When about to land, a loud noise was heard and the aircraft rolled to the right. The aircraft stopped at the edge of the helipad. All main rotor blades detached.... Read more
Student solo flight. Helicopter ended up on its port side in a wide open flat grass area... Read more
Helicopter ended up on its side on a flat grass area. Local press report that the pilot was not injured.... Read more
Customs helicopter was involved in attempting to apprehend a boat being driven at high speed in the early hours of the morning, suspected of transporting drugs across the Strait of Gibraltar. Helicopter crashed into the sea, and the observer died in the accident – named here as José Luis Domínguez Iborra. Pilot and Copilot were... Read more
Firefighting helicopter had just completed water pickup when it lost power and descended into a lake – see video of incident. 2 POB out OK and rescued. Helicopter was involved in fighting a fire at Cinco Villas... Read more
Firefighting helicopter ditched into Lake Shastina, from where it was picking up water. US Forest Service reported that the pilot was able to swim/walk away... Read more
3 POB escaped from this helicopter after it crashed heavily into the water of Lake Tałty – CCTV footage in this video from YouTube... Read more
FAA report “struck a large bird on take off, damaging the door frame”. Helicopter had not long taken off from Portland-Troutdale Airport... Read more
FAA report “forced landing in a field”... Read more
The aircraft took off for a medical flight at around 12:35 UTC from Mario Ribeiro (SBMK) aerodrome, Montes Claros – MG, in order to land outside a helipad, in the municipality of Jequitaí – MG. A pilot, a technical crew member, a doctor and a nurse are on board. During the final approach, an obscuring dust cloud... Read more
FAA report that helicopter crashed at a private airstrip and that the helicopter was destroyed... Read more
Heavy vertical landing, with skids splayed out, base of fuselage touching the ground and tail boom twisted. Main blades untouched, pictures suggest. 4 POB to the medical unit on the naval base where the accident occurred.... Read more
Firefighting helicopter made heavy landing under adverse wind conditions. The aircraft spun right about 120 degrees on landing, and rolled to the left, caught fire and burned out. Before catching fire, all 5 POB were safety evacuated from the aircraft. Helicopter was working the Deep Creek fire.... Read more
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has served an initial enforcement order under section 72(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 on CHC Group LLC, EEA Helicopter Operations B.V., CHC Scotia Limited, Babcock Mission Critical Services Offshore Limited, Babcock Offshore Services Australasia Pty Ltd, and Babcock Denmark A/S in relation to the acquisition by CHC Group... Read more
FAA report “Aircraft nose and rotor struck the ground” and no reported injuries to 3 POB ... Read more
FAA report “hard landing”... Read more
FAA “Aircraft landed in a field”... Read more
The AW139 was flying southbound toward Mangalore at 3,100 feet above mean sea level. At the same time, the PA-44 was conducting a practice instrument approach to Mangalore. The PA-44 commenced a missed approach from below 3,000 feet in a northerly direction toward Mangalore and the pilot broadcast that the aircraft would climb to 3,900... Read more
FAA “Helicopter went into a tail spin on landing and hit hard on the grass”... Read more
Helicopter ended on its side after a landing on an offshore rig during a night training flight. The crew suffered light injuries and evacuated the aircraft. The offshore deck fire crew were on hand and extinguished a small fire which was causing smoke, but no flames. Helios photo... Read more
While conducting a single-pilot EMS flight, the aircraft was flown into a confined area and unimproved landing site with the aid of night vision goggles. During the later stages of the approach, the aircraft drifted towards terrain. The crew aborted the approach and elected to conduct a precautionary out-landing about 1 km away. Inspection of... Read more
The pilot, the sole occupant on board, was mustering cattle along a fence line on a property 75 km west of Hay, NSW, and had landed to open a gate at the entrance to a yard. Shortly after, a witness heard the helicopter take-off and, very soon after, a loud bang. Suspecting an accident, the... Read more
Russian Investigative Committee statement “According to preliminary data, the crash of a Robinson helicopter near the island of Mudyug in the Arkhanglesk region was reported at 21:25 Moscow time on May 17, 2021. The helicopter set off from the Vaskovo airport in the Arkhangelsk region. As a result of the crash, one person died, two were... Read more
Main blades struck port horizontal stabiliser during run-on landing on grass. No injuries to pilot or 2 passengers... Read more
FAA : Aircraft made an off airfield landing for unknown reasons. Pilot and 3 passengers not injured... Read more
Autorotation landing. Skid stuck in ground during run-on landing, causing helicopter nose to hit ground and main blades to slice tail boom... Read more
FAA : Substantially damaged during long-line work. 2 POB not injured... Read more
Emergency field landing after bird strike... Read more
Post-flight inspection found damage to the tail rotor... Read more
Aircraft went AOG on North Sea Platform Valaris 122. Aircraft still present on rig 05-May-21 (image – Facebook)... Read more
Wire strike during low level agricultural work. Pilot died in the accident... Read more
Main blades struck canopy over fuel area at airport. Rotor disc imbalance was serious enough for the main blades to slice the tail boom off The pilot had reportedly planned on refuelling at Ozzano but was unable to do so on arrival and flew on to Padua.... Read more
Helicopter was involved in a routine powerline inspection when it went down on the edge of a wood close to the lines, then burning out. Two passengers were seriously injured, and the pilot was fatally injured... Read more
Helicopter came to rest nose down, tangled in overhead lines over a road. Shortly after, it caught fire and was consumed. Reports say 3 POB with at least 1 fatality. Image from Protección Civil Protection department of the state of Nuevo Leon, who also posted these images of the aftermath once the fire was extinguished.... Read more
Helicopter crashed in woodland under unknown circumstances at approx 9pm in evening. The sole occupant pilot was named as the FAA-registered owner Sanjay Kansara, a doctor... Read more
Bird strike took out port windscreen. Safe field landing. EMS helicopter was on a positioning flight back to base and there was no patient on board... Read more
Firefighting helicopter ditched in a lake. Copilot was found unconscious in 10m of water, transferred to hospital in Cheongju, but died. Pilot survived Pictured here two days later during the recovery task. [segye image]... Read more
Training accident, further details awaited. Two POB both to hospital... Read more
FAA report emergency field landing for this air ambulance helicopter... Read more
Helicopter crashed during low level agricultural spraying operations. Pilot received fatal injuries ... Read more
In a detailed press release under the brief title of “Business Update”, Babcock International Group not only reaffirmed the sale of their offshore business, but also indicated that all aerial emergency services businesses are under review. The company admitted that the Avincis acquisition in 2014 has not delivered shareholder value with low returns on high... Read more
Emergency landing on golf course. FAA report did not supply any further details. ... Read more
Precautionary off-airfield landing in a local park on a training flight. No apparent damage. Helicopter was towed back to base by road (10 kilometers)... Read more
Corporate helicopter owned by LuLu International who issued this statement (from Outlook India) regarding the incident, which involved their CEO “Yusuff Ali, currently in Kerala, was on a short trip from his home in Kochi to visit a relative at a nearby hospital. Due to the sudden deterioration of weather conditions and heavy rains, the... Read more
Heavy landing in a garden on grass. Skids splayed out. Press report states pilot was Tereso T Orozco, 64, of Topeka, and passenger was Kenneth David Norman, 48, of Sunnyvale, Texas. Neither were injured... Read more
FAA – Skid stuck in mud while hover training, bending the skid... Read more
Successful emergency landing made on football pitch, following a possible governor failure that happened shortly after the aircraft left Naples Municipal Airport... Read more
Emergency landing in a car park, landed heavily and skids splayed out after the helicopter started spinning in the air, suggesting a tail rotor issue (see video below) 2 minor injuries of 4 POB. This was a training flight by a company intending to use the helicopter for sightseeing. One report said that they do... Read more
Helicopter dropped load, pinning person to the ground. Load was a swimming pool shell weighing 2000lb (907kg), which fell 50 ft onto a person standing below. Canadian operator Coldstream Helicopters reported four weeks ago on their Facebook that they had purchased this aircraft. Victim to hospital by road ambulance... Read more
Loss of control while hovering (FAA). 2POB not injured... Read more
During positioning flight back to base, VFR at night, the co-pilot’s door sliding window fell out. Pilot diverted from intended route and landed at Sioux Falls Regional Airport without further incident.... Read more
Helicopter was inbound from Harrisburg, PA and ended upright after a very heavy landing. The tail boom chopped off and the floats had popped out, the latter likely due to the landing impact. Pilot was the only POB. Image from Pennlive report... Read more
Training flight – sloping ground – student hovers and places the helicopter facing the wind. At fifteen meters above the ground, a clicking sound is heard by the crew and the instructor takes over. He made a U-turn to land where he had just taken off. During landing, landing slid downwind, the helicopter bounces then... Read more
FAA report “tail rotor strike during hover manoevres”... Read more
Press image shows helicopter on its side in an open field. 2POB, injuries reported as “not serious” ... Read more
Helicopter was involved in loadlifting operations, and lost altitude suddenly , crashing into trees as seen below in the image from Vigili del Fuoco. 37 year old pilot was the only POB and was taken to hospital... Read more
Helicopter crashed in an open field, killing both on board. ... Read more
Offshore rig helideck surface block collapsed, trapping the starboard main wheel. Unclear at present whether the collapse was caused by the wheel or the integrity of the block. Anonymously supplied images can be seen at both links below The Mariner field is in UK Block 9/11a in the northern North Sea approximately 95 miles east... Read more
Crashed during low level manoeuvre on training flight. The 60-year-old instructor from Krefeld was slightly injured, and the 52-year-old student pilot was uninjured, the police reported. Both got out of the wreckage unaided. Image from Ruhr Nachrichten report ... Read more
Substantially damaged in ground running incident prior to take-off (see video below). The explanation is approximately as follows:- Nose wheel is locked (should have unlocked in pre-taxi check list). Pilot then tries to taxi and turn left but the aircraft doesn’t respond as expected. After a pause, the nose wheel is unlocked, but without first... Read more
Helicopter crashed on Knik Glacier, killing five of the six POB. The helicopter appears to have hit the mountain 10-15 feet below a ridgeline at an elevation of about 5,500 feet. The helicopter then rolled 800-900 feet downhill. Alaska State Troopers identified the deceased as: 52-year-old Colorado resident Gregory Harms 56-year-old Czech Republic resident Petr... Read more
While conducting a single-pilot EMS flight, the aircraft was flown to the hover and an NVG winch commenced. During the winch, the aircraft drifted and descended towards terrain. The aircraft was recovered in close proximity to obstacles and during the recovery, the helicopter sustained an over torque.... Read more
Helicopter crashed from 10-15m to the ground suddenly during a dual training flight. Both POB airlifted to hospital with injuries image- tydenikpolicie.cz... Read more
During cruise, the aircraft encountered instrument meteorological conditions while below the lowest safe altitude and the crew received a ground proximity warning system alert. The crew immediately conducted a climbing turn to avoid the terrain.... Read more
The pilot was conducting a positioning flight between two stations when the aircraft was reported missing on Thursday evening. The helicopter wreckage was located following a search coordinated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority around 1130am Friday morning. The pilot, the sole occupant of the helicopter, was fatally injured.... Read more
While conducting low level nighttime frost control operations, the helicopter dropped to the ground, rolled over and caught fire. No injury reported to the 2 POB... Read more
Night training mission in a routinely used area. In a press conference (video, 7m50s) Lt. Col. Nicole Washington noted that the weather was poor, with snow and a low ceiling of fog that affected both the subject flight and later search efforts for the victims. The Guard named those on board as Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jesse Anderson,... Read more
Crashed 5 minutes after taking off from McGhee Tyson Airport ... Read more
Hit the ground and rolled over during low level training flight Student pilot was named as professional boxer Kevin “Two Guns” Lerena Facebook... Read more
Helicopter was one of three making the same route within minutes of each other. This helicopter impacted terrain and all 5POB received fatal injuries – named here as Pilot: Ernesto Ivan Verdecia Diaz Copilot: Luis Miguel González Santana Flight Engineer: Nivaldo García Herrera Bodyguard: Yoani Alarcón Ramirez Bodyguard: Osneiviz Pedro Martinez Reyes ... Read more
Remained upright in very heavy landing. Engine fire. Skids collapsed, boom detached. Pilot (only person on board) airlifted to Rancagua hospital Chilean Army photo from Twitter... Read more
Emergency landing after receiving gunshot fire during drug interception operation. Helicopter landed safely but damaged... Read more
Heavy autorotation landing. FAA report damage as Substantial... Read more
FAA report substantially damaged after main rotors contacted strawline. 2 POB not injured... Read more
FAA report helicopter was substantially damaged after loss of tail rotor effectiveness on approach to land... Read more
