20 minutes into flight, weather rapidly changed putting helicopter in Inadvertent IMC. Location is estimated based on cruise speed of aircraft and stated routing from Spokane to Lewiston... Read more
Engine allowed to over-speed causing turbine blades to fail... Read more
In flight fire, emergency landing.... Read more
Reports say the pilot has suffered cardiac arrest and the aircraft crashed. Pilot airlifted to Chilliwack Hospital, but BCAS later reported pilot deceased. RCMP named pilot as Dave Brolin. CADORS ref 2012P0085... Read more
Helicopter destroyed by arson attack at 2.45am when parked. Helicopter was operated by INAER Chile for CONAF (Chilean national fire service) in support of forest firefightingm, which is what it is currently actively involved in. Slogans were left nearby suggesting the perpetrators were campaigning for the freedom of “political prisoners”.... Read more
Precautionary landing made on road, no injuries, no damage... Read more
Crashed shortly after take-off with two high profile politicians on board – total 5POB. Potential damage is to port skid? But it may just be uneven ground.... Read more
External load operations. Load had been transferred when pilot felt something unusual and elected to make an autorotation landing. Lost control in the flare and the helicopter landed heavily and rolled onto its side – severely damaged. Pilot listed as Eduardo Boisset Encina... Read more
5 killed on “sunset” tour flight. Pilot has been named as Landon Nield, 31. Passengers named include Delwin and Tamara Chapman, from Utica, Kansas, who were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. The other two passengers were 26-year-old Anupama Bhola and 28-year-old Lovish Bhanot, both from New Delhi, India.... Read more
Went missing during fire fighting operations. Located some hours later in 7m of water. Bodies of pilot John “Prickles” de Ridder and passenger William MacRae from Dept of Conservation have been confirmed by divers as being inside the helicopter. Salt Air – Company statement here... Read more
Helicopter was taking off at Lubuche when it suffered damage to the tail boom/rotor. All 3 occupants safe... Read more
Helicopter crashed Saturday in a wooded area near Labrador City, but the only person on board has walked away without serious injuries. CADAORS 2011A1083... Read more
Main blades struck wire while helicopter was helping install Christmas Tree on Auckland waterfront. Helicopter split in two and thrashed itself to pieces from a 10m hover. Pilot Greg Gribble escaped serious injury. Event was being broadcast live on TVNZ... Read more
Emergency landing after bird strike caused hole 10×16 inches... Read more
Emergency landing made due to tail rotor problems... Read more
Main blades clipped rock while filming at low level. Landed heavily and awkwardly on skids on a road.... Read more
Landing made prior to arriving at intended destination due to weather. Intended routing was Kathmandu from Pokhara... Read more
The pilot had left Nome on Saturday and refueled in Unalakleet and Bethel – and had planned to spend the night in Iliamna before flying on to Anchorage on Sunday. Pilot later named as 66-year-old William Zeman. Reported as “crashed and burned”... Read more
Law enforcement helicopterin non-emergency situation made urban area landing too close to buildings and downwash caused damage... Read more
Precautionary landing due to weather en route Belgaum to Juhu on a ferry flight with 4POB after completing a filming job... Read more
Two serious injuries, post crash fire. Pilot later died from his injuries... Read more
Rolled over during landing... Read more
Helicopter was already well on fire before landing – fast emergency landing made on a sports arena and soon burnt out.... Read more
The EMS pilot took off with patient on board, but shortly after take off not notified the on-scene engine crew that they had smoke in the cockpit and were declaring an emergency. Landed safety and patient to hospital by land ambulance... Read more
Helicopter was reported missing and found four days later by a pilot from Wildcat Helicopters who was operating on unrelated work in the search area.; Pilot named as Rod Phillipson... Read more
Tail rotor struck a cable while on a reconaissance flight. Two occupants thrown clear of the helicopter and two trapped inside. Piloting the helicopter was Jacques Fouque, an experienced pilot and mountain guide, the engineering director of the Emosson dam Regis Desmus, Jean-Marc Mermillod, from IG3M a company specialising in lifts and cable work and... Read more
Engine problems during lifting operation over VW car factory. Emergency landing on factory roof. Damage to boom and blades, but helicopter looking remarkably intact for what has happened... Read more
The helicopter was reported by a passenger to have crashed while conducting a communications tower maintenance task. The police have advised that of the 3 POB there are two deceased and one injured.... Read more
During landing aircraft tipped forward onto toe of the skids. Minor damage to the nose of aircraft.... Read more
Pilot had reported that he was calling in to a nearby airport for refuel shortly before. Air Ambulance crashed in open countryside killing the three crew – Randy Bever, 47, a nurse, Chris Frakes, 36, a paramedic, and James Freudenberg, 34, the pilot – and the patient Terry Tacoronte, 58... Read more
Extensively damaged by severe hailstorm when parked at a hotel. Hail stones the size of tennis balls!... Read more
Helicopter landed hard after a hydraulic failure. There were 5 people on board, including 4 passengers from Alberta Forestry Dept. The pilot received a broken collarbone and the helicopter was substantially damaged (CADORS 2011C3219)... Read more
Emergency landing due to a generator failure, but the warning light on the annunciator panel had not illuminated... Read more
Emergency landing after crew smelled smoke inside the helicopter. Operated by South Texas Emergency Care, whose helicopter is flown as “Valley AirCare”... Read more
Lost altitude suddenly after having poured the water on the flames while firefighting... Read more
Pilot Roberto Bezzi died and 4 (or 5?) passengers injured. Early reports suggest blade strike... Read more
Tail rotor struck trailer on landing... Read more
The chairman/chief executive of Bacita Sugar Company Josephine Oluwadamilola Kuteyi, her personal assistant Adedoyin Ogunbanjo and their Filipino pilot were killed after impacting terrain.... Read more
Tail rotor drive shaft cover separated from the aircraft during post-maintenance positioning flight... Read more
Precautionary landing revealed missing drive shaft cover... Read more
Window fell out on approach to land... Read more
Three occupants killed, believed to be owner Gilberto Menel, director of the Textile knitting Nanet, plus company employee Erico Melchioreto,and pilot Alvaro Junior Pisetta. Helicopter crashed into a forest. Access to site difficult... Read more
Helicopter had been rented by a construction company. Crashed and burnt out in mountainous location at Dalamot nr Hardanger Fjord. Deceased named as Kjetil Bu (27) from Kinsarvik, Karianne Ringkjøb Dahl (29) from Bergen, Andrew Søvik Fossmark (24) from Vaksdal, Siv Holtan (18) from Bergen and pilot Tore Bendigtsen Ystanes (39) from Bergen... Read more
Night emergency landing after reporting a mechanical problem.... Read more
Bird strike during landing phase... Read more
Crashed into the sea 300-500m offshore. Wreckage washed up on beach. Fatalities named as pilot Marcelo de Almeida and passengers Mariana Noleto, Gabriel Kfuri Gouveia (aged 2), Luca Kfuri de Magalhães Lins (aged 3), Norma Batista de Assunção (aged 49, the children’s nanny), Jordana Kfuri Cavandish, and Fernanda Kfuri... Read more
Five confirmed killed, one seriously injured to hospital in accident on mountain Pleta de Juclar (2240m) nr Canillo. “cable caught in tree” in unofficial report. Fatalities listed in press as Heliand employees Claude Michel Boulanger and Jacques Lahouille – plus Daniel Curruhuinca, ElÃas Pérez and LluÃs Blanco. Survivor was Jean-Jacques Vidal,... Read more
While it was flying low and slow, the aircraft sustained vibrations, followed by an engine breakdown. The pilot attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft rolled over onto its left side and was partially submerged on the edge of a lake.... Read more
Aircraft lost power in towering take-off at 25ft agl. Returned to pad and taken out of service for inspection... Read more
Aircraft crashed in a pasture and then burst into flames. Firefighters extinguished the flames on the helicopter, then put out a grassfire that was started by the crash.... Read more
Uncommanded yaw to the left in cruise, pilot initiated autorotation. A complete power loss was experienced, pilot continued the autorotation. Unable to reach the landing area selected and completed the flare short of the area. Lnded hard in shallow water, substantially damaging tail boom and tail rotor. Ocupants exited safely and waded to shore. CADAORS... Read more
Training flight, crashed from low hover of three metres... Read more
Fire fighting operations with winds gusting 20-30 knots. The pilot was flying slowly just above tree top level when the nose suddenly swung to the left. The pilot added power, but the rotation increased. The pilot reduced power and lowered the collective. The helicopter entered the trees and came to rest on its right side... Read more
Type not confirmed, crashed and burst into flames. A NSW Ambulance spokesman said the pilot, Peter Woodland (aged 64), managed to escape from the helicopter before it burst into flames.... Read more
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Reported as mechanical failure by the general media... Read more
Crashed in mountainous region. One passenger was Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu... Read more
Helicopter shot at from the ground by an automatic weapon, and fuel tank reportedly struck. Emergency landing made at nearby Van Nuys airport without further incident... Read more
Following the tail strike on 10 April, the helicopter landed in a river and the airframe is partially submerged. The pilot and all 4 passengers exited safely and uninjured from the aircraft... Read more
The pilot set down the helicopter in a field near the corner of Regal Row and Empress Row around 9:30 a.m. after smoke began to fill the cockpit. The problem turned out to be an air conditioning belt that overheated.... Read more
Passenger struck fatally on head by main rotor when disembarking on sloping site. Pilot listed as Pablo Blanco Venegas... Read more
Damaged beyond repair by tsunami... Read more
Sudden white-out when flying at 150ft agl then rolled-over after hitting the ground. Believed to be weather-related and not mechanical. Visibility in the area was reduced to 1.6 km by blowing snow and the temperature was -24 C – -38 C with the windchill. Occupants got out OK but then post-crash fire destroyed the aircraft... Read more
pilot made a “precautionary†landing around 9:35 a.m after an engine warning light switched... Read more
The pilot of the Air Operations Center (Nuopa) of the Traffic Department would identify a mechanical problem and made an impromptu landing on the ground. The trio ended up injured when the aircraft crashed into the ground.... Read more
L.A. County sheriff’s Capt. Mike Parker said the pilots were conducting a training exercise “simulating a hydraulic failure” when the Eurocopter AS350 went down.... Read more
Heliski operation. All six occupants airlifted to hospital in Sion.... Read more
Australian pilot reported missing feared dead after helicopter crash in PNG.  It is understood the man is an experienced pilot who has been working in the mining industry for a number of years. Oil slick and floating debris reported. Update – Search for pilot Lloyd Lester has been abandoned... Read more
Tail rotor strike... Read more
Thge television station AS350B2 – known as “Globocop” – was hit by three rifle shots at about 7:30 am. The reporter Karina Borges, the system operator and the pilot Roberto Mello Kings Antonio Ramos was not injured. one of the bullets hit the floor, the second, the central region, and the third, the tail of the... Read more
One of the Air Force Fennec helicopters struck Thursday two electrical wires near Klovborg. The helicopter’s wire cutter entured that it carried on flying, but the pilot landed immediately as a precaution, following standard procedures. No persons were injured.... Read more
Accident while landing in windy conditions. Five occupants OK... Read more
Camera operator and the pilot suffered minor injuries. AS350 was operating for television station TVI. Location was a field adjacent to the A2 motorway... Read more
Precautionary landing on Highway 12 due to weather. Patient on board.... Read more
Reported as engine failure at 200ft on take-off and very heavily subsequent landing with skids failing and fuselage impacting the ground. Helicopter remained upright. 3 injured... Read more