04-Feb-21 N820H Bell 206B Pahokee, US-Florida
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
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27-Jan-21 CC-ATY Bell 212 Olivar, Chile
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
Tags: Accidents, B212, Bell, Calquin Helicopters, Chile, Civil, Firefighting, Safety
21-Jan-21 ZT-RRT Bell 430 Bergville, South Africa (5F)
Crashed and caught fire, killing all five POB.
The deceased were named here as Dr Kgopotso Rudolph Mononyane, an anaesthetist, Dr Curnick Siyabonga (Sia) Mahlangu a cardiothoracic surgeon and Mpho Xaba, a specialist theatre nurse for cardiothoracic and transplant, all from Netcare Milpark Hospital; Sinjin Joshua Farrance, an advanced life support paramedic at Netcare 911, and pilot Mark Stoxreiter from National Airways Corporation
Photo from this report
Tags: Accidents, B430, Bell, Civil, EMS, Fatal, National Airways, Safety, South Africa
19-Jan-21 ZS-HUC Bell 206B Ceres, South Africa
Helicopter involved in low level agricultural work. Struck wires and crashed to the ground. Pilot suffered fatal injuries
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, South Africa
16-Jan-21 517 Bell UH-1H Busdi, Philippines (7F)
Two UH-1s flying together and the pilot of the second aircraft remarked that he could see smoke from the engine of the first aircraft. The pilot of the first aircraft advised that they were turning back, but as it maneuvered, it nosedived, according to reports. The pilot reportedly made sure they would not crash land on a group of houses and hence ended up in the rice field, but the impact was fatal for all six on board. Pilot named in the report as Lt. Col. Arnie Arroyo
Some reports say 6 fatalities and we will update this post as required
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Fatal, Military, Philippine Air Force, Philippines, Safety, UH-1
01-Jan-21 N74823 Bell 47D1 Marana, US-Arizona
Low level manouevre to avoid another aircraft caused helicopter to crash
30-Nov-20 PR-HEB Bell 206L4 Porto Jofre, Brazil (1F)
Firefighting operation – single occupant pilot died when helicopter went down in a water course, while taking on water for the firefighting process. Pilot named in government press release as Mauro Tadeu da Silva Oliveira
Tags: Accidents, B206L, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Firefighting, Helisul, Safety
24-Nov-20 YN-CIQ Continental Copters Tomcat Chinandega, Nicaragua (1F)
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.”
16-Nov-20 ZS-MCC Bell 407 (Location tba), Tanzania
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
11-Nov-20 HB-ZYN Bell 505 Sion, Switzerland
Tail broken off while parked after Guimbal G2 Cabri HB-ZVN landed too close
Tags: Accidents, B505, Bell, Civil, Heli-Alps, Safety, Switzerland
08-Nov-20 N123NC Bell 206A Raleigh, US-North Carolina
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
08-Nov-20 N139PD Bell 407 Piñones, Puerto Rico
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
05-Nov-20 N505AJ Bell 505 Chino, US-California
Aircraft sustained heavy autorotation landing.
04-Nov-20 N3191 Bell 407 Little Rock, US-Arkansas
Heavy autorotation landing. Sole occupant pilot not injured
04-Nov-20 ARC223 Bell UH-1N Guaymaral, Columbia
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
21-Oct-20 N716VL Bell 206B Jones Inlet, US-New York
Helicopter ditched in three feet of water in poor visibility. Fuselage cracked by impact. Sole occupant pilot got out and appeared OK
16-Oct-20 N777CP Bell 206 Lakeland, US-Florida
Autorotation into a green swamp wilderness due to engine issues. Tail boom separated and blades struck trees
09-Oct-20 N3181F Bell UH-1F Willets, US-California
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
04-Oct-20 N24AE Bell 206 Jackson, US-Mississippi
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
29-Sep-20 N91TA Bell 206B Packwood, US-Washington
Tail rotor hit trees during logging operations, causing helicopter to crash
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Northwest Helicopters, Safety, US-Washington
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
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 C-GRCT Bell 206B Porcupine Plain, Canada
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
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
29-Jun-20 JA9383 Fuji-Bell 204B Fukusaki-cho, Japan
The aircraft took off from the Nara Prefecture Heliport at 8:49 on June 29, and was damaged on landing at a landing site in Fukusaki-cho, Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo Prefecture at 9:30.
Tags: Accidents, B204, Bell, Civil, Japan, Naka Nihon Helicopter, Safety
05-Mar-20 RP-3086 Bell 429 San Pedro, Philippines
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
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