9-Apr-2013
Moved on its pad while the pilot was conducting checks after engine start, with the tail rotor striking and rupturing a container of AVGAS.... Read more
9-Apr-2013
Blade strike on landing after snow blew up around helicopter on approach... Read more
9-Apr-2013
Two US soldiers killed in helicopter crash. A press release from the Pennsylvania National Guard named the pair as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Matthew Ruffner, 34, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jarett Yoder, 27.... Read more
10-Apr-2013
Helicopter was left unattended with the engine running. The helicopter became airborne, spun around, and struck the ground.... Read more
11-Apr-2013
Substantially damaged – solo student training flight... Read more
12-Apr-2013
Precautionary landing after left transmission oil indication below normal limits. Later traced to faulty transmission oil pressure transmitter... Read more
12-Apr-2013
Aircraft grounded after problem involving netting across an astroturf sports field at a school. Needed engineer before it could fly, stayed overnight and departed next morning.... Read more
12-Apr-2013
76 year old pilot and his 51 year old passenger not injured in accident, which left helicopter on its side... Read more
12-Apr-2013
Details not clear apart from casualty numbers... Read more
13-Apr-2013
1 fatality of 6 on board after helicopter crashed into the Homathco River on a fly-fishing charter. The fatality was named in this report as Michael Monson. CADAORS 2013P0449... Read more
15-Apr-2013
Precautionary landing and maintenance team called out after unexpected torque split... Read more
15-Apr-2013
We have a recent report in of an emergency landing at 10.28pm of an EMS helicopter near the junction of New River and Cross Mountain roads in New River, Arizona – northern outskirts of Phoenix. Air Methods operating for “Guardian Air”... Read more
15-Apr-2013
Door fell from helicopter into school grounds... Read more
16-Apr-2013
Helicopter crashed into water. only tail visible. Early reports only – one of which says it is a fixed-wing. Will update later... Read more
16-Apr-2013
US military aircraft during ongoing South Korea-US joint military exercises. All occupants safe – reports currently vary between 12 and 21 occupants. Aircraft completely destroyed in impact before fire set in.... Read more
16-Apr-2013
Emergency field landing, no apprarent damage... Read more
18-Apr-2013
Laser strike in cruise with patient on board. No detrimental effect to mission or crew on board ... Read more
18-Apr-2013
Bird strike, windscreen broken, landed without further incident, no injuries... Read more
20-Apr-2013
Emergency landing after system malfunction... Read more
21-Apr-2013
Emergency landing off airfield. 12 occupants (2x USA, 7x Turkish, 1x Russian, 2x Afghan) captured by Taliban forces, who claim to have destroyed the helicopter, which may be one of YA-KHA/B/C/D/E... Read more
21-Apr-2013
Crashed into ploughed field with no obstructions near, killing one. Both occupants were pilots.... Read more
23-Apr-2013
Substantially damaged in landing accident. Although this is a tour helicopter, only two flight crew were on board, no passengers ... Read more
23-Apr-2013
Crashed in open field with boom separated from cabin/engine area. Helicopter had been hired by Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a geese count... Read more
23-Apr-2013
Helicopter rolled over onto its side, causing substantial damage, shortly after cameraman had got out. Off airfield landing at transport depot of BE-Trans... Read more
23-Apr-2013
Helicopter departed Nelspruit, picked up passengers at Casterbridge and was en route to Grand Central, but crashed in an open field. Visibility is quoted in press reports as a possible factor. The victims were named as Nicholas More, Pierre de Villiers, Lance Cooper and Elmarie Martens.... Read more
24-Apr-2013
Emergency landing at night on highway US19. Pilot minor injuries treated at scene, co-pilot uninjured... Read more
24-Apr-2013
Helicopter on an EMS flight crashed killing a newborn baby less than 24 hours old, his father Pedro Martinez, pilot Guillermo Chávez Medina and paramedic Pablo Héctor Vicente. Helicopter destroyed... Read more
25-Apr-2013
Blade strike and ensuing heavy landing caused skids to deform. Fortunately helicopter did not fall over the edge of the mountain, but it was very close. Helicopter was registered HU26-18 and carried code “09-312”... Read more
25-Apr-2013
A helicopter transporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an emergency landing after military officials spotted and shot down a UAV entering Israeli airspace.... Read more
25-Apr-2013
Rolled over on landing. Supporting work on radio repeater site on the mountain... Read more
27-Apr-2013
Five POB not seriously injured when helicopter crashed at ski resort. One report quotes a police officer saying there is a suspicion the pilot was impaired by alcohol, but most reports say the test was “routine”. Some reports mention contact with powerlines, others rule that out... Read more
27-Apr-2013
While landing at 5000 ft MSL with 2 crew and 5 pax, the helicopter landed hard and rolled over. Two slight injuries and plus injuries to one on the ground from debris. Pilot reported as Manolito Vela... Read more
27-Apr-2013
Rotorwash from departing EC135 HB-ZJE caused blades on parked MD500E D-HMGD to strike and damage tail boom. Pilot of EC135 listed as Schweizer Bürger... Read more
27-Apr-2013
Rotorwash from departing EC135 HB-ZJE caused blades on parked MD500E D-HMGD to strike and damage tail boom. Pilot of EC135 listed as Schweizer Bürger... Read more
27-Apr-2013
Sole occupant pilot killed after striking wires... Read more
30-Apr-2013
Substantially damaged. On approach to land on an undeveloped site. Just before landing, the tail rotor hit a mound of sand. The aircraft landed violently. The tail boom and a skid were significantly damaged. The pilot, alone on board, was not injured. CADORS 2013Q0909... Read more
