Two Robinson R22s engaged in herding operation. Rotor blade of N7189D hit skid of N74512. Both occupants of N7189D fatally injured
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R22, Robinson, Safety, South Texas Helicopters, US-Texas
Date was recorded as 04-Jun-17 when helicopter wreckage was found, but as reports state the pilot’s family were looking “in the middle of the night” for him, and he was last seen on 03-Jun-17, we believe the accident date would most likely have been 03-Jun-17. NTSB also tweeted on 4th June that they were attending “investigating yesterday’s crash of a Robinson R-44 helicopter in Dimmit, TX”. No details of the situation have been reported, bar that it was working low level checking on cattle.
The accident killed 68-year old Don Oppliger – whos company owns ranches and farms in Texas, New Mexico and Nebraska to support the feeding of 230,000 cattle in six large feedlots. More than 90,000 acres of the roughly 150,000 acres held by the company are in Nebraska, including properties near Paxton, Wallace, Atkinson, Tryon and Johnstown.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-Texas
During the approach, the helicopter pitched forward, and the pilot moved the cyclic aft to compensate for the forward pitch. Shortly thereafter, the helicopter rolled to the right and entered a spin to the right. The pilot then attempted to land the helicopter, but it impacted terrain and rolled onto its left side. Pilot Ed Faris was transported to a hospital for treatment of injuries not believed to be life-threatening. The passenger, 34-year-old Terry Claessen, was treated at the scene.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, MD Helicopters, MD600, Safety, US-Texas
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey N. Colt, commanding general, First Army Division West, released the following statement on Tuesday 24th: “It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of four First Army Division West Soldiers as a result of a UH-60L helicopter crash that happened Monday evening sometime after 5:49 p.m. The accident is under investigation and the names of the deceased will be released after the families have been notified. I want to extend my deepest sympathies and prayers to the Families and friends of the Soldiers involved in yesterday’s crash.”
Tags: Accidents, Fatal, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60, US Army, US-Texas
Clipped tree and crashed to the ground during filming operations. Wayne Bomstad received minor injuries. Pilot Jacob Oliver was still in hospital four days later according to this report.
Struck lower tail fin on concrete curb while repositioning after refuelling
Tags: Accidents, Air Evac Lifeteam, B407, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Texas
Force landed in field. Damage level unknown
Tags: Accidents, Civil, R22, Robinson, Safety, South Texas Helicopters, US-Texas
Crashed from low level during agricultural ops. Aircraft destroyed
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, Civil, R22, Robinson, Safety, Silver Star Helicopters, US-Texas
Flight nurse fell from helicopter to her death during hoist operations. Named as Kristin McLain
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC145, Eurocopter, Fatal, Safety, Travis County Starflight, US-Texas
Bird strike while conducting low level search at night over a lake. Helicopter landed safely with a hole in the windshield
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, City of Dallas Police, Civil, Law Enforcement, Safety, US-Texas
On patrol at 600′ AGL flying south along Interstate 45 over the Trinity River struck two ducks. Landed safely with minor damage
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, City of Dallas Police, Civil, Law Enforcement, Safety, US-Texas
Force landed in a field, no injuries
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Fort Worth Police Dept, Law Enforcement, Safety, US-Texas
Hard landing after engine failure. Photos suggest tail hit ground in field with metre high grass. Two people were on board, the pilot William Butler of Port Lavaca and Victoria Schultz of Needville – both walked away uninjured
Emergency landing in retail parking lot after bird strike
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Eurocopter, Military, Safety, US Coast Guard, US-Texas
Substantially damaged in heavy landing – photo. Sole occupant pilot Charles Deyhle Jr was reportedly uninjured. Reportedly due to gusty conditions when trying to land on a ground handling trolley
Emergency night landing between two buildings after bird strike while ferrying a patient from Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene to Covenant Medical Center in Lubbock. A nurse was reported injured by the bird entering the helicopter
Tags: Accidents, Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, B206L4, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Texas
Port side cabin door separated and hit tail rotor. Landed with no further incident
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Civil, Safety, UH-1, US Dept of Homeland Security, US-Texas
Force landing in field at night. No apparent damage given flights reported on FlightAware.com on 23-Oct-14 and 27-Oct-14 – but incident was reported by FAA
Accident on night EMS flight just one block short of its intended landing spot at United Regional Hospital in Wichita Falls, inbound from Waurika, OK. Patient (named here as 26-year-old Buddy Rhodes) killed in the accident, and the three crew named here as pilot Zechariah Smith, flight nurse Leslie Stewart and flight paramedic Erasmus J. Vandercolff IV. Post crash fire. Leslie Stewart died from her injuries 5 days later (source). Erasmus J. Vandercolff IV died from his injuries on 22 October (source)
Tags: Accidents, Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Fatal, Safety, US-Texas
Contacted fence on landing
Low level pipeline patrol and “lost power”. Written off. On board were pilot Michael Orlowsky. 48, of West Plains, Missouri; Kevin Douglas Smothers, 44, of Minnesota; and Ronald Justin Dietz, 28, of Sinton. Orlowsky and Smothers were described as being in critical condition with no word on Dietz
Halo Flight attended with a Bell 407
Helicopter owned by Heartland Helicopters but leased out to a third party according to press report
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Heartland Helicopters, Safety, US-Texas
Crashed on approach after pilot lost control
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Heritage Helicopter Services, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-Texas
Take off accident at David Wayne Hooks Airport
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, helicopter Services Inc, Safety, US-Texas
Substantially damaged in field landing
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, EagleMed, EMS, Eurocopter, Safety, US-Texas
Emergency landing in park, possibly due to mechanical issue
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, City of Dallas Police, Civil, Law Enforcement, Safety, US-Texas
Rotor separated on landing
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Kachemak Bay Flying Service, S300, Safety, Schweizer, US-Texas
Engine malfunction at low level while hog hunting. Substantially damaged in field landing
Tags: Accidents, B47, Bad Wolf Aviation, Bell, Civil, Safety, US-Texas
Emergency landing after pilot suspected (wrongly as it happens) an engine fire. Helicopter ended up on its side. 3 POB all injured and to hospital. US Customs & Border Patrol helicopter was reportedly on low level work
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Safety, US Customs & Border Protection, US-Texas
Emergency landing after damage to main rotor blades. Helicopter was patrolling very close to the Mexican border when it was reportedly struck by rocks launched from the Mexican side. Safe landing, no injuries
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Safety, US Customs & Border Protection, US-Texas
During a practice autorotation, after the helicopter landed, it slid about 8-10 feet forward and the skids sunk into soft terrain and rolled over. No injuries reported to 2 POB
Joshua Fitts, 34, of West Hurricane, Utah, was killed about 12:20 p.m. when the tail rotor of the McDonnell Douglas helicopter crashed after clipping a transmission line pulley, called a sheave
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, MD Helicopters, MD500E, Safety, US-Texas
Two workers have fallen to their deaths when a cable suspending them hit a power line they were inspecting – the pair were later reported here as 25-year-old David Edward Oliveira of Turlock, CA and 26-year-old Christoper Geoffrey Breed of Moscow, ID. Helicopter landed safely with no damage
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, Haverfield Aviation, MD Helicopters, MD500, Safety, US-Texas
Air Methods training flight. Accident at around 22:30 hours local time. Two POB injured and airlifted to a hospital in Arlington
Tags: Accidents, Air Methods, AS350, Civil, EMS, Eurocopter, Safety, Training, US-Texas
Bird strike on pilot’s chin window on approach to base. No damage
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC135, EMS, Eurocopter, Safety, US-Texas
Bird strike, windscreen broken, landed without further incident, no injuries
Tags: Accidents, Air Evac Lifeteam, B407, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Texas
Precautionary landing in parking lot on night mission after warning light illuminated
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Law Enforcement, S333, Safety, San Antonio Police Dept, Schweizer, US-Texas
Landed in pond instead of the nearby field as intended after gusty wind conditions experienced. Pilot escaped, but passenger killed, both aged 75 according to press reports
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, H369A, MD Helicopters, Safety, US-Texas
Substantially damaged after tail rotor failure
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Civil, OH-58, Safety, Texas Parks & Wildlife, US-Texas
Hard landing on training flight. FAA report gives reg as N223GM which is not a valid registration. N223GM is assumed, based on it being the right helicopter type and registered to a Designated Pilot Examiner who leases 2+ R22s to Alamo Helicopters
Tags: Accidents, Alamo Helicopters, Civil, R22, Robinson, Safety, Training, US-Texas
Unidentified parked helicopter damaged by N489AE accident
Helicopter lost power while working at low level on powerlines for Cross Texas Transmission. Jonathan David Suhr, 23, was suspended 50 ft below the helicopter as part of this work and was certified dead a short time later.
Tags: Accidents, Brim Aviation, Civil, Fatal, MD Helicopters, MD369D, Safety, US-Texas
Tail boom strike
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Lange Helicopters, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-Texas
Circumstances not known. 3 fatalities – pilot Chester Monroe (35) and passengers Rusty Aaron (26) and Kaci Fairchild (29)
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-Texas, Veracity Aviation
Pilot tried to divert to a local airport because of limited visibility due to bad weather. Helicopter crashed in open field and was extensively damaged. All three “minor to moderate” injuries – Pilot Scott Wallace and medics Teresa Campbell and Rhett Drahe.
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, AW109, CareFlite, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Texas
Crashed into Lake Nocona, 3 POB – pilot was reportedly the owner Darren Fenoglio, with passengers Josh Walterscheid and Derrick Morse. Helicopter sank in lake. One report stated pilot only had a student certificate and thus not allowed to carry passengers
Pilot lost control in the hover, helicopter crashed and burnt out
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, Civil, GB Aerial Applications, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-Texas
