30-Jan-21 N660TN Robinson R66 Arline, US-Tennessee
Crashed 5 minutes after taking off from McGhee Tyson Airport
Crashed 5 minutes after taking off from McGhee Tyson Airport
Badly damaged in dynamic rollover on a training flight. Pilot named here as Kharudin Dahlan, 72, and his co-pilot was, Moithu Kutti Mohamad, 52
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Malaysia, MY Heli Club, R66, Robinson, Safety
Helicopter had taken off from the Isewan Helipad in Tsu City. Circumstances of accident unclear but it is noted that high winds were recorded around that time and a local weather observatory had issued a gale advisory. Pilot named here as Kotaro Demura, 46, was taken to a hospital but died later the same day
Accident location was in a mountain forest
A helicopter crashed in a backyard of a home in Silver Spring Township, US-Pennsylvania. The two occupants on-board died, no injuries on the ground reported.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R66, Robinson, Safety, US-Pennsylvania
Close to company base, helicopter landed upright, but with main blades slicing the tail boom off close to the tail rotor
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Colorado Vertical, R66, Robinson, Safety, Tours, US-Colorado
Struck tail on landing and slid into a snow bank
Tags: Accidents, Civil, R66, Robinson, Safety, US-New Hampshire
While conducting aerial agricultural operations, the helicopter struck a wire and subsequently collided with terrain. The helicopter was substantially damaged and the pilot received minor injuries.
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, Australia, Civil, R66, Robinson, Safety
Details not yet known, but helicopter crashed killing all four POB including pilot A.I. Goncharenko, businessman Samvel Elugyan plus his 22-year-old daughter Alina Elugyan and 13-year-old son Eugene Elugyan. Post crash fire
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R66, Robinson, Russia, Safety
En route from Lehighton PA to Endecott NY with five aboard was en route when it disappeared from radar during conditions of severe thunderstorms and heavy fog. The last communication to ATC was a report around 10 pm Saturday that he was “losing altitude and would try to return to a nearby airfield.”. Wreckage was located at 1:50 p.m. next day in a heavily wooded area. There was no fire, and no witness.
The Wyoming County Coroner’s Office identified the victims as: Bernard Michael Kelly, 58, of Ellicott City, Md.; his daughter, Leanna Mee Kelly, 27, of Savage, Md.; David Ernest Jenny Jr., 31, of Towson, Md (Pilot).; Carl Robert Woodland, 29, of Lovettsville, Va.; and his son, Noah Robert McKain Woodland, 3, of Leesburg, Va.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, Hampton Roads Charter Service, R66, Robinson, Safety, US-Pennsylvania
Crashed on a ridge above the Oamaru Valley, east of Turangi, after dropping off a hunting party. The body of pilot Mark Didsbury was found 50m away from the helicopter
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, Helisika, New Zealand, R66, Robinson, Safety
Haakon County Sheriff Mel Smith told local radio station that the helicopter crashed in a pasture a mile south of Philip. Sole occupant 64-year-old pilot James Hladky was pronounced dead at the scene.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R66, Robinson, US-South Dakota
Crashed shortly after take-off. One report suggests tail rotor struck a tree, but nephew of pilot says it lost the tail at 400ft. Fatalities named as Ricardo Cabrera (pilot/trainer) and Juan Pablo Gaviria (owner/student)