1-May-2013
Sergeant First Class David Gentry was on rapelling practice from a helicopter, but did not control/slow his descent in the last 60 feet and hit the ground very heavily and collapsed... Read more
1-May-2013
Minor damage during training flight... Read more
2-May-2013
“Helicopter took off on its own and came down on its side”... Read more
2-May-2013
EMS Helicopter grounded after technical (electrical?) fault on take-off. Patient on board and taken onwards by ground ambulance... Read more
2-May-2013
Rolled over during aerial spraying operation... Read more
2-May-2013
Five hospitalised after police helicopter crashed on training flight. Landed upright with significant vertical forces. Helicopter was executing a series of low orbit firing passes when the main rotor blades struck treetops and it spiraled into the ground.... Read more
2-May-2013
Tail boom broke off from the cabin area – which in turn came to rest on the vertical rear of the engine cover with the nose pointing to the sky.... Read more
3-May-2013
Helicopter ended up on its side in an open field... Read more
3-May-2013
Two seat helicopter on routine training flight... Read more
4-May-2013
EMS helicopter grounded with patient on board after electrical issue. Patient to hospital by ground ambulance – took 1 hour extra. Medstar operates EC130, BK117 and B412 helicopters... Read more
4-May-2013
Spraying accident at night... Read more
5-May-2013
Caught by sudden gust of wind in poor weather while hovering to turn for taxi to parking spot. Helicopter ended up on its port side. Passengers were Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein and his wife Tengku Datin Seri Marsilla Tengku Abdullah, and their daughter and son-in-law – none were injured in the accident... Read more
6-May-2013
Bird strike broke windshield while flying over Reed Point under NVG conditions. The pilot determined that the aircraft was safe to continue the flight to base at the Billings airport. No injuries.... Read more
6-May-2013
Ultralight helicopter, believed to be a Mosquito Xe, crashed – injuring the pilot... Read more
6-May-2013
Precautionary landing due to weather... Read more
6-May-2013
Helicopter with 9 persons and 2 tons of explosive... Read more
7-May-2013
Contacted powerlines on approach to airport... Read more
7-May-2013
Bird strike on pilot’s chin window on approach to base. No damage... Read more
7-May-2013
Crashed in open land and fell onto its side. Reported as on photo mission. Three occupants had minor injuries... Read more
7-May-2013
EMergency landing on shoreline shortly after take-off. Pilot Capt. Dino Garcia and passengers Decoroso Asinas, and Efipanio Pinca suffered minor injuries while the last passenger Andre Abalon suffered serious head injuries after being struck by the rotor blades... Read more
7-May-2013
Technical issue forced pilot to ditch prototype 5-place turbine helicopter on a test flight into Auckland Harbour. Pilot named as company owner Peter Maloney, while the female passenger has not been named... Read more
8-May-2013
Very heavy landing on snow at 2,500m (8,200ft) altitude. Helicopter ended up on its side with the tail boom broken. Minor injuries to the 73-year old pilot and his wife/passenger... Read more
8-May-2013
Approach to helipad with tail wind – ended up in trees adjacent to the heliport. Helicopter believed to be on sightseeing tour. Five people injured Cláudio Cobo Fernandes, Marcos Estaca da Silva Nunes, Disney da Silva Ribeiro Lopes Júnior, along with pilot Ricardo de Resende Herter and co-pilot Murilo Cesar da Silva Saibro. Damage to main... Read more
8-May-2013
Force landed in street and badly damaged in collision with parked vehicle... Read more
8-May-2013
Pilot reported a loss of engine power while hovering the helicopter at 20 feet during biological survey flight. Aircraft was substantially damaged.... Read more
9-May-2013
Training accident, helicopter ended up on its starboard side in local park... Read more
9-May-2013
Emergency landing on training flight due to tail rotor failure. No injuries... Read more
9-May-2013
Main rotor struck tail on landing... Read more
10-May-2013
Hit powerline while spraying. Pilot walked away – he was named here as Michael Stewart... Read more
10-May-2013
Sheriff helicopter made emergency field landing after reporting engine problems... Read more
12-May-2013
On landing, the helicopter encountered whiteout conditions, and after touchdown, the helicopter rolled over. Two of the three passengers suffered minor injuries. The pilot and other passenger were not injured. The helicopter was destroyed. On contract to Canada’s Dept of National Defence. CADORS 2013C1810... Read more
13-May-2013
1 serious, 1 minor injury to the 2 POB. Damage level to helicopter not known... Read more
13-May-2013
Emergency landing – North Platte Fire and Rescue responded to the airport for precautionary reasons. Fire Marshal George Lewis said there was no fire and no one was injured.... Read more
14-May-2013
Helicopter hijacked, linked to recovery of monies owed by the operator to another aviation company... Read more
16-May-2013
EMS helicopter landed on scene and stabiliser end-plate pierced car windscreen... Read more
17-May-2013
Militants hit a JTF helicopter with anti-aircraft weapons during combat operations.... Read more
17-May-2013
Two members of the FBI’s ultra-elite Hostage Rescue Team (Special Agents Christopher Lorek and Stephen Shaw) were killed during a training accident involving a helicopter off the coast of Virginia Beach. The military statement said very little except that it encountered unspecified difficulties and the agents fell a “significant distance.”... Read more
18-May-2013
Emergency landing for “engine issues”... Read more
19-May-2013
Helicopter landed on edge of swamp, passengers began to unload their equipment from port side equipment basket, causing helicopter to tilt aft and left damaging the tail boom and tail rotor blades when they contacted the water. CADORS 2013C2009... Read more
20-May-2013
Crashed on a football pitch with the tail boom having been cut off. Substantially damaged... Read more
20-May-2013
Wire strike during low-level rescue operation to try and save a kayaker in flood waters. Successful emergency landing in adjacent meadow without further damage. Part of wire impaled in main blade(s)... Read more
21-May-2013
Helicopter crashed into field during agricultural operations... Read more
21-May-2013
Approaching Albenga Airport, MGB CHIP warning light ON. After 5 minutes hard noise was detected and crew has decided to land immediately on a beach. No damages was detected to the helicopter... Read more
22-May-2013
Parked helicopter knocked over by avalanche started by skiers. Avalanche travelled over 1km to reach the helicopter... Read more
23-May-2013
Precautionary landing after technical issue with VVIPs on board -Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall... Read more
23-May-2013
Crashed in low visibility while chasing a vehicle containing two hostages. All five POB died. Post crash fire... Read more
24-May-2013
Bird strike and bird entered cockpit. AirMed 4 landed safely on the helipad at Kennecott mine. There were no injuries... Read more
24-May-2013
Near miss – military helicopter and Embraer 175 airliner at same level (400ft) and 950 ft horizontal separation. Airliner on approach to Reagan National Airport... Read more
24-May-2013
Crashed in heavy wooded area. Fatalities named as pilot William Higgenbotham, 32, and the passenger was Catalina Richard, 21.... Read more
26-May-2013
Engine failure followed by autorotation, and resulting in moderate skid and tail boom damage.... Read more
26-May-2013
Main rotor separated, tail boom bent – pilot Charles Holmes and his wife Shanda. Accident was shortly after take off and return to the airfield, following a refuel.... Read more
28-May-2013
Vineyard spraying – caught port-side spray boom on powerline and damaged it. Landed safely in nearby sports field with no further damage... Read more
28-May-2013
Emergency landing in school field... Read more
28-May-2013
Crashed on training flight, killing two of the four POB... Read more
29-May-2013
Helicopter working for Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, coming down in a forested area. Crash killed pilot Bryce Campbell and passenger biologist Kristina Norstrom. The other passenger Simon Slater survived – names from this article... Read more
30-May-2013
Emergency landing in school field, helicopter remained upright. Tail boom sliced by main rotor blades... Read more
30-May-2013
The aircraft was on the ground and the rotors were turning, when the pilot left the cockpit in order to assist the passengers to disembark. The aircraft tumbled to the left, when nobody was in control. One of the passengers already in the helicopter – José Carlos Pontes, 61, president of the group Marquise –... Read more
30-May-2013
Destroyed in take-off accident on first solo flight... Read more
31-May-2013
Helicopter ditched in lake shortly after take-off. 2 POB (pilot Gordon Wuebbolt and his daughter) swam ashore.... Read more
31-May-2013
Helicopter down at night (approx 00:11 hrs) with 4 fatalities – two crew, two paramedics. No patient on board. See Ornge Media statement crew were named (here) as Captain Don Filliter, 54, of Skead, Ont. First Officer Jacques Dupuy, 43, of Otterburn-Park, Que. Paramedic Dustin Dagenais, 34, of Moose Factory, Ont. Paramedic Chris Snowball, 38,... Read more
