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 assistant, was seriously injured.”
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
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, MCC Aviation, Safety, Tanzania
Tail broken off while parked after Guimbal G2 Cabri HB-ZVN landed too close
Tags: Accidents, B505, Bell, Civil, Heli-Alps, Safety, Switzerland
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
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Safety, US-North Carolina
Emergency landing on beach as the tide was coming in. Skids sank into the soft sand.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Police, Safety
Aircraft sustained heavy autorotation landing.
Heavy autorotation landing. Sole occupant pilot not injured
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.,
Tags: Accidents, B212, Bell, Colombian Navy, Columbia, Military, Safety
Helicopter ditched in three feet of water in poor visibility. Fuselage cracked by impact. Sole occupant pilot got out and appeared OK
Autorotation into a green swamp wilderness due to engine issues. Tail boom separated and blades struck trees
FAA – AIRCRAFT DURING PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED TO RUDDER AND A MISSING BOLT TO TAIL BOOM, WILLITS, CA.
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Civil, Safety, Salmon River Helicopters, UH-1, US-California
Bird strike which broke the windshield on the pilot’s side and ended up in the cabin
Tags: Accidents, Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Mississippi
Tail rotor hit trees during logging operations, causing helicopter to crash
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Northwest Helicopters, Safety, US-Washington
Main rotor struck tail boom during autorotation training. Instructor and student not injured
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Chaparral Air, Civil, Safety, US-Texas
Precautionary field landing while on powerline imaging work
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
Helicopter was applying herbicide to a wheat field with only the pilot on board. After clearing a row of trees, the helicopter began a slight descent. While rounding out to continue the application pass, the spray boom made contact with the crop and the pilot lost directional control of the helicopter. The helicopter veered to the right and then collided with the terrain. The operator’s ground loader responded to the accident site and brought the pilot to hospital for assessment. The pilot sustained minor injuries and the helicopter was destroyed by a post impact fire.
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Canada, Civil, Clayton Air Service, Safety
Tail rotor double delamination discovered during post flight inspection
Tags: Accidents, B205, Bell, Civil, Firefighting, Heliqwest Aviation, Safety, US-California
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.
Crashed during firefighting operations. Pilot received fatal injuries – named here as Michael Fournier
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Firefighting, Guardian Helicopters, Safety, UH-1
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
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
Precautionary landing in a parking lot
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-New Hampshire
Aircraft struck powerlines during aerial application
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Helicopter Services of Illinois, Safety, US-Illinois
Struck powerlines shortly after takeoff, with brown-out a contributing factor.
Minor injuries reported to 6 and serious injuries to 2.
Tags: Accidents, B429, Bell, Civil, Law Enforcement, Philippine National Police, Philippines, Safety
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
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.
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
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
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
Bird strike
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Civil, Collier County, Law Enforcement, OH-58, Safety
Rotor blades struck tail boom during run-on landing
Two on board not seriously injured and named as Tony Monge and Cristián Goncalves
Tags: Accidents, Aerodiva, Bell, Civil, Costa Rica, Safety, UH-1
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
Damaged by debris during hangar collapse caused by Cyclone Idai
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
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
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
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
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
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
Force landing during aerial application work.
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Provine Helicopter Service, Safety, US-Mississippi
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
Bird strike en route to offshore rig
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Offshore, RLC, Safety, US-Gulf of Mexico
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
All six occupants died when the helicopter crashed en route to a Chevron oil platform off the Angolan coast. The helicopter left Malongo port in Angola’s Cabinda province on Monday at 1523 local time to make the short journey to the Tombua-Landana offshore oil platform but never arrived.
Tags: Accidents, Angola, B430, Bell, Civil, Fatal, HM Airways, Safety
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
