Alpine rescue expert and two others were being lowered on a winch to rescue a trapped climber. Due to poor visibility, the pilot released the winch at too high an altitude – about 10m AGL. Franz Franzeskon died instantly in the fall while the two others suffered multiple injuries. No technical issues reported with the... Read more
Annual check ride with NVGs in EMS helicopter. After a satisfactory slope landing, the PIC repositioned the helicopter to a flat area and performed a hovering autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. After the flight, during a post-flight examination, substantial damage was discovered to the tail boom and the aft portion of the fuselage... Read more
Written off after hitting high-tension cables climbing out from a precautionary off-field landing due to an ill passenger. Three injured to hospital.... Read more
Agricultural accidents. Starboard skid reportedly hit crop, Pilot got out on his own. Tail boom severed from fuselage. Pilot later named in press as 59-year-old Thomas Green of Gettysburg... Read more
Crashed shortly after take off, killing all five Ukraine nationals on board. Helicopter was one of two being ferried from Ukraine to Turkey for firefighting operations there.... Read more
Substantially damaged in heavy landing. Both occupants to hospital. Weather report as winds gusting to 30 knots at the time of the accident... Read more
Emergency landing after running out of fuel. No damage.... Read more
Agricultural ops, crashed in field... Read more
Struck tail rotor on landing... Read more
Tail rotor struck ground handling platform during landing... Read more
Police reported “A man believed to be in his 50’s has died when the single seat experimental helicopter he was operating crashed on a property north of Eromanga”. Helicopter type may be a Masquito. Another report noted he was mustering at the time.... Read more
Landed and fell onto its side during a training flight. 2 of the 6POB injured.... Read more
Tail rotor separated while landing on glacier... Read more
Emergency return to airfield after loss of right pedal control. Reported as a tail rotor pitch change link bearing failure... Read more
U.S. Coast Guard responded to a downed helicopter about 82 nautical miles off Vermilion Bay in the vicinity of Vermilion Block 336. The Sikorsky S-76 was floating upside down, and the life raft had been deployed. All 7 POB accounted for... Read more
Minor unspecified damage on landing... Read more
Emergency landing after door (possibly of cargo compartment, reports differ) opened on take 0ff.  Passengers included Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and home minister Uma Shankar Gupta... Read more
Four injured when helicopter crashed into two houses – Juan Carlos Menendez, 40, Andres Turcios, 32, and Octavio Gordillo, 52 and one identified only as Michael. Aircraft made at least four circuits above Antigua before it went down, the fire department spokesman said – reportedly on aerial filming work... Read more
R22 piloted by state Rep. Bill Wadsworth crashed in a wood, injuring passenger Irene Van – who is quoted as saying “We were coming over the trees and all of a sudden we went into a crazy spin”... Read more
Substantially damaged landing on gravel road around 3am local time after experiencing engine trouble on positioning flight after refuelling. Sole occupant pilot not injured.... Read more
Minor damage during external load operations... Read more
During jammed pedal recovery practice, the helicopter collided with the ground and rolled over. One crew member sustained minor injuries and the helicopter was substantially damaged.... Read more
Substantially damaged due to ground resonance... Read more
Helicopter on training flight made emergency landing on roof of apartment block, ending up on its side. The two occupants of the helicopter were unhurt. A HAL press release named them as Air Commodore (Retd) Roj Assey alongwith trainee Capt Digvijay Singh... Read more
Emergency landing while en route to an accident scene – smoke in the cockpit. Registration assumed as this is the only helicopter operated by Martin County on this work and our report stated “Martin County LifeStar”... Read more
Extensively damaged in force landing on roof of house. On board were Mayor Óscar Aronez Canova, Captain José Iván Tarrillo DÃaz and officer Lucio Quispe Santillana, all of the Peruvian National Police... Read more
Rotor blade struck light on landing... Read more
Emergency landing at Barksdale AFB after suspected bird strike. Registration assumed as news received by HeliHub showed operator name as “Pafford EMS helicopter” and this LongRanger flies as “Pafford Air One“... Read more
Tipped over on landing... Read more
Four Chinese employees from state oil firm CNPC and two French crew members were killed in a helicopter crash in Niger’s Tenere desert. Helicopter went missing 6th April and was not found until 9th April... Read more
Hit cable car wires during low level photographic work. Both pilot Jean-Yves Dantinne and photographer Lawrence Matagne lost their lives... Read more
Emergency landing in fog, killing sole occupant pilot Valeri Maiorov... Read more
Ingested plastic carrier bag on final approach to land on road to pick up accident victim. Aircraft went U/S and patient continued by road. Mechanic called to clear aircraft for flight.... Read more
Crashed on frozen lake, injuring all four occupants – including the CEO of Bank St Petersburg Alexander Saveliev and his companion Olga Lazareva. Pilot elected to make emergency landing on encountering a sudden blizzard but the landing was too hard and the helicopter broke up on impact. see also statement on Bank St Petersburg website... Read more
Precautionary field landing, reasons not stated. no damage apparent from press photo... Read more
Maoist rebels shot at helicopter (which was on an EMS flight evacuating two injuried people). Bullet holes confirmed on landing... Read more
Unspecified crash, pilot airlifted to hospital. Registration/type assumed as pilot was quoted in the press report as “Duane Jake Kraft” and N104MH is owned by Duane J Kraft at a local address... Read more
Bird strike on take off while pilot was using NVG. Damage to windscreen and vertical fin... Read more
Heavy landing on final approach, causing skids to flatten and some rotor blade damage. Minor injury to pilot, passenger refused medical help. Aircraft was returning to base after transmission line survey for American Electric Power.... Read more
Tail rotor struck ground during hover taxi... Read more
Pilot Raffaele Morelli di Quarto was not seriously injured in the crash of this R44 from low level, although photos of the R44 show extensive damage... Read more
Cockpit indication led pilot to make emergency landing at night. Aircraft later checked out and cleared to fly... Read more
Sightseeing tour with four British tourists crashed on the side of a mountain near Highways 1 and 40 east of Canmore. Pilot Matthew Goodine died prior to arrival at hospital, with other passengers sustaining minor injuries CADAORS 2012C1381... Read more
Extensively damaged (photo). Pilot Dee Haddock landed at a gas station when he noticed some mechanical issues. He took off again to go to the Mccormick County Airport nearby, but never made it, crashing in a field near Mine Street and Highway 28 after flying approx half a mile... Read more
Autorotated into field during external load operations... Read more
Bird strike on take off, precautionary landing made on taxiway... Read more
Got out of control during an anti-hijacking training session. Two army personnel injured... Read more
While en route to a medical emergency at Steele, LifeSaver 1 from Birmingham was struck by a goose and landed in the parking lot at Margaret Elementary School. ** NOTE ** Registration is assumed from operator website. Â The FAA repors code “LSV1” which refers to “LifeSaver 1” and recent photos on the LifeSaver 1 facebook... Read more
Pilot smelt burning and made emergency field landing close to road intersection. Helicopter burned out on the ground. Although fitted with spray bars, operator Custom Air said no chemical was on board. Custom Air have three OH-58s registered to them – N128NS (70-15128), N354NS (71-20354), N452MC (69-16110)... Read more
Shortly after take off with five passengers on a pleasure flight at the Frühlingsfest event, the helicopter descended suddenly and suffered a heavy run-on landing which caused the skids to completely deform -then sliding onwards through two security fences before coming to rest in a 40 degree nose down angle on the bank of a... Read more
Precautionary landing... Read more
Helicopter ditched in lake adjacent to de Koperen Hoogte hotel. Three occupants – two adults and a child aged 5 – swam to safety. Press repots include a series of photos prior/during/after impact, but unclear what caused the helicopter to get into the flying state causing the ditching.... Read more
R22 crashed from a low level sharp turn shortly close in a ploughed field approx 200m from the pilot’s house, killing both occupants. The sequence was watched by the pilot’s son from the house, who immediately called the emergency services. The two were later named as pilot Marcello Bartalucci age 62 and Giampaulo Marri, age... Read more
Date is estimate – helicopter was seen being loaded onto a road trailer 26-Mar-12 at Bournemouth Airport being taken for repair. Operator name and registration had been covered over with black bin liners. Training accident, further details awaited – but noting that the helicopter does not look badly damaged from a photo we have seen.... Read more
Pilot flared on final approach to hotel landing site but helicopter did not slow down as quickly as he expected so he increased the flare attitude, causing the tail to strike the ground. The helicopter started to yaw to the right, pilot lowered the collective, resulting in a heavy landing. The pilot and his passengers... Read more
Tail rotor suffered minor damage after it stuck the ground while attempting to take off... Read more
Window blew out in flight, apparently causing door to open. Safe precautionary landing made in local park, not long after take off from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on EMS flight... Read more
Emergency landing in wooded area. Helicopter ended up on its skids with its nose against a wall, narrowly missing a convenience store. Pilot and copilot both both injured... Read more
Helicopter struck wires and crashed into the icy waters of the River Volga, killing the pilot. The helicopter was inverted and half under the ice with the pilot (named as Igor Sevbo) trapped inside. Helicopter lifted out by Mil Mi-8 airlift... Read more
Two people hijacked the helicopter, forced the pilot to fly to a prison at gunpoint, and then hovered as a rope ladder was dropped town for prisoner Alexei Shestakov to escape. Prison guards shot at the helicopter in an attempt to force it to land. The aircraft was later found abandoned on the edge of... Read more
Helicopter landing on snow ended up on its starboard side. 2 of 6 POB had minor injuries... Read more
Helicopter crashed with significant vertical descent rate. see photo here and here.... Read more
42-year-old Shri Rama Krishnan, was flying the Squirrel with two passengers on board on a routine food supply trip when the helicopter went missing, after turning back on encountering bad weather. The helicopter was on charter to the Indonesian arm of US mining company Freeport-McMoRan.... Read more
Helicopter on agricultural operations crashed in a banana field. Pilot got out OK and then helicopter caught fire and burnt out.... Read more
Engine trouble on approach. Pilot was only occupant, and was not injured. After the landing, the helicopter was on its side in about a marshy area near the side of a lake (see photos in third link below)... Read more
While on “routine aerial patrol” the helicopter crashed into a residential area. Reports vary as to number of fatalities, but general consensus is 7 in the helicopter and 5 on the ground. Nigerian Police press release names four in the helicopter – DIG Haruna John the DIG In-charge of Operations, ACP Garba Yalwa – Pilot,... Read more
Crashed while taking part in oil exploration/ seismic operations on behalf of the Perenco Oil... Read more
conducting low-level wildlife management work when the helicopter was damaged and collided with the ground. The pilot and two crew members received minor injuries and were airlifted to safety by another MNR helicopter. CADAORS ref 2012O0625... Read more
NTSB report states that after an engine surge, the pilot performed an autorotation onto the trees below. The helicopter landed on top of a tree, which lower the helicopter gently as it bent over toward the creek below. As the helicopter reached the water, it rolled on to its side. Fuel from the fuel tanks... Read more
Struck powerlines during agricultural operations, crashed and burnt out killing the pilot – Luke Chassery... Read more
Rolled over on offshore platform... Read more
“flipped over”... Read more
Bottle thrown at rotor blades of helicopter, incurring damage. Man arrested... Read more
Agricultural operations – helicopter hit powerlines... Read more
“impacted the side of a hill”... Read more
