2-Jun-2014
On touchdown the aircraft ‘porpoised’, initially nose down, due to contact with the heels of the skids followed almost immediately by the cyclic being displaced fully aft and a progressive left (lateral) cyclic displacement. The cyclic was then centralised longitudinally as the aircraft pitched up before it was again displaced fully aft, on this occasion... Read more
3-Jun-2014
Crashed into field and landed on its side in crop over 1m tall. Only skids visible in photos... Read more
3-Jun-2014
Force landing in water about 1 metre deep. Minor damage to fuselage plus obvious water damage throughout. Pilot named in press report as Fausto Calderón with his brother as passenger... Read more
3-Jun-2014
Main blades hit hangar while manoevering close to the fuel pumps... Read more
4-Jun-2014
Force landing in a field one mile from destination airport... Read more
5-Jun-2014
Both instructor and student injured in training flight accident at NAS Whiting Field... Read more
7-Jun-2014
The aircraft departed from a camping area on an island of the Araguaia River at 1.30am, destined for a helipad in the town of Aruanã. Soon after getting airborne, at a distance of approximately 700m from the point of origin, while still on the departure axis, the aircraft crashed into the ground, killing all five on... Read more
8-Jun-2014
Reported engine failure during night patrol – in ensuing hard landing the tail boom was broken. 2 POB not injured. Accident was around 1am... Read more
11-Jun-2014
Engine and main rotor over-speed event during engine start, resulting in ground resonance and substantial damage to the helicopter’s fuselage, and main rotor drive system.... Read more
11-Jun-2014
Helicopter ditched in Gulf of Mexico. US Coast Guard found two bodies and helicopter appears to have sunk. The two victims were identified as George Leloup, the pilot of the helicopter, and Rory Bourgeois, a technician with BNA Marine Services.... Read more
12-Jun-2014
The pilot was attempting a practice autorotation when the accident occurred. He did not realise that he had failed to achieve a split between engine and rotor rpm, with the result that the rotor rpm reduced to below the normal operating range. The pilot was unable to prevent the helicopter striking the ground hard. It... Read more
13-Jun-2014
Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawa fractured a bone in his neck after the helicopter “suffered three consecutive jolts” within a couple of minutes after its take-off. Emergency landing made shortly after. The CM was only wearing a seatbelt loosely... Read more
13-Jun-2014
Safe emergency landing after engine failure... Read more
13-Jun-2014
Annual licence renewal flight. Instructor Louis Janssens (69) from Theux died in the accident... Read more
15-Jun-2014
Emergency landing in park, possibly due to mechanical issue... Read more
16-Jun-2014
Four of five POB injured. Crashed into trees on take off from the grounds of the barracks No. 42 of counterinsurgency battalion Vraem (who do counter narcotics work)... Read more
17-Jun-2014
Substantially damaged during autorotation landing... Read more
17-Jun-2014
Precautionary field landing, no injuries, after reported mechanical issues. All six passengers were guests of the Make-A-Wish charity.... Read more
17-Jun-2014
Substantially damaged, injuring female pilot. High vertical force impact, remained on skids... Read more
17-Jun-2014
Crashed in mountainous area at 2000m agl, landing very heavily and killing one of the 3 on board. Taking part in the exercise “Schutz 2014” NOTE – this is wrongly quoted elsewhere as 3C-OD but has been confirmed to HeliHub.com by Austrian military authorities that the subject helicopter was 3C-OG... Read more
18-Jun-2014
Uncommanded descent and crashed on landing. Helicopter was carrying a team from the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys... Read more
19-Jun-2014
Helicopter fell onto its starboard side during a training flight... Read more
19-Jun-2014
Tenth Combat Aviation officials say the pilots were conducting a maintenance test flight over Jefferson County when an emergency light came on in the cockpit.... Read more
19-Jun-2014
Helicopter damaged after engine failure on medical flight. Helicopter reportedly still in place four months later and cannot be flown... Read more
20-Jun-2014
Rolled onto its side on landing... Read more
20-Jun-2014
Written off. 4 POB – two adults, two children – got out OK... Read more
20-Jun-2014
While conducting sling load operations, the load at the end of the long line became tangled. The pilot attempted to land the helicopter, however when at about 10 ft above ground level, the line pulled tight. The pilot was unable to release the line, and the helicopter collided with terrain, resulting in substantial damage. The... Read more
20-Jun-2014
Emergency field landing with high vertical force impact. Skids splayed out... Read more
21-Jun-2014
Both pilots seriously injured in low level accident involving powerlines during agricultural operations – named as Anatoly Kurilov and Alexander Fumchenko... Read more
21-Jun-2014
Landed in a field of crop and fell onto its side. 2 POB walk away... Read more
23-Jun-2014
Substantially damaged in field landing... Read more
24-Jun-2014
Loss of power on climb-out from John C Tune Airport after refuelling there, emergency landing made on highway, damaging tail boom. 2 POB unhurt – reported here as registered owner Lenny Sikora and his girlfriend – and they got out, put the ground handling wheels on and moved the helicopter to the side of the... Read more
24-Jun-2014
Helicopter lost height and crashed within 30 seconds of take off – video of incident here. Helicopter was operating for the military and ended up on its side, heavily damaged. 5 POB all got out OK. Helicopter was delivered new less than six weeks prior to accident.... Read more
24-Jun-2014
All nine on board killed when Ukrainian Army helicopter shot down by rebel forces... Read more
25-Jun-2014
During the descent for landing, the pilot was not able to stop the descent and yaw. The pilot pushed the cyclic to exit the vortex and pick up speed, but the main rotor collided with the ground and the aircraft rolled to a stop on the ground. CADORS 2014Q1246... Read more
25-Jun-2014
Crashed on a night flying training mission. 2 POB Killed, and they were named here as Major Yasir and Captain Murtaza... Read more
26-Jun-2014
Shot down by insurgents. All 5 POB killed. The link given is reported to be the subject helicopter, but we have not been able to corroborate that. Similarly one source quotes registration YI-352 but no supporting evidence... Read more
27-Jun-2014
Crashed after striking a pole during agricultural work... Read more
27-Jun-2014
Landed heavily causing damage. 2 of 4 POB to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries... Read more
28-Jun-2014
Details not yet known, but helicopter crashed killing all four POB including pilot A.I. Goncharenko, businessman Samvel Elugyan plus his 22-year-old daughter Alina Elugyan and 13-year-old son Eugene Elugyan. Post crash fire... Read more
29-Jun-2014
Helicopter completely demolished in crash in hay field. All three occupants airlifted to hospital... Read more
30-Jun-2014
15 POB (including 12 firefighters) survived the crash of this Mi-8. Post crash fire. Registration validated by this local language report... Read more
30-Jun-2014
Crashed en route from Nezhin air base to Chuhuiv air base. Quoted by one source as “21 yellow” msn 9788612 but with no evidence provided to validate... Read more
