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
Blown over on its starboard side in strong winds while parked on the ramp – photo... Read more
Crashed and destroyed by fire. 3 POB seriously injured. Passengers named as Carlos Marcelo Ruiz Sánchez and Juan Domínguez were transferred to a hospital in Naolinco, while the pilot was taken to a hospital in Xalapa.... Read more
Helicopter crashed during mosquito control operations, and burnt out in the following fire. Sole occupant pilot died in the accident... Read more
Crashed and caught fire, killing both pilots – named as David Barrera and Fausto Calderón... Read more
Crashed from a reported 5m altitude and subsequenty consumed by fire. VVIP on board – Chihuahua State Governor Cesar Duarte; his wife, Lady Bertha Gómez Duarte; journalist Lolita Ayala; two of his aides and a security element. The passengers and crew were taken to the General Hospital of Parral for evaluation – and early reports... Read more
Came under fire from the ground in an area regarded as the centre of a turf war between rival drugs cartels... Read more
Crashed in poor weather while working on telephone lines for Telefonos de Mexico – three died on impact, fourth later in hospital... Read more
Crashed at night killing owner Mauro Garza Fernandez, and passenger Alejandro Lopez Lopez. Pilot Ciro Huerta Martinez and the other two passengers named as Balden Lorenzo González and Jorge Armando Gonzalez Bustos were injured. Some reports say that the helicopter was not equipped for night flights. Video of the crash site here.... Read more
While en route from the Mexico City area to Toluca, helicopter went down just 5 miles from destination... Read more
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
Unspecifiedl accident inside military base, killing one and injuring the other two occupants... Read more
Hit cable at low level and crashed into wooded area. Some reports suggest the cable was intentionally put there by the dissident groups, and that this helicopter was one of 11 put into the region to restore order after the dissident group took control. Helicopter fitted with cable cutters. 5 pOB received minor injuries, and... Read more
A federal police helicopter crashed into the mountain range inthe southern state of Guerrero, killing all three crew members and two passengers onboard... Read more
Lost height on climb out from golf complex. Fatalities named as Juan Ignacio Torres Landa, Elizárraga Alejandro Felix (pilot), Jaime Olescowski, Manuel Palacios Alcocer, while Joseph Olescowski Nutt was seriously injured.... Read more
Helicopter on an EMS flight crashed killing a newborn baby less than 24 hours old, his father Pedro Martinez, pilot Guillermo Chávez Medina and paramedic Pablo Héctor Vicente. Helicopter destroyed... Read more
Crashed into lake after contacting zip wire which spans the lake. One drowned (named as Daniel Segundo Martinez), four survived. Helicopter was being used to capture video footage of the lake for use on a television program... Read more
B407 carrying the Secretary of Public Security of Veracruz, Arturo Bermudez Zurita, and the Undersecretary Jose Nava Holguin, made a forced landing. Pilot was Alfonso Diaz Pineda... Read more
Two crew and one passenger killed – mountainous location. The passenger is named in local press as Juan Armando Hinojosa Cantú, owner of Grupo Higa, parent company of helicopter operator Eolo who have up to four AW119s and three AW109SPs according to this press release... Read more
Extensively damaged after hitting mountain. Took authorities four days to find wreckage. No word of, or from, crew – thus presumed fatal. Aircraft took off 22nd June just before midnight and last known contact was at 00.10am with ATC at Uruapan, Michoacan... Read more
Crashed from low level during take-off and ended up on its starboard side within the police compound. Press statement said it was a mechanical issue. Pilot named as VÃctor Ojeda Esqueda and passengers were Secretary of Public Security Jesús Pinto Ortiz and director of the State Preventive Police, VÃctor Manuel Bosques.  All three to hospital. ... Read more
On February 21, 2012, about 1400 central standard time, a Bell 407 helicopter, XA-JMB, had a loss of engine power and impacted terrain near Loma Bonita, Veracruz, Mexico. The commercial pilot, who was the sole occupant, was seriously injured. The helicopter was substantially damaged and was operated by Heliservicio Campeche S.A. de C.V. Visual meteorological... Read more
Crashed killed Interior Secretary Francisco Blake and seven others. NOTE, there is a question over which aircraft was involved. Local reports (links 1 and 2 below) say XC-UHP (which is serial 2084) but the NTSB report (link 3) says XC-UHM (2127)... Read more
Crashed into a built-up area. Pilot Juan Manuel Ruiz Rivera and Metropolitan Development Secretary Fernando Alberto Garcia Cuevas survived.  Two fatally injured – as Julio Cesar Macerano, Garcia Cuevas’ assistant, and the co-pilot of the aircraft, Juan Esteban Rodriguez.... Read more
Landed in a lagoon during a tour flight. The aircraft ended up completely submerged. Pilot Ricardo Bulerui and tourists Ricardo Santos and Eduardo Abelnai were not hurt in the crash.... Read more
Public Security reported that it learned of this incident that injured the pilot, copilot and mechanic, who were admitted to General Hospital Xpujil... Read more
A helicopter from the Mexican Air Force (FAM) crashed on Saturday near Apatzingan, Michoacan, apparently as a result of mechanical failure in the aircraft... Read more
Pilot was José Manuel Covarruvias GarcÃa, 36, and hospitalised for assessment. Passenger was not named and not injured. Helicopter sustained damage to landing gear, the transmission system and the tail rotor. [Some translations of local language news reports wrongly quote the pilot as being killed]... Read more
The helicopter was carrying six security officers, two inmates, an official from the country’s organized crime investigation unit, and two pilots. Local reports differ on the number of fatalities, some saying 3, others 4, others 7. Weather was apparently a factor... Read more
** WARNING the photo in the first link contains a disturbing on-scene image **. Early reports gave a figure of 8 fatalities, but the final figure was 9 – Leonardo Andrés Pérez Arteaga, 29 (pilot), Manuel Montes RÃos Heder, 27 (co-pilot), Jonathan Gutierrez Baeza, 23, José Luis Salas Ventura, 32, Aaron Ortiz Gerardo Olvera, 26,... Read more
10-Sep-09 AMHT-208 Mil Mi-17 nr Veracruz, Mexico... Read more
7-Aug-09 XC-PEP MD Helicopters MD369FF Ensenada, State of Baja California, Mexico... Read more
8-May-09 Sikorsky S70A La Quebradora, Huitzilac, Mexico... Read more
8-Apr-09 XC-MIN Eurocopter AS350B2 state of Sinaloa, Mexico... Read more
30-Mar-09 XC-KAF Bell B206L3 10 km from Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora, Mexico... Read more
14-Mar-09 XA-UGZ Bell B206 , Mexico... Read more
11-Mar-09 XA-PRB Bell B206 , Mexico... Read more
28-Feb-09 XC-DES Bell B212 Conagua, Aguascalientes State, Mexico... Read more
4-Feb-09 Bell B206 , Mexico... Read more
