Helicopter shot down by rebel forces, and burned out on the ground... Read more
Helicopter crashed after being shot down by rebels... Read more
emergency landing due to bad weather... Read more
“An ISAF helicopter has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, resulting in two ISAF fatalities. We are investigating,” a spokesman for NATO’s U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said. The two casualties were later named as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose L. Montenegro Jr., 31, of Houston, Texas, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Thalia S. Ramirez, 28, of... Read more
Accident caused the deaths of the captain of the aircraft, chief-inspector Tiago Casimiro, his assistant, João Adelino João Brandão, as well as the workers of the Provincial Electoral Commission, Lourenço Mussenoho and Maria Augusta João.... Read more
Two Mi-17 helicopters hit each other on take off on a training mission from an air base near the village of Sarmat in Jamnagar district of Gujarat state. 9 killed, assumed currently as 4 in one helicopter and 5 in the other. One helicopter caught fire and completely burned out, the other did not –... Read more
Two Mi-17 helicopters hit each other on take off on a training mission from an air base near the village of Sarmat in Jamnagar district of Gujarat state. 9 killed, assumed currently as 4 in one helicopter and 5 in the other. One helicopter caught fire and completely burned out, the other did not –... Read more
Two Australian special forces officers were killed when their helicopter crashed in Helmand Province. The pair were named in Australian press as Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald.  Initial reporting indicates there was no insurgent action in the area at the time of the incident which could be related to the crash.... Read more
Force landing in corn field. No apparent damage.... Read more
Attempting to land in the regional command-east section of Afghanistan when the “non-hostile incident” occurred.... Read more
Emergency landing after pilot had indication of system malfunction... Read more
Shot down by rebels... Read more
Helicopter crashed about 6 miles from the Iraqi border in northwestern Iran. Four killed – one Revolutionary Guard member and three crew members. Bell 214 as a type is not fully confirmed... Read more
Crashed during a training exercise at an airfield near the capital Astana and caught fire.... Read more
Damaged on the ground by “indirect fire round”... Read more
Emergency landing into water 1m deep while on search for light aircraft – one of whose occupants was Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo. Â Â The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) identified the five people on board the helicopter as Navy pilots Lt. Rowene Colita, Lt. Jg. Nelson Alquiza, co-pilot; AD3 (Aviation Machinest-3) Rodrigo Gernale, AD2 Leo Calmante... Read more
Helicopter crashed during a firefight with insurgents in a remote area of southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven Americans and four Afghans... Read more
Crashed from a low hover, moderate damage, no injuries... Read more
aircraft was forced to carry out an emergency landing near the Tel Nof airbase south of Tel Aviv... Read more
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation – all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter completely burnt out (photo), except the last part of the tail which revealed its serial AF-808. ... Read more
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation – all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter ended up almost completely inverted on its rotorhead in an area of long grass – photo... Read more
Three Mi-24 helicopters of a group of four ferrying from Uganda to Somalia impacted Mount Kenya in poor weather and in close formation – all three wrecks within 1km of each other approx 11,000ft above sea level. This helicopter ended up in a 45 degree left bank situation in a wooded area (photo). 7 on... Read more
AS532AL on a pre-delivery test flight out of Marignane crashed killing all six occupants. Some reports are suggesting it struck wires but that is not confirmed... Read more
UH=-60 of Turkey’s paramilitary police crashed in Kurdish border region killing 4. A further 8 survived (other reports differ on number of survivors). One reported said it lost power while landing... Read more
2 survived, 12 killed in crash. Helicopter was en route home with three members of the crew and 2 trainers, 1 staff and 8 Officer Cadets, Officer Cadet School after a jungle training camp. The Defence Ministry later stated “The main cause of the aircraft crash was due to human error. The aircraft was involved... Read more
Aircraft damaged after hitting powerlines on a training flight out of Odiham... Read more
Helicopter crashed killing 2 of the 5 POB – later named as Senior Chief Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Sean P. Sullivan, 40, of St. Louis, MO, and Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Joseph P. Fitzmorris, 31, of West Monroe, LA. Â The helicopter was assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasure Squadron 15, based in Norfolk, Va and... Read more
Details unknown, but an MH-53E of US military crashed while recovering the fuselage of this NH90. Date may be in the few days prior to 19-Aug-12, the date the MH-53 crashed – check YouTube video link below. Reported in some places as ROAF code “629” but not confirmed... Read more
Military spokesman Col. Sawarmy Khalid Saad said that a technical failure caused the crash. Seven officers were killed and two others were injured. [Helicopter type assumed, not confirmed]... Read more
Reported as a test flight, but with 8 POB? Fatalities named as Major Amir Azam, Havildar Abdual Waheed, Havildar Zeeshan Haider, Naik Muhammad Imran, Sepoy Kaleem Ullah and Sepoy Noor Mustafa... Read more
Emergency landing made in rice paddy field after indication of onboard fire during training flight. helicopter completely burned out on the ground after all occupants had swiftly embarked after the emergency landing... Read more
Three injured in UH-1 crash. Helicopter ended up upside-down on its rotorhead with skids ripped off (photo). One report says “wire strike”... Read more
Fumes in the cockpit – led to fleet grounding (for second time)... Read more
Extensively damaged after hitting mountain. Took authorities four days to find wreckage. No word of, or from, crew – thus presumed fatal. Aircraft took off 22nd June just before midnight and last known contact was at 00.10am with ATC at Uruapan, Michoacan... Read more
Helicopter damaged, although extent of damage not stated. One occupant injured.... Read more
Forced landing, and caught fire. No fatalities... Read more
EMS helicopter down – reported wire strike – 3 POBÂ – no patient on board.... Read more
Post maintenance test flight crash, major post-crash fire. 1 fatality named as Edgar Rojas Calderón. Four survivors named as as Javier Salguero Moreno; José Espinosa Cortés; Jesús Carreño Manrique; and Jhon Agudelo Castaño... Read more
Crashed on training mission out of Hurlburt Field’s Eglin Range, injuring all five occupants... Read more
Two International Security Assistance Force service members died following a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan, military officials reported. The pair were later named as Capt. Scott P. Pace, 33, of Brawley, California and Lt. Mathew G. Fazzari, 25, of Walla Walla, Washington. This report states they took fire from insurgents... Read more
Emergency field landing due to loose/missing tail rotor blade tape. Stayed overnight and cleared for flight next day... Read more
Precautionary landing on flight out of the Army Support Facility in Windsor Locks, CT. Pilot had noticed unusual engine noise and seen smoke... Read more
Emergency landing after engine failure. 14 POB... Read more
Emergency landing made shortly after take-off... Read more
NATO officials said two coalition members were killed in a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan Monday. Initial reports said there was no enemy activity in the area. Two named as Capt. John R. Brainard, 26, of Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; and Chief Warrant Officer 5 John C. Pratt, 51, of Springfield, Va., were assigned to the 12th... Read more
An ISAF helicopter crashed during routine operations in eastern Afghanistan today, no fatalities reported. NOTE – there was a second accident in the same region on the same day which was fatal – see here... Read more
Pilot experienced some difficulties and elected to put the helicopter down in a mangrove swamp on approach to Tumaco airport. All four (one report says five) occupants safely recovered... Read more
Helicopter crashed into a river on a training flight. Student pilot Captain Shmer and instructor Major Zahid Bari missing, presumed dead due to the fast flow rate of the river. Update – student’s body recovered some days later. Helicopter type confirmed from 26s in to this video... Read more
Crashed, killing pilot Major Chandrashekhar Singh, shortly after dropping off supplies at a helipad in the Himalayas at an altitude of 19,685ft... Read more
Crashed on take off from an altitude of approx 10m on a training flight. 4 of 5 occupants killed – at least some from the Bolivian military, being trained in Venezuela. One fatality named as Col. Oscar Martinez Mora. Photo here shows the tail boom having been cut by the main rotors... Read more
Minor damage in accident while helicopter was involved in operations to do with a ratio antenna in support of a sports challenge on the island called “Transportation Achilles”. The three crew members were unharmed – Fernando Saver Oyarzún, Claudio Navarrete Flores and Rodrigo Vargas Soto. One source quotes the helicopter serial number as “38” but... Read more
Fumes in the cockpit – led to fleet grounding.... Read more
Missile training device accidentally dropped from Apache helicopter out of Fort Hood.... Read more
After experiencing some blade damage in flight, an emergency landing was made. The impact killed pilot Rodolfo León Gavilán. The other 18 on board survived. The police had been engaged on an anti-drug trafficking mission.... Read more
Royal Netherlands Air Force pilot heard a strange noise shortly after takeoff from the base of Florennes and elected to put the helicopter down in a field. No damage... Read more
The helicopter was on a transport mission from Barranquilla to Caucasia when the accident occurred, killing all 13 on board – 7 from the Colombian Air Force and 6 from the Colombian National Police. Pilot was named as Major Abel Jorge Garcia Cardona, while Lieutenant Hector Vega Alejandro Cuevas was serving as copilot.... Read more
There were no injuries among the crewmen aboard and the helicopter suffered no damage as a result of the precautionary landing. 8 POB. C ode 540 from the press photo (link 2) leads us to believe this was Bu164771... Read more
Precautionary landing due to an engine fault... Read more
Crash landed on a road during a training flight. 3 POB to hospital but not seriously injured.... Read more
A Black Hawk helicopter crashed Thursday in southern Afghanistan, killing all four POB. Weather was apparently a factor. Fatalities named as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nicholas Johnson, 27, San Diego; Spc. Dean Shaffer, 23, Pekin, Ill.; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Don Viray, 25, Waipahu, Hawaii; and Spc. Chris Workman, 33, Boise, Idaho.... Read more
Crashed into the water after main blades struck the side of destroyer Matsuyuki. 6 rescued, 1 fatal – named as 37-year-old captain, Lt. Cmdr. Masahiko Miyanaga.... Read more
Peruvian National Police helicopter crashed killing co-pilot Nancy Flores after being shot at by rebels while searching for 43 kidnapped energy company workers. Two others – gunner Luis Guerrero and a civilian acting as a guide, Elver Huaman, were wounded.... Read more
Emergency landing after a technical problem, reportedly in the fuel system. Helicopter was carrying Ukraine Defense Minister Dmytro Salamatin and several officials... Read more
An ISAF helicopter made a hard landing in eastern Afghanistan. ISAF is still in the process of assessing the circumstances to determine more facts; however, initial reporting indicates that there was no enemy activity in the area. All crew members have recovered with no reported fatalities and the site of the incident is secure.... Read more
Crashed on take-off from Murzuq airport, landing on a rail track. Possibly due to overloading – reported as 25 POB with two injured to hospital. On board were members of the reconciliation and civil peace team including Third Deputy Prime Minister Haramain Mohammed al-Haramain, Minister of Local Government Mohammad Hashemi Harari, one of the chiefs of military... Read more
Two killed and two seriously injured in Osprey accident in southern Morocco during exercise “African Lion”. V-22 assigned to VMM-261 out of MCAS New River. The fatalities were later named as Cpl. Robby A. Reyes and Cpl. Derek A. Kerns... Read more
Emergency landing after crew began to smell smoke in the cockpit and reported that the engine was acting unusual. MH-65C assumed on the basis that the CGAS San Francisco website states they currently operate four of these (and no other types)... Read more
Precautionary field landing on test flight out of Amarillo... Read more
Royal Air Force Chinook suffered unspecificed “mishap” during training exercise. It is known that Chinooks ZA671, ZA711 and ZA712 (and maybe a fourth?) are all currently based in Yuma on training work, so subject aircraft will be one of these.... Read more
MQ-8B operating in northern Afghanistan crashed while conducting a routine surveillance mission in support of Regional Command North.... Read more
Helicopter carrying Interior Minister Rehman Malik and others had developed a technical fault and it had to make an emergency landing in Dera Allahyar.... Read more
Helicopter crashed while landing at the Civil Colony in Ghallanai. Major General Nadir Zeb, Brigadier Aftab Ahmed, Brigadier Saeed Khan, Colonel Fazl-e Rabbi and Major Abbas of the paramilitary Frontier Corps all sustained injuries. Taliban disputed report and said they shot it down.... Read more
Emergency landing while firefighting, possibly due to broken hydraulic lines... Read more
MQ-8B Fire Scout operating off USS Simpson (FFG-56) was ditched at sea upon returning from a maritime surveillance mission in support of Africa Partnership Station. The air vehicle was unable to achieve UAS Common Automated Recovery System (UCARS) lock on, a requirement for landing aboard a ship at sea. After multiple approaches and exhaustive troubleshooting... Read more
Crashed during anti-drug operations... Read more
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