FAA – Skid stuck in mud while hover training, bending the skid... Read more
Helicopter was attempting to land on a trailer/dolly. One skid got caught, causing helicopter to come to rest on its side. The two passengers got out OK. Fire Brigade said it took crews about 50 minutes to extricate the pilot... Read more
FAA report unexplained field landing... Read more
Aircraft crashed under into a field near Redwood road, after the pilot lost the tail rotor and started spinning.... Read more
Details not yet known. Pilot suffered fatal injuries and passenger (pilot’s daughter) received injuries which are reportedly not life threatening... Read more
Training flight leading to fatal injuries of both the student and the instructor, named here as Michal Beneš... Read more
Helicopter had started the day in Pisa, flying north and refuelling at Bolzano. On next leg to Salzburg it encountered some difficulties and one report suggests it was on fire before reaching the ground and burning out in a ravine. Sole occupant pilot fatally injured – reported as a 75 year old Austrian national... Read more
Test flight accident, coming down in residential area 600m short of runway 32 at Marinette Twin County Airport... Read more
Helicopter struck and cut powercables on take-off, crashing in the field below shortly after, minor injuries to the pilot. Helicopter rolled over and ended up on its rotorhead... Read more
Details to be confirmed, but reported “in a nose down attitude in the business park”... Read more
Heavy landing, and likely “unscheduled”. Main blades damaged and available photo shows some damage on starboard side. Skids not visible in long grass and nose of helicopter almost hit dry stone wall.... Read more
The helicopter was landing on an unprepared, deeply cultivated field. During the vertical landing, the left skid settled into the soft ground and the helicopter entered into a dynamic rollover. There was substantial damage to the helicopter. There were no injuries to the pilot or passenger. CADORS 2015C2439... Read more
Rolled over on landing... Read more
The privately owned Enstrom 280FX helicopter, was being flown from Bralorne to Langley. The pilot/owner ditched the aircraft in the Harrison River. The pilot was not injured but the aircraft was significantly damaged. CADORS 2015P0926... Read more
Minor damage after skid touched ground while hovering... Read more
Crashed into mudflats. Pilot out and OK.... Read more
Crashed adjacent to the threshold of runway 15 and burnt out. Mountain View Fire & Rescue issued a statement saying there were two fatalities. This short video interview suggests that part of the helicopter separated in mid air. Operator Mountain One Helicopters announced on their Facebook page that the victims were instructor Alex Viola and... Read more
Lost power in cruise at 600ft and force landed in field just NE of Platte Valley Airpark, causing minor injuries to 25-year old female pilot, who was not named in press reports. Photo... Read more
Crashed into cornfield while spraying.... Read more
Main blades hit hangar while manoevering close to the fuel pumps... Read more
Crashed into a heavily forested area on a night flight. Pilot killed, and the two other occupants seriously injured... Read more
Substantially damaged in landing accident... Read more
Pilot observed a significant reduction in engine noise and a different regime. The helicopter slowly loses the height. The pilot decided to land in the countryside. A 2 meters on the ground, the device drops abruptly. One of the main rotor blades struck the ground in front of the camera then severed the tail boom.... Read more
Crashed and burned out approx one mile from take-off point in a wooded area, killing 66-year-old pilot from Miedzychód and 64-year-old passenger from Gorzow Wielkopolski... Read more
Pilot/owner Caroll Palmer and his son Benjamin Palmer were on board when the helicopter went down shortly after take off... Read more
69-year old pilot Carl Enlow had stopped flying tours at a fair for a refuel and to allow a relief pilot to take over. Enlow went back to speak to the pilot who relieved him when his hat blew off his head and he was struck by the rotor when he reached for it.... Read more
Windshield broke. Emergency landing close to threshold of main runway at Memphis Airport... Read more
Crashed and burnt out. 2 Medevac’d to hospital... Read more
Force landing... Read more
Crashed in open field with boom separated from cabin/engine area. Helicopter had been hired by Iowa Department of Natural Resources for a geese count... Read more
Lost power on climb out, landed heavily and fall onto port side. Owner/pilot Steven Wybenga, age 51, suffered slight injuries... Read more
Engine failure on training flight. Emergency landing made with some damage to tail rotor. Pilot was instructor Robert Welch, 50 and student was aircraft owner Neil Overton, 41... Read more
Crashed on a training flight at Pondok Cabe airfield, injuring both occupants. “Pamulang police chief Comr. Nasir said that pilot Insp. M Ibnu and copilot First Brig. Togu were about three meters off the ground and about to land when the helicopter suddenly fell into a nosedive.”... Read more
Tail struck ground during hover... Read more
Lost control in the hover... Read more
Tail rotor struck ground taking off from sloping ground... Read more
Pilot had informed ATC of mechanical concerns but did not quite reach the airport, the helicopter being severely damaged when landing half a mile stort of Magic Valley Regional Airport (Joslin Field). Photos show the cabin completely separated from the tail boom.... Read more
Minor unspecified damage on landing... 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
Engine failure, autorotation... Read more
In a run-on landing , the helicopter veered after landing and the tail rotor struck the ground.... Read more
Three injured – pilot reported entered autorotation after engine failure. Pilot named as Ken Heidorn and passengers were Suzanne Tanner and her 15-year-old son... Read more
Landed hard and tail blades struck the ground... Read more
Extensively damaged by severe hailstorm when parked at a hotel. Hail stones the size of tennis balls!... Read more
Extensively damaged by severe hailstorm when parked at a hotel. Hail stones the size of tennis balls!... Read more
Extensively damaged by severe hailstorm when parked at a hotel. Hail stones the size of tennis balls!... Read more
Extensively damaged by severe hailstorm when parked at a hotel. Hail stones the size of tennis balls!... Read more
Helicopter was surveying power lines but was forced to make an emergency landing after reporting mechanical problems. F28 ended up on its side... Read more
Pilot was flying alone from South Florida to Nassau, Bahamas – the shortest distance for that route being 50 miles. Some 20 miles out over the sea, the aircraft experienced engine problems and put down safely in the water. The Enstrom was fitted with fixed floats... Read more
low fuel pressure warning light came on during climbout at 200′. Engine sputtered and the ensuing landing was heavy, with the tail boom separating from the cabin and the base of the cabin touching the ground.... Read more
5-Aug-09 C-GVQQ Enstrom F28C Mont-Laurier, Quebec, Canada... Read more
18-Jul-09 HI-421 Enstrom F28F 6.5 miles north of Pisco Airport, Peru... Read more
28-May-09 N878EE Enstrom F480 near Guaymate, La Romana province, Dominican Republic... Read more
25-May-09 N5699N Enstrom F280C Ogden, US-Utah... Read more
24-Apr-09 Enstrom F28 Chemainus, Canada... Read more
20-Apr-09 N409LH Enstrom F280FX Erie, US-Colorado... Read more
19-Mar-09 N280AD Enstrom F280FX Wendover, US-Utah... Read more
