4-Nov-2020
Emergency landing during low level training detail. 4POB all out OK Helicopter fell onto its port side, breaking the main blades. The tail boom remained mostly intact, apart from the port stabiliser on which the helicopter came to rest.,... Read more
4-Nov-2020
Heavy autorotation landing. Sole occupant pilot not injured... Read more
4-Nov-2020
Landing accident on hospital roof top pad, bringing in a donated heart for transplant from Sharp Grossmont Hospital in La Mesa. 3 POB all got themselves out of the wreckage. Each needed medical attention. This video shows the helicopter spinning just prior to touch-down, suggesting a tail rotor issue. Another video here, different angle.... Read more
5-Nov-2020
Aircraft sustained heavy autorotation landing.... Read more
7-Nov-2020
Helicopter tipped over on landing. 2 POB, not injured... Read more
8-Nov-2020
Emergency landing on beach as the tide was coming in. Skids sank into the soft sand.... Read more
8-Nov-2020
Tail rotor and stabiliser damaged by hitting a tree during an emergency landing... Read more
8-Nov-2020
Highway Patrol helicopter landed in the street on final approach to its base after striking trees. The helicopter remained upright, but landed heavily and the skids splayed out – other damage included main blades and bom. Sole occupant pilot B.K. Jones was injured Approx latlong 35.731181, -78.629324... Read more
8-Nov-2020
Two Guimbal G2 Cabris were conducting training flights. Both took off from Subang’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport bound for Genting Sempah. Each helicopter was carrying an instructor and and a student. It is reported that the two helicopters contacted each other in some way before each making separate landings. This red-livery helicopter managed to make... Read more
8-Nov-2020
Two Guimbal G2 Cabris were conducting training flights. Both took off from Subang’s Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport bound for Genting Sempah. Each helicopter was carrying an instructor and and a student. It is reported that the two helicopters contacted each other in some way before each making separate landings. This blue-livery helicopter descended vertically into... Read more
11-Nov-2020
Tail broken off while parked after Guimbal G2 Cabri HB-ZVN landed too close... Read more
11-Nov-2020
Landed too close to the parked Bell 505 HB-ZYN, striking and breaking its tail fin. This helicopter, with student and instructor, then crashed from a lower hover, breaking its skids and damaging its boom close to the fenestron (which ended up approx 90 degrees twisted on the boom axis)... Read more
13-Nov-2020
Incident was reportedly caused by the helicopter hitting powerlines shortly after take-off. Heavily damaged... Read more
14-Nov-2020
While attempting to decouple from dolly, rudder pedal became stuck and helicopter briefly became airborne. The tail rotor separated from the aircraft, resulting in a hard landing... Read more
15-Nov-2020
Bird strike left six inch hole in chin bubble window FAA just reported this as “Stat 13” which is a callsign and not a registration, but our research identified it as N442ME... Read more
16-Nov-2020
The aircraft was performing external load flights with delivering of concrete to a powerline fundament. During delivery of concrete to powerline mast number 49, the pilot experienced severe vertically vibrations. The pilot took immediate action, released the external load and was capable to manoeuvre the helicopter away from the construction area. During this operation the... Read more
16-Nov-2020
Photos posted online show helicopter significantly damaged by landing in two feet of water in a lake, although it remained upright on its skids. Second image shows the person who took the photos, sat in the water of the lake with leg injuries strapped up in a rudimentary way... Read more
18-Nov-2020
Training accident – FAA report loss of control followed by ground impact. 2 POB reported not injured... Read more
20-Nov-2020
Crashed after hitting zip wire. Both occupants received fatal injuries. One was named as entrepreneur Jorge Brito... Read more
24-Nov-2020
Airport ramp floodlight mast fell onto boom, possibly caused by main blades striking it first. Video shows tail rotor separating from boom prior to the mast falling 3POB not injured... Read more
24-Nov-2020
The Tomcat helicopter (Bell 47 adaption) was involved in agricultural work. Unclear what happened but helicopter ended up on the ground on its skids but without its rotor mast or main blades This report states that “Jose Daniel Avelarez Gálea – aviation mechanic was killed and citizen Edward José Flores Padilla, who works as an aviation... Read more
29-Nov-2020
Bird strike took out the port windshield and damaged area between nose and base of windshield. Safe landing, but some of 6POB were injured... Read more
30-Nov-2020
Firefighting operation – single occupant pilot died when helicopter went down in a water course, while taking on water for the firefighting process. Pilot named in government press release as Mauro Tadeu da Silva Oliveira... Read more
