15-Sep-20 N489DM Bell 407 Fort Worth, US-Texas
Main rotor struck tail boom during autorotation training. Instructor and student not injured
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Chaparral Air, Civil, Safety, US-Texas
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09-Sep-20 N461RA Bell 206L1 Binghampton, US-New York
Precautionary field landing while on powerline imaging work
28-Aug-20 5N-BQW Bell 206B Opebi, Nigeria (3F)
Helicopter crashed into the yard in a built-up area, killing two of three occupants on impact. Third is reported to have later died in hospital.
Images show mast and main rotor blades largely intact, suggesting it descended upright and vertically. Location is about 3km east of Lagos Airport.
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Nigeria, Quorum Aviation, Safety
24-Aug-20 N386HQ Bell 205A.1 Laverne, US-California
Tail rotor double delamination discovered during post flight inspection
Tags: Accidents, B205, Bell, Civil, Firefighting, Heliqwest Aviation, Safety, US-California
22-Aug-20 N41SJ Bell 206 Clifton, US-New Jersey
Precautionary landing in baseball field. Eyewitness reports suggest there was something on fire in the cockpit which was taken out of the helicopter and extinguished. With rotors still turning, the one person who got out then got back in and the helicopter took off again.
19-Aug-20 N711GH Bell UH-1 Coalinga, US-California (1F)
Crashed during firefighting operations. Pilot received fatal injuries – named here as Michael Fournier
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Firefighting, Guardian Helicopters, Safety, UH-1
10-Aug-20 (serial tba) Bell UH-1N Middleburg, US-Virginia
Routine training mission; helicopter was struck by a bullet. A safe emergency landing was made at Manassas Regional Airport. One crew member was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.
Tags: Accidents, B212, Bell, Military, Safety, UH-1, US Air Force, US-Virginia
08-Aug-20 N284S Bell 206 Marathon, US-Texas (3F)
Three Texas Parks and Wildlife employees died in the accident as they surveyed the landscape for desert bighorn sheep. The pilot, who was a private contractor for the state agency, was taken to El Paso for medical treatment. The victims were named by Texas Parks and Wildlife as Wildlife Biologist Dewey Stockbridge, Fish and Wildlife Technician Brandon White, and State Wildlife Veterinarian Dr. Bob Dittmar
The NTSB tweeted that they were investigating the accident of a Bell 206
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, Texas Parks & Wildlife, US-Texas
07-Aug-20 N55SL Bell 206L4 Windham, US-New Hampshire
Precautionary landing in a parking lot
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-New Hampshire
06-Aug-20 N137HS Bell 206B Paris, US-Illinois
Aircraft struck powerlines during aerial application
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Helicopter Services of Illinois, Safety, US-Illinois
28-Jan-20 AF-302 Bell 206 Bulo, Uganda (2F)
The UPDAF (Uganda People’s Defence Air Force) aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances in Bulo, Uganda. The helicopter had two crew on board, named as Maj Naome Karungi and PCdt Wakalo Benard, neither survived.
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Fatal, Military, Safety, Training, Uganda, UPDAF
22-Jan-20 C-GSQA Bell B206L Lac-St-Jean, Canada-Quebec
Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances whilst part of a search and rescue operation for missing snowmobilers in the Île Beemer area of Lac-St-Jean, Canada-Quebec. The solo pilot received non life threatening injuries.
25-Dec-19 N663SF Bell 407 Headland, US-Alabama (1F)
A Survival Flight aircraft rolled onto its side on landing, after the pilot, Douglas Davis had an unconfirmed heart attack. There was no patient on-board at the time, the two crew members were uninjured, the pilot was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, Survival Flight, US-Alabama
09-Dec-19 N79LP Bell 407 Grand Isle, US-Louisiana (2F)
Aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico under unknown circumstances.
The last known position was 13 nm W of Southwest Pass, Louisiana as they transiting from one off-shore platform to another.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-Louisiana
25-Oct-19 FAC0006 Bell 412 Albán, Colombia (6F)
Helicopter with pilot, co-pilot and four technicians was en route from Palanquero Air Base, in Puerto Salgar, to its maintenance base at Madrid. The helicopter is part of the Presidential Flight.
Tags: Accidents, B412, Bell, Colombia, Colombian Air Force, Fatal, Military, Safety
22-Oct-19 N158LE Bell OH_58 Naples, US-Florida
Bird strike
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Civil, Collier County, Law Enforcement, OH-58, Safety
18-Oct-19 N7060J Bell 47G5 King City, US-California
Rotor blades struck tail boom during run-on landing
18-Oct-19 TI-AZM Bell UH-1H Talamanca, Costa Rica
Two on board not seriously injured and named as Tony Monge and Cristián Goncalves
Tags: Accidents, Aerodiva, Bell, Civil, Costa Rica, Safety, UH-1
17-Oct-19 N167AG Bell 206B Marshville, US-North Carolina (1F)
Struck powerlines and crashed while involved in low level spraying operations
Pilot was identified as Andrew Alan Stephen by the Union County Sheriff’s Office
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-North Carolina
18-Mar-19 ZT-ROB Bell 206L3 Beira, Mozambique
Damaged by debris during hangar collapse caused by Cyclone Idai
11-Feb-19 PT-HPG Bell 206B Jabaquara, Brazil (2F)
Helicopter crashed on Anhanguera Highway in Sao Paulo and hit the front of a truck that was passing by, and was consumed by fire. Two fatalities, including journalist, presenter and broadcaster Ricardo Boechat. Ronaldo Quattrucci also died in the accident. Brazilian defence department confirmed the registration of the Bell 206
04-Feb-19 VH-NXW Bell 206 Marcoola, Australia
Bell 206 remained upright on its skids in a heavy landing during a training flight. The 22-year-old student pilot sustained injuries and was transported to hospital. One report suggested it will require a new set of skids
Tags: Accidents, Australia, B206, Becker Helicopters, Bell, Civil, Safety
31-Jan-19 N407P Bell 407 Church Hill, US-Tennessee
Smoke detected after using of deicing equipment. Precautionary landing made in open field without further incident.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, EMS, PHI Air Medical, Safety
29-Jan-19 N191SF Bell 407 Zaleski, US-Ohio (3F)
The helicopter departed Mount Carmel Grove City hospital and was flying to Holzer Meigs hospital in Pomeroy to pick up a patient. Contact was lost and the wreckage was found in a wood about three and a half hours later.
Troopers located the wreckage of a Bell 407 helicopter east of State Route 278 and south of King Hollow Trail in Vinton County.
The crew were named here as pilot Jennifer L. Topper and flight nurses Bradley J. Haynes and Rachel L. Cunningham.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, EMS, Fatal, Safety, Survival Flight, US-Ohio
10-Jan-19 N828KB Bell 230 Brooksville, US-Florida (1F)
Helicopter blades struck ramp worker during startup. The man who was killed was identified in this report as Salvatore Disi, 62
Tags: Accidents, B230, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-Florida
26-Nov-18 Bell UH-1 Sancaktepe, Turkey (4F)
A Turkish military UH-1 has crashed in the Sancaktepe district of Istanbul, with four fatalities and a fifth person with serious injuries
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Fatal, Military, Safety, Turkey, Turkish Army, UH-1
07-Nov-17 N93PH Bell 206B Rolling Fork, US-Mississippi
Force landing during aerial application work.
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Provine Helicopter Service, Safety, US-Mississippi
08-Nov-17 N275AE Bell 206L3 Union City, US-Tennessee
Air Evac Lifeteam aircraft had in-air problem on approach to the local 911 centre and put down in a hurry. Power lines cut – not known if that was cause or effect of the heavy landing. Helicopter ended up on its skids, tail boom creased, main blades missing, upper part of tail bent and significant damage in area of rotor head, starboard windshield broken – see photo
3 POB to hospital but no serious injuries reported
Tags: Accidents, Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Tennessee
05-Nov-17 N522RL Bell 407 Rig MP281, US-Gulf of Mexico
Bird strike en route to offshore rig
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Offshore, RLC, Safety, US-Gulf of Mexico
20-Aug-17 N9526 Bell 47G2A St Marys, US-Pennsylvania
Heavy field landing after reported engine failure. Little/no damage to tail boom suggests mainly vertical impact, although main blades broken at the rotorhead. Aircraft is registered to James Delullo at an address in the same town as the accident location.
10-Aug-17 7T-WU? Bell 206L Douira, Algeria (4F)
Helicopter crashed on a photo survey flight – it was chartered by the National Agency for Studies and Follow-up on Railways Investment, who were conducting cartography of the new railway line linking Algiers downtown to the western suburb of Zeralda. Images show the helicopter completely burnt out.
Tags: Accidents, Algeria, B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, Tassili Airlines
10-Jun-17 B-31118 Bell 206B Fengbin, Taiwan (3F)
Helicopter took off at 1046 from Taidong for an aerial photography mission at Fengbin Township, Hualien County. At around 1220, the helicopter was loss of contact and crashed at Fengbin Township, Hualien County. One pilot and two aerial photographers aboard were killed – one was named as Chi Po-Lin, an acclaimed film director. Helicopter almost completely burnt out
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Emerald Pacific Airlines, Fatal, Safety, Taiway
10-Jun-17 VH-ONE Bell 206B Avalon, Australia
Successful emergency landing in public park after engine problems. Helicopter not damaged, all passengers safe. Helicopter was on a tour flight from Mascot to Palm Beach
Tags: Accidents, Ausjet Helicopters, Australia, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety
25-May-17 N11FX Bell UH-1 Höfen, Austria
While landing after an aerobatic demo flight, the rotor blades came into contact with a building and the tail rotor gearbox separated from the aircraft. Subsequent small fire was put out and helicopter written off on the helipad. Pilot Siegfried Schwarz
Tags: Accidents, AH-1, Austria, Bell, Civil, Flying Bulls, Safety
23-May-17 XB-LUB Bel 47D Amacuzac, Mexico (1F)
Helicopter crashed during mosquito control operations, and burnt out in the following fire. Sole occupant pilot died in the accident
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Mexico, Safety
23-May-17 Bell UH-1 Naccache, Lebanon
Emergency landing made on a road; Photo shows helicopter apparently intact and complete, with no damage
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Lebanese Air Force, Lebanon, Military, Safety, UH-1
13-May-17 Bell 407 Mosul, Iraq
Helicopter shot down from ground fire. Reports do not agree as to whether the two occupants were fatally injured or not. In one report, a Bell 407 is shown with holes in the front windscreen
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Iraq, Iraqi Army, Military, Safety
13-May-17 D-HHFW Bell 206B Hirtshals, Denmark
While being transported, the trailer carrying the helicopter started to fishtail from the towing vehicle – causing the helicopter to work free of the straps/cables holding it in place, and the trailer finally turned over, causing significant damage to the helicopter
10-May-17 OM-BYM Bell 429 Vyšnej Šebastová, Slovakia (2F)
4POB – two firefighters, who were fatally injured, and two police. The fatalities were named as Peter Toďor, who died at the scene, and Radoslava Lacka, who died a little time later in hospital. Reported as a training flight and helicopter spiralled down from 100-200m altitude to a very heavy landing.
Tags: Accidents, B429, Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, Safety, Slovak Police, Slovakia
10-May-17 D-HAFB Westland-Bell 47 Pertisau, Austria (2F)
Crashed and burnt out killing both on board, after reportedly hitting the cables of a material cableway. According to a report in the Tyrolean edition of the “Kronen Zeitung”, Peter H. (55) from Tulfes and Richard G. (52) from Hall.
07-May-17 Bell 206 Waterloo, US-Illinois
Helicopter involved in low level agricultural work, clipped wires and came down into the field. Pilot walked away
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-Illinois
04-May-17 Bell UH-1D Tanay, Philippines (3F)
Encountered engine trouble while on a landing approach inside the headquarters of the Philippine Army’s 2nd Infantry Divisiion in Sitio Hilltop, Barangay Sampaloc, Camp Capinpin in Tanay. Helicopter crashed and burned out in a wooded area
The helicopter was taking part in a disaster rescue operation training course involving 60 soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division and 12 policemen from Calabarzon in Region-4 with Camp Capinpin as venue.
3 fatalities from 4 POB
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Fatal, Military, Philippine Air Force, Philippines, Safety, UH-1
02-May-17 N457PH Bell 407 Grand Bay, US-Gulf of Mexico
On May 2, 2017, about 0635 central daylight time, a Bell 407 made a precautionary landing at Grand Bay receiving station in the Gulf of Mexico, near Boothville, Louisiana, after the pilot noticed a vibration in-flight. VMC prevailed at the time of the accident.The non-scheduled domestic passenger flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 135, and a company VFR flight plan had been filed and activated. The pilot and four passengers on board the helicopter were not injured.The cross-country flight originated from Boothville (LS08), Louisiana, at 0629, and was en route to Main Pass 311A in the Gulf of Mexico when the accident occurred.
The pilot had noticed a vibration in-flight and landed the helicopter on the oil platform. As he was shutting down the engine, the vibration worsened and he completed the shutdown using the rotor brake. Post-accident inspection revealed a tip cap had separated from one of the tail rotor blades, and cracks were noted on the tail rotor gear box, mounting hardware, and tail boom, all considered to be substantial damage.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Offshore, PHI, Safety, US-Gulf of Mexico
02-May-17 N911GE Bell 206B Fort McCoy, US-Florida
A Marion County Sheriff’s Office helicopter that was assisting the Florida Forest Service and Marion County Fire Rescue with active brush fires crashed while dipping a bucket for water in a lake. Pilot is named in press reports as Sgt. John Rawls
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Firefighting, Marion County Sheriff, Safety, US-Florida
21-May-16 C-GSHX Bell 206L4 North West Territories, Canada
A Great Slave Helicopter Bell 206L-4 (C-GSHX) rolled over when pilot exited helicopter to unhook sling load. The pilot contacted Ektaki, NT (CYOA) radio.
CADORS 2016C1746
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Great Slave Helicopters, Safety
04-May-16 C-GOPK Bell 206B Fort St James, Canada
C-GOPK, a Highland Helicopters Bell 206 B departed Williams Lake (CYWL) and was carrying out scanning operations over a logged area about 112 nm NW of Prince George when the helicopter spun to the left and descended into the ground. The helicopter was destroyed, the pilot was injured, but the 2 passengers appeared to have no injuries. All 3 were taken to hospital in Fort St. James, BC. There was no post impact fire. The 406 Emergency Locator Transmitter activated
CADORS 2016P0618
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Highland Helicopters, Safety
25-Mar-16 VH-WHU Bell 206B Mackay, Australia (1F)
The ATSB is investigating a fatal accident involving a Bell 206B helicopter accident near Camila, Queensland on 25 March 2016.
During crop spraying operations, the helicopter struck powerlines before colliding with terrain. The pilot was fatally injured and the helicopter was destroyed by post-impact fire.
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, Australia, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety
24-Mar-16 C-GGQL Bell 206B Port Renfrew, Canada
C-GGQL, a Far West Helicopters Bell 206B, was departing with two passengers on board off a helipad at an elevation of about 2500 feet ASL, 4 nautical miles north of Port Renfrew, BC. During the vertical ascent to rise above tree height, the torque gauge was indicating about 90-95%. Upon reaching an estimated 100-150 feet, the rotor RPM (Nr) was down to about 97%. The pilot reduced the collective slightly in an attempt to recover to 100% Nr. When the RPM did not recover, the ascent was stopped (at tree top height, approximately 200-250 feet) and the pilot immediately initiated a descent back towards the helipad. Almost immediately, the rotor RPM had decreased to 90% Nr and the low rotor RPM caution light and horn activated. The landing was hard, the left skid wedged under a helipad log and tilted backward. The main rotor blades struck the ground as the throttle was being rolled off and the helicopter came to rest on its right side. The occupants were not injured and evacuated unassisted.
CADORS 2016P0405
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Far West Helicopters, Safety
11-Feb-15 G-OAMI Bell 206B Booker, UK
Date is not confirmed but is between 4th February and 11th when it was transported from Booker (Wycombe Air Park) by road.
Substantially damaged in heavy landing with 5 on board. Industry sources indicate that the tail boom was badly damaged in the autorotation landing.
31-Jan-16 N215KA Bell 212 Nakusp, Canada
The pilot was attempting to land on a marked heliski landing site on a ski run called “Nicole”. This was the second landing of the day at this location; the helicopter was carrying 10 guests, 2 guides and the pilot. The first approach was abandoned due to skiers from a previous group waiting on the landing site. On the second approach, visibility was reduced in fog and blown-up snow. The pilot still had the site markers and skiers in sight when it became apparent that the helicopter could not come to a complete hover and touch down would result in a run-on landing. The helicopter touched down on the pilot’s right-hand side due to skiers near the left side of the site. With some forward momentum and sloping ground to the right, the helicopter’s right-side skid dug into the soft snow, resulting in the helicopter rolling over to the right side. The pilot pulled both fire T-handles and exited the aircraft while the guides were assisting guests out from the back seats. There were no injuries or fire.
CADORS 2016P0091
Tags: Accidents, Alpine Helicopters, B212, Bell, Canada, Civil, Heliski, Safety
20-Jan-16 C-GOFH Bell 206L-1 Twin Lakes Camp, Canada
The Custom Helicopters Bell 206L-1, C-GOFH, was hovering prior to touchdown at a remote camp in north eastern Manitoba when an unsecured canvas portion of a Quonset hut was blown into the rotor disc. The aircraft landed without further incident. The helicopter sustained damage to one rotor blade and will remain on location pending inspection and repair.
Ref 2016C0062
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Custom Helicopters, Safety
10-Dec-15 N408FC Bell 407 McFarland, US-California (4F)
EMS helicopter “went down in dense fog in an area known to have overhead powerlines”, killing all four on board – pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic and patient
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Rogers Helicopters, Safety, US-California
25-Oct-15 FAH-977 Bell 412EP Ocotepeque, Honduras
On second attempt to take off, helicopter gained height very slowly and caught some wires, causing it to crash. Three on board injured. Later report gave those on board as Victor Sosa (pilot), Ariel Murillo (copilot), Ariel Soriano (commander), and paratroopers; Oscar Matamoros (captain), Deivy Ayestas, Alfonso Mejia, Daniel Korea and Fabricio Flores.
Tags: Accidents, B412, Bell, Honduran Air Force, Honduras, Military, Safety
18-Oct-15 N73224 Bell 47G3B Searchlight, US-Nevada
70 year old pilot Richard Dick was reportedly rounding up cattle at low level in windy conditions, when a gust caused him to crash
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Safety, US Helicopter WA, US-Nevada
15-Oct-15 Bell Hc – Mong Kua, Thailand
Developed an engine problem and was forced to put down in a banana plantation. Helicopter damaged, extent unknown
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Law Enforcement, Military, Royal Thai Police, Safety, Thailand
06-Oct-15 XC-VER Bell 430 Emiliano Zapata, Mexico (2F)
Crashed and caught fire, killing both pilots – named as David Barrera and Fausto Calderón
Tags: Accidents, B430, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Mexico, Safety, State Govt of Veracruz
05-Oct-15 PNC-073 Bell UH-1H Puerto Gaitan, Colombia (6F)
Crashed and burned out after reported loss of hydraulics led to loss of tail rotor control and an emergency landing. Six fatalities named as Pilot Javier Arias F, copilot Germán David Beltrán; Col. Carlos Alberto Melendez, police commander for Meta region, along with colleagues Jeison Alejandro García and Luís Felipe Nieva Gómez, plus one other not named
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Colombia, Colombian National Police, Fatal, Law Enforcement, Military, Safety, UH-1
05-Oct-15 ZS-HDW Bell 206B Senwabarwana, South Africa (2F)
Helicopter was involved in installing an antenna, when it crashed and completely burnt out. Most reports say it hit a pole, but not clear if that was before or after it “experienced difficulties”.
Two fatalities and three serious injuries, including those on the ground hit by debris. The two fatalities were named as pilot David Boul and passenger Ronald Matsunga, and a third who reportedly jumped from the helicopter named as Phineas Sekwela
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Henley Air, Safety, South Africa
25-Sep-15 C-FTJU Bell 407 Goose Bay, Canada
Helicopter was landing at a gravel pit near a hunting camp. While manoeuvring to land to refuel the helicopter, the tail rotor struck a fuel drum. The rotor blade was destroyed, the tail rotor drive train was damaged and one main rotor blade was damaged by debris. The helicopter landed safely and the pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.
CADORS 2015A0947
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Canada, Civil, Safety, Universal Helicopters Newfoundland
14-Sep-15 Agusta-Bell 205 Sinazongwe, Zambia
Helicopter ended on its port side. 5 POB, three with minor injuries and the other two to hospital.
Note, accident date was 14th not 15th (as reported elsewhere) – reports did not emerge until 15th as this flight was reportedly a private flight for the Defence Minister and not officially sanctioned.
Tags: Accidents, B205, Bell, Military, Safety, Zambia, Zambian Air Force
13-Sep-15 Bell 407GX Hucao, China (4F)
helicopter went down in the Chinese city of Chongqing on Sunday, killing all four on board, including two cameramen Jiang Ya and Song Hao’en from Chongqing Broadcasting Group, a local satellite TV station.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, China, Civil, ENG, Fatal, Safety
09-Sep-15 YV-2349 Bell 206B Curiapo, Venezuela
Pilot encountered some sort of issue and reportedly landed away from a built-up area by crashing into the Orinoco River. That said, there apepars to have been more than that as the main blades and rotorhead are ripped off. The 2 POB named as Ceylan Orestes Requena Piña and Rafael José Aguirre Aguilera were safe with little/no injuries – the latter is described in some reports as an instructor, so this could have been a training flight
06-Sep-15 I-CFAC Agusta-Bell 412EP Montecristo, Italy
Helicopter crashed heavily onto a sloping rock face, seriously injuring the pilot. The other two POB only had minor injuries
Tags: Accidents, B412, Bell, Civil, Italian Forestry Dept, Italy, Safety
02-Sep-15 C-GYBK Bell 206B Sept Iles, Canada (2F)
Heilcopter with 5 POB went down on a wide rock adjacent to a river, with the tail boom detached. Two fatalities, three seriously injured
Blandine Pinette-Fontaine and Pierre-Michel Fontaine have been identified by the Quebec coroner as the two fatalities. The pilot was reported as Gabriel Turbide
CADORS 2015Q1696
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Fatal, Heli-North, Safety
18-Aug-15 N5743W Bell 206 Cresco, US-Iowa
According to the pilot, he departed with 25 gallons of fuel and 80 gallons of chemical to spray a bean field near Cresco. About 5 minutes into the application, the engine lost power and the pilot initiated an autorotation to a water way on the side of a hill. Upon touchdown on the uneven terrain, the main rotor blades contacted and severed the tailboom. The pilot shutdown and exited the helicopter.
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-Iowa
15-Aug-15 XC-VVE Bell 429 Balleza, Mexico
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 stated “injuries, but not life threatening”