30-Apr-11 VT-PHT Eurocopter AS350B3 Kyela, India (5F)
Crashed in mountainous region. One passenger was Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, India, Pawan Hans
Crashed in mountainous region. One passenger was Arunachal Pradesh’s Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, India, Pawan Hans
Helicopter shot at from the ground by an automatic weapon, and fuel tank reportedly struck. Emergency landing made at nearby Van Nuys airport without further incident
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Los Angeles Police Dept, US-California
Engine fire while taxying for take-off to offshore rig. Fire put out on the ground
Tags: Accidents, AS365, Bond Offshore Helicopters, Civil, Eurocopter, Offshore, Safety, UK
Following the tail strike on 10 April, the helicopter landed in a river and the airframe is partially submerged. The pilot and all 4 passengers exited safely and uninjured from the aircraft
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Ethiopia, Eurocopter, Everett Aviation
Search for overdue helicopter found wreckage two days later. EMS operation with three killed – pilot and patient survived.
Tags: Accidents, AS355, Brazil, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, JVC Taxi Aereo
Wreckage reported 6th April. Two bodies “may have been there a week” – thus date of accident unclear
EC155 came down in wooded area of a mountainous region. Foggy conditions reported. One fatality, two injured. The three were Jesus Light, Ahmet Deniz, and Hadji Ahmed Maples.
Helicopter damaged in hangar as a result of the local unrest in the country. Date is approximate, not confirmed. Helicopter returned to UK October 2012 showing damage to be superficial only.
Tags: Accidents, AS332, Bristow Helicopters, Civil, Eurocopter, Libya
After landing, port side hydraulics compartment cowling was discovered open, and had contacted the main blades in flight – but only taking paint off, not damaging them. One camlock was missing from the cowling
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC145, Eurocopter, Metro Aviation, US-Ohio
4 died when EC135 crashed into a lake – check links for many photos and other info.
Tags: Accidents, Austria, Austrian Police, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, Fatal
Training flight out of Alpnach. Loadmaster slightly injured, two pilots seriously injured.
Tags: Accidents, AS532, Eurocopter, Military, Swiss Air Force, Switzerland
While loading patient, an ED technician dressed in a blue plastic gown came sprinting around from the far side of the aircraft. The pilot was able to intercept this individual but not before he had come under the rotor disk and near the tail.
While loading patient at Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam, CT, an ED technician dressed in a blue plastic gown came sprinting around from the far side of the aircraft. The pilot was able to intercept this individual but not before he had come under the rotor disk and near the tail.
Tags: Accidents, Air Methods, Civil, EC145, Eurocopter, US-Connecticut
The pilot set down the helicopter in a field near the corner of Regal Row and Empress Row around 9:30 a.m. after smoke began to fill the cockpit. The problem turned out to be an air conditioning belt that overheated.
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, US-Texas
Passenger struck fatally on head by main rotor when disembarking on sloping site. Pilot listed as Pablo Blanco Venegas
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Chile, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, INAER Chile, Safety
Bird strike on approach to land at base
Tags: Accidents, Bo105, Civil, Eurocopter, Metro Aviation, US-Texas
Double engine failure infilght at 5000ft with German Chancellor Merkel on board. Pilot restarted engine approx 1000ft agl from the ground
Tags: Accidents, AS332, Eurocopter, German Air Force, Germany, Military
“They made a precautionary emergency landing due to an equipment malfunction, and they had a patient on board,” said Cpl. Kelly Matthews with the Wicomico Sheriff’s Office.
Tags: Accidents, BK117, Civil, Eurocopter, US-Maryland
Damaged beyond repair by tsunami
Damaged beyond repair by tsunami
Landed hard during precautionary landing
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Eurocopter, Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, US-Nevada
All the three crew members aboard a military helicopter survived when it crashed Thursday morning in the southern part of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad near Burma Bridge
Tags: Accidents, AS550, Eurocopter, Military, Pakistan, Pakistan Army
Authorities were alerted after the non-arrival of a helicopter due from a short flight in Cumbria. Local press reports give the owner/pilot’s name as Mark Weir.
Sudden white-out when flying at 150ft agl then rolled-over after hitting the ground. Believed to be weather-related and not mechanical. Visibility in the area was reduced to 1.6 km by blowing snow and the temperature was -24 C – -38 C with the windchill. Occupants got out OK but then post-crash fire destroyed the aircraft and all survival equipment. CADAORS ref 2011C0797
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Canada, Civil, Eurocopter, Great Slave Helicopters
pilot made a “precautionary†landing around 9:35 a.m after an engine warning light switched
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Los Angeles Police Dept, US-California
The pilot of the Air Operations Center (Nuopa) of the Traffic Department would identify a mechanical problem and made an impromptu landing on the ground. The trio ended up injured when the aircraft crashed into the ground.
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Brazil, Civil, Eurocopter
Warning light came on mid-air while transporting patient from Mudgee Hospital to Lithgow Hospital. Emergency crews were in attendance for its arrival, which passed off without incident. Helicopter checked over and returned to its base at Orange
Tags: Accidents, Australia, CHC Australia, Civil, EC145, Eurocopter
A Eurocopter Ec135 of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Airborne Response Team “D-HART” made a precautionary landing at the busy Boston Logan Airport today after the pilot reported difficulties with one engine.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, Metro Aviation, US-Massachusetts
Shortly after take off from the military base of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, a door of the aircraft opened. One occupant tried to secure it, but appears to have dragged out by suction, falling into the waters of a pond. A second crew member went to assist and was also sucked out. One later died in the hospital of Perpignan
Tags: Accidents, AS532, Eurocopter, Fatal, France, French Air Force, Military
Heavy landing during night training flight. Accident occurred around 2000 hours local. Skids collapsed. Tail boom failed at root, but did not separate from the cabin. Helicopter shipped back to manufacturer for checks (see here)
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Czech Police, Czech Republic, EC135, Eurocopter
L.A. County sheriff’s Capt. Mike Parker said the pilots were conducting a training exercise “simulating a hydraulic failure” when the Eurocopter AS350 went down.
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Los Angeles County Sheriff, US-California
Heliski operation. All six occupants airlifted to hospital in Sion.
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Heliswiss, Switzerland
Bird strike
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, Med-Trans, US-New Jersey
Australian pilot reported missing feared dead after helicopter crash in PNG.  It is understood the man is an experienced pilot who has been working in the mining industry for a number of years. Oil slick and floating debris reported. Update – Search for pilot Lloyd Lester has been abandoned
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, Pacific Helicopters, Papua New Guinea
Tail rotor strike
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, US-California
An ISAF helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan’s eastern district of Lateh Band, 30 miles east of Kabul. Two pilots were slightly injured
Tags: Accidents, Afghanistan, EC505, Eurocopter, Military
After dropping a group of skiers, helicopter was proceeding down, on the other side of the mountain ridge (due to local weather conditions) to the pick-up point. While en route, the helicopter encountered marginal VMC and attempted to descend through a break in the cloud. The helicopter contacted snow covered terrain and began rolling down the slope. The pilot was not injured. The helicopter received substantial damage. CADAORS ref 2011P0165
Tags: Accidents, AS350B2, Canada, Civil, Eurocopter, Slave Lake Helicopters
Emergency floats deployed and water landing after clipping aerial on take-off from superyacht “Octopus”. Subsequent tow in to port went wrong and helicopter turned over – video shows it being righted in the port prior to lifting out and onto a truck.
Tags: Accidents, Argentina, Civil, EC145, Eurocopter
Precautionary landing for a potential mechanical problem.
Tags: Accidents, BK117, Civil, Eurocopter, US-Maryland
Thge television station AS350B2 – known as “Globocop” – was hit by three rifle shots at about 7:30 am. The reporter Karina Borges, the system operator and the pilot Roberto Mello Kings Antonio Ramos was not injured. one of the bullets hit the floor, the second, the central region, and the third, the tail of the aircraft
Loss of control due spatial orientation in limited visibility and” whiteness “of the underlying surface, not being able to continue the flight under visual flight rules, which led to reduce the uncontrolled collision with a roll and a helicopter with ice-covered surface of the lake. 1 killed, 5 injured
Tags: Accidents, AS355, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal
F0rce landed in a field.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, STAT MedEvac, US-Pennsylvania
One of the Air Force Fennec helicopters struck Thursday two electrical wires near Klovborg. The helicopter’s wire cutter entured that it carried on flying, but the pilot landed immediately as a precaution, following standard procedures. No persons were injured.
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Denmark, Eurocopter, Military, Royal Danish Air Force
Accident while landing in windy conditions. Five occupants OK
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Brazil, Brazilian Army, Eurocopter, Military
Camera operator and the pilot suffered minor injuries. AS350 was operating for television station TVI. Location was a field adjacent to the A2 motorway
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Portugal
EMS helicopter went town killing all four on board – named as pilot Capt. Khaled Al-Dakhil and First Lt. Mandeel Al-Subaihi, both Saudis, Egyptian doctor Amjad Al-Iraqi and Filipino nurse Rosella. Official source has said that it “crashed south of Riyadh Friday burst into flames due to the force of the impact with the groundâ€.
Tags: Accidents, AS365, Eurocopter, Fatal, Military, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Military Services
A medevac helicopter en route to a Caroll County hospital made an emergency landing in Reisterstown Thursday night, Baltimore County police said.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, PHI Air Medical, US-Maryland
Running up on the ground after maintenance and helicopter ended up on its port side. No passengers on board
CHC AS332L2 landed safely at Aberdeen Airport after a full emergency was declared due to a warning light., which may have indicted gearbox temperature problems.
Two contractor workers were injured – one critically – when a helicopter winching cable struck an overhead powerline, sparking a fireball which engulfed the men.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Eurocopter, Heliservices, Hong Kong, SA315
Air Ambulance role, landed in city centre to pick up construction worker patient. Landed too close to a car park barrier, and downwash caused barrier to rise up into rotor disc.
Engine cowling opened and struck main rotor blades on approach to land
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC145, Eurocopter, Omniflight, US-Minnesota
Mid-air collision with Cessna 172 N2876L in which two people died. Helicopter landed safely. No patient on boad. Crew listed as pilot Paul Weve, co-pilot and nurse Joseph Root and flight nurse Carolyn Booke.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, PHI Air Medical, US-Virginia
Precautionary landing on Highway 12 due to weather. Patient on board.
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, US-Idaho
Substantially damaged
Tags: Accidents, Air Methods, Civil, EC145, Eurocopter, US-North Carolina
Helicopter was picking up water for a fire-fighting exercise ditched in a Hong Kong mountain-top reservoir
Tags: Accidents, AS332, Civil, Eurocopter, Government Flying Service, Hong Kong
Pilot listed as Vadim Vlasenko, and the three passengers were all fashion models – 19-year-old Catherine Vetchynkina , 19-year-old Yana Bondarenko and 22-year-old Zlata Mashyrova
A Puerto Rico National Guard helicopter crashed in the ocean after returning from a drug raid. Six fatalities included four from the Puerto Rico National Guard -0 Col. Victor Torres Rodriguez, Sgt. Jose Omar Sostre, Mario Torres Marin and Francisco Mujica de Leon. The Pilots were Hector Ramirez or Carlos Acevedo.
Tags: Accidents, EC145, Eurocopter, Fatal, Military, Puerto Rico, US National Guard
Reported as engine failure at 200ft on take-off and very heavily subsequent landing with skids failing and fuselage impacting the ground. Helicopter remained upright. 3 injured
Tags: Accidents, Air Methods, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, US-Missouri
Rolled over while taxiing.  Caught fire and injuring both the pilots (named in one report as S P S Brar and M S Brar)
Tags: Accidents, AS365, Civil, Eurocopter, India, Pawan Hans
Made emergency landing after striking flock of birds on climbout from Trenton Airport
Tags: Accidents, AS355, Civil, Eurocopter, US-New Jersey
The helicopter had been chartered by the General Council of Alpes-Maritimes. On board was the pilot, a geologist from the General Council and an employee of the company “Heaven Climber”, specializing in work in steep areas.
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, France, Heli Air Monaco
The Army Command stated on Friday that a Gazelle was forced to make an emergency landing in the Jbeil area near the Afqa cave after a technical malfunction.
Tags: Accidents, Eurocopter, Lebanese Air Force, Lebanon, Military, SA341
Bird strike. Returned to base
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Eurocopter, Heliservices, Hong Kong, SA315
Precautionary landing made in field. Appears to have flown on without further issue.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, Med-Trans, US-Ohio
News reporting helicopter made emergency landing at Whiteman Field, Pacoima. Tail boom hti ground and broke off in autorotation. Cabin landed upright on skids, 2POB OK (Pilot Derek Bell and cameraman Chris Haug)
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, US-California
Tail rotor struck a cactus. Pilot was sole occupant
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, US-Arizona
Two crewmembers, Captain Sabin Basnet and Engineer Purna Awale, have been killed in the crash.
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, Fishtail Air, Nepal
Canadian-born pilot Alex Remond Claude Deur, died in the crash at Taltal, near Route 5 North in the region of Antofagasta.
report that they have found debris scattered over 150 meters, which would indicate, according to the two crews, a significant impact with the ground. Reports of three bodies so far located in the impact zone.
Tags: Accidents, Antarctica, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal
The pilot lost control of the helicopter whilst manoeuvring at low speed to approach a hilltop landing site in quite strong wind conditions. The investigation determined that an error of judgement or perception led the pilot to attempt a downwind approach. A combination of human factors was thought to have contributed to the accident.
Tags: Accidents, AS355, Civil, Eurocopter, Police Service of Northern Ireland, UK
HeliHub.com understands this EC155 suffered a blade strike. We are aware that it was roaded from Blackbushe Airport to Eurocopter UK at Oxford on 25th October 2010, so for the time being we will assume this was the date. Please email any update to [email protected]
Out-of-control golf buggy struck tail rotor during start-up
Tags: Accidents, AS355, Civil, Eurocopter, MW Helicopters, UK
Emergency generator light turned on and the pilot reported the smell of electrical smoke in the cockpit,
Tags: Accidents, Air Methods, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, US-Florida
Heavy landing on training flight
Tags: Accidents, Eurocopter, France, French Army, Military, SA341
Pilot encountered bad weather, became disoriented and gradually descended to impact point with trees. Location was close to mountain biker track and sorme passing riders raised the alarm
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Australia, Civil, Eurocopter