Emergency landing made in forest area, helicopter ended up on its side heavily damaged. Wedding flight – groom Danilo Everson dos Santos Rosa and the bride’s mother Maria de Lourdes Rosa, 49, were the passengers. Pilot was Rodrigo Batista Lemos, age 32. All three to hospital... Read more
Crashed near the beach at Porto Seguro, reportedly due to pilot Ruan Oliveira Santana, 31, losing control in heavy winds. Pilot and five passengers all got out OK – named as Rogério Andrade, 47, RaÃssa Aguiar, 19, and three children. Photos here... Read more
Extensive vibration in the cruise led to emergency landing. Tail rotor bearing issue... Read more
Brand new aircraft. Fell onto side on landing from 50ft on third attempt at landing. 2POB. Co pilot had bruises only, Pilot not injured... Read more
8 Killed when AW119 crashed while en route from the reconstruction of an April 2012 massacre at Dover and was returning to the state capital of Goiana. The Civil Police confirmed the names of the eight occupants of the aircraft. They are: the Police crew Jorge Moreira, Antonio Goncalves, Osvalmir Carrasco, Vinicius da Silva, Bruno Carneiro... Read more
Precautionary field landing, reasons not stated. no damage apparent from press photo... Read more
Helicopter landed due to excessive vibration, which continued as ground resonance which shook the aircraft to bits (see YouTube video)Â 4POB all got out safely – the commander, the second pilot, a doctor and a nurse... Read more
In flight fire, emergency landing.... Read more
R44 took off from edge of car park and did not gain height, ditched into shallow water at edge of lake shortly after. 4POB exited without further problems... Read more
Helicopter clipped powerlines while flying at low level over a crowd of around 2,000 at a Christmas event. The 4POB suffered slight injuries and it is miraculous that no-one on the ground was killed. Check the YouTube videos here and here.... Read more
Crashed in open field, boom had been sliced by main blades... Read more
Impacted terrain. The commercial-rated pilot was fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed... Read more
Law enforcement helicopterin non-emergency situation made urban area landing too close to buildings and downwash caused damage... Read more
Heavy forced landing and ended up no its starboard side. Had just taken off from Campo de Marte Airport bound for Guarulhos... Read more
Tail rotor failure during climb out... Read more
Helicopter took off from Santos Dumont airport at about 20h on Saturday and fell about 30 minutes later, in the middle of the Tijuca Forest killing both occupants.  A local resident said there was much fog on the site at the time. Pilot named as Erick Ramiro Freitas, 25, son of Elzo Padilha Freitas, owner... Read more
IMC prevailed in the area at the time of the accident and a VFR flight plan was filed for the flight from Campo dos Amarais Airport (SDAM), Campinas, Brazil, to Angra dos Reis, State of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.  All three occupants killed.... Read more
Helicopter had taken off from offshore installation P-65 (operated by Petrobras) and ditched in the Atlantic en route to its base at Macae. Casualties named as – pilot Rommel Garcia Oliveira, co-pilot Haytzann Lauro Pinto and passengers Ricardo Leal de Oliveira and João Carlos Pereira da Silva... Read more
Fell into river while trying to rescue people trapped in car by flood waters... Read more
Force landing on a construction site following inflight loss of power. Landing was very heavy – skids collapsed and fuselage ended up on the ground. Pilot named as Boarini Bojikian Marcelo... Read more
Three occupants killed, believed to be owner Gilberto Menel, director of the Textile knitting Nanet, plus company employee Erico Melchioreto,and pilot Alvaro Junior Pisetta. Helicopter crashed into a forest. Access to site difficult... Read more
Crashed into the sea 300-500m offshore. Wreckage washed up on beach. Fatalities named as pilot Marcelo de Almeida and passengers Mariana Noleto, Gabriel Kfuri Gouveia (aged 2), Luca Kfuri de Magalhães Lins (aged 3), Norma Batista de Assunção (aged 49, the children’s nanny), Jordana Kfuri Cavandish, and Fernanda Kfuri... Read more
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Reported as mechanical failure by the general media... Read more
Pilot Retoreto Seriba Marcelo, 39, and passenger Adrian Rodriguez, 54, were killed in the accident.... Read more
Search for overdue helicopter found wreckage two days later. EMS operation with three killed – pilot and patient survived.... Read more
Pilot referred to high winds causing him to lose control. Two occupants injured, two not. Pilot named as Agnaldo Pereira da Costa... Read more
Pilot named as Leonardo Gomes Leal, 29, and co-pilot was James Tavares Bastos, 18... Read more
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.... Read more
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... Read more
Emergency landing made on edge of river after suspected mechanical problems. Two occupants uninjured... Read more
Accident while landing in windy conditions. Five occupants OK... Read more
Severe ground resonance resulted in separation of rotor dynamics from the helicopter. Pilots Daniel Alencar Tavares, 33, and Geovani Kopti were both seriously injured... Read more
The accident was fatal victim Colonel Dionysos Bomfim, 65, and left the injured co-pilot Yves Monte Costa... Read more
Forced landing in Avenida Tiradentes, heavy enough for skids to splay out. Helicopter remained upright. helicopter was operating for Radio Eldorado, and neither occupant was injured – pilot reported as Andrew Smith, and reporter Flavio Perez... Read more
According to the Fire Department, the helicopter pilot Cristiano Felipe Rocha, 23, suffered a broken nose. The passenger, identified only as Leonardo, suffered minor injuries.... Read more
TV station helicopter made emergency landing – no details on damage levels sustained... Read more
Training accident, ended up on starboard side... Read more
Criminals fired at a helicopter from the Military Police (MP) The police returned fire and wounded three suspects.... Read more
Helicopter ended up on its port side after the pilot was reported as saying he lost power... Read more
22-May-09 PR-NDF Robinson R44 Fazenda Quat, nr Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil... Read more
30-Apr-09 Ingarata, Brazil... Read more
16-Feb-09 PP- Eurocopter AS350 Batalhão de Choque, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... Read more
16-Feb-09 PT-HVD Robinson R22 Jacarepagua, Brazil... Read more
5-Jan-09 PT-YFP AgustaWestland A109C Itupeva, 73 km north west of Sao Paulo, Brazil... Read more