Working in a confined area with building on one side and wires on the other. Blades struck parked truck. Tail structure separated from boom
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Midwest Helicopter Airways, S58, Safety, Sikorsky, US-Indiana
Helicopter belonging to the 1° Gruppo Elicotteri of the Italian Navy crash landed aboard Caio Duilio AAW (Anti-Air Warfare) Destroyer at the end of a night training flight. Helicopter on its side, 6 POB not seriously injured
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, AW101, Italian Navy, Italy, Leonardo, Military, Safety
SAR helicopter ditched and located in 72m of water shortly after taking off at 11.26pm on a rescue mission. 7 POB missing
There are four EC225s registered in Korea at present. HeliHub research shows that the subject aircraft is either HL9472 (msn 2702) or HL9619 (msn 2987)
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS332, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, H225, Safety, SAR, South Korea
Helicopter with pilot, co-pilot and four technicians was en route from Palanquero Air Base, in Puerto Salgar, to its maintenance base at Madrid. The helicopter is part of the Presidential Flight.
Tags: Accidents, B412, Bell, Colombia, Colombian Air Force, Fatal, Military, Safety
Crashed while on a training flight, thee occupants reported as uninjured
Tags: Accidents, Civil, R44, Robinson, Safety, South Africa, Training
Port side engine failure en route to Port Harcourt from offshore platform GERD. Helicopter with 13 on board continued to Port Hardcourt and made safe landing. Nigerian AIB involved.
Tags: Accidents, Bristow Helicopters, Civil, Nigeria, Offshore, S92, Safety, Sikorsky
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
The pilot and passenger were transported to a local hospital for treatment, but local press report the pilot died from injuries suffered in the crash, and the passenger remains in the hospital with critical injuries. Pilot named here as 53-year-old Scott Socquet from Milford, Connecticut. The passenger passed away two days later and was named here as Howard Jameson, 27, from New Fairfield, Connecticut (a relative of the pilot according to this tweet). The pair are pictured in this tweet.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Safety, US-Nevada
Bird strike
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Civil, Collier County, Law Enforcement, OH-58, Safety
Crashed during night training flight. Instructor and student not seriously injured
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Czech Republic, DSA, S300, Safety, Schweizer
Crashed in unknown circumstances and burned out. Pilot named in press as Taras Kutovoy, former minister of the Ukraine Government
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Safety, Ukriane
Bird strike (quoted in local press as a goose), and subsequent emergency landing at Oroville Municipal Airport en route Sacramento to Chico
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Civil, EC130, EMS, Enloe FlightCare, Safety
Rotor blades struck tail boom during run-on landing
Two on board not seriously injured and named as Tony Monge and Cristián Goncalves
Tags: Accidents, Aerodiva, Bell, Civil, Costa Rica, Safety, UH-1
Struck powerlines and crashed while involved in low level spraying operations
Pilot was identified as Andrew Alan Stephen by the Union County Sheriff’s Office
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-North Carolina
Tail damaged and starboard skid splayed out on landing at Kedarnath shrine, which is at an altitude of 11,500ft. 6 POB no serious injuries. Wreckage airlifted out 26 October per this press report
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, India, Safety, UTair
Training flight leading to fatal injuries of both the student and the instructor, named here as Michal Beneš
Tags: 480, Accidents, Civil, Czech Republic, Delta System Air, Enstrom, Fatal, Safety
Damaged by debris during hangar collapse caused by Cyclone Idai
Damaged by debris during hangar collapse caused by Cyclone Idai. Helicopter is thought to be already in storage and withdraw
Initial reports suggest the helicopter entered cloud and struck a cliff, locally known as Sisne Bhir. Helicopter consumed in post crash fire. Crash site is located at around 10,000 feet.
This report states that the fatalities were
Tags: Accidents, Air Dynasty, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, H125, Nepal, Safety
Helicopter struck and broke power cable, but landed OK in a very tight location
Helicopter damaged at Malta International Airport after the temporary hangar covering the aircraft collapsed in high winds. Structure seen in image to be tangled up and resting on top of the rotors
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, Helicopter Services Malta, Malta, Safety
Air Ambulance on approach to land – a sheet from a farm building broke loose and embedded in the blades of the helicopter, causing it to turn through 180 degrees, landing heavily from low level. The crew consisting of a doctor, a nurse, a pilot and a flight assistant were unharmed but shocked
[Wrongly quoted elsewhere as AW109E F-GPBH, which was cancelled from the French register in August 2016]
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Babcock MCS France, Civil, EC145, EMS, Eurocopter, France, Safety
The Fire Department said the crash was a result of engine failure. FAA report 2 POB with no injuries, while the operator said the unnamed pilot was hospitalized “for further evaluation as a precautionary measure.” Operator said in a statement “hard landing … while arriving for a utility flight”
Tags: Accidents, Civil, MD Helicopters, MD500E, Paradise Helicopters, Safety, US-Hawaii
Precautionary landing in water retention basin. No injuries to 2 POB. No damage to aircraft
Tags: 702 Helicopters, Accidents, Civil, R22, Robinson, Safety, US-Nevada
Training accident, rollover onto starboard side. Heavily damaged – see images
Tags: Accidents, Civil, R22, Robinson, Safety, Tampa Bay Aviation, Training, US-Florida
Accident pilot was dropping off 2 heli-ski clients at a 6,000 foot msl mountain ridge line site, requiring him to preform a “toe in” landing. While hovering, but with the toes of the skids resting on the up-sloping field, and the two skiers disembarked, the main rotor blades contacted an area of rocky terrain. The pilot then flew downhill for an emergency landing. The helicopter rolled to the right after touchdown on snow-covered terrain.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Heliski, Majestic Heli Ski, Safety, US-Alaska
The helicopter, being flown by an experienced pilot, was approaching MV Asterix’s landing pad in daylight and relatively calm conditions. As it hovered over the deck the helicopter appeared to suddenly drop about two metres, hitting the deck, military sources noted. No serious injuries were reported. Tail rotor damage
Tags: Accidents, Canada, Military, Royal Canadian Air Force, S92, Safety, Sikorsky
Impacted terrain in mountainous region. 2 fatal
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, Norway, R44, Robinson, Rossi Helicopter, Safety
The press release from investigators TAIC said “Something caused the pilot to conduct an emergency landing. [After jettisoning the water bucket,] The helicopter landed heavily and the sole pilot received moderate injuries. The nature of damage to the helicopter is yet to be established.”
Pilot named in this report as Bill Reid of Reid Helicopters
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Firefighting, New Zealand, Reid Helicopters, Safety
EMS helicopter landed in a skate park and became entangled with a skateboarding “grind pole”. Helicopter slightly damaged, but roaded out for inspection before flying again.
Tags: Accidents, ADAC, Airbus Helicopters, Civil, EC135, EMS, Eurocopter, Germany, Safety
Helicopter crashed into a residential area, and is the second fatal UH-1 accident in the Istanbul metropolis in three months – the other one was on 26th November 2018 at Sancaktepe.
The Turkish defence ministry named the four fatalities in their tweet as Pilot Captain Umit Ozer, Captain Semih Ozcan, Petty Officer Sergeant Ilyas Kaya and NCO Officer Yakup Avsar
Tags: Accidents, Fatal, Military, Safety, Turkey, Turkish Army
Helicopter crashed on Anhanguera Highway in Sao Paulo and hit the front of a truck that was passing by, and was consumed by fire. Two fatalities, including journalist, presenter and broadcaster Ricardo Boechat. Ronaldo Quattrucci also died in the accident. Brazilian defence department confirmed the registration of the Bell 206
Ethiopian Air Force Mi-17V-5 being operated for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) crashed inside the UNISFA compound. The aircraft was on routine operation carrying Ethiopian troops on rotation from Kadugli to Abyei, and it could be assumed it was intending to land in that compound when it experienced some sort of difficulty and came down in the wrong place. The helicopter hit the ground very heavily and came to rest upright, breaking the tail boom in two and all main rotor blades losing most of their length. An alarming video shows rescuers going in and pulling at least one person out while the main rotor head continues to turn under power.
Of the total 23 on board, three died in the accident and ten passengers were injured with three in critical condition.
NOTE – Registration being wrongly quoted (including by the UN here) as UNO370P, which is the UN operational code and not the registration. The military registration/serial carried on this helicopter was ET2015, per this image.
Tags: Accidents, Ethiopian Air Force, Fatal, Mi-8, Mil, Military, Safety, South Sudan
Helicopter written off in snowy conditions. Very few details available. In this tweet there is a claim it was shot down by Taliban
Tags: Accidents, Afghan Air Force, Afghanistan, MD Helicopters, MD530, Military, Safety
Emergency landing in a potato fieldm No injuries. Minimal damage, from images
Tags: Accidents, Dhruv, HAL, India, Indian Army, Military, Safety
The helicopter crashed during a military training exercise. Five occupants were injured – named here as Reynaldo Niño Lozano, Javier Enrique Ocanto Chinchilla, Juan Carlos Bohórquez Pérez, Yondry José Romero, and Michael Ibrahim
Tags: Accidents, Mi-24, Mil, Military, Safety, Venezuela, Venezuelan Army
Bell 206 remained upright on its skids in a heavy landing during a training flight. The 22-year-old student pilot sustained injuries and was transported to hospital. One report suggested it will require a new set of skids
Tags: Accidents, Australia, B206, Becker Helicopters, Bell, Civil, Safety
Helicopter ended on its starboard side. Indications of main blades contacting tail boom. All four on board exited without serious injury
Aircraft was originally built by the Soko factory in the former Yugoslavia
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Civil, SA341, Safety, South Africa
Helicopter was carrying Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osibanjo and his aides, none of whom were seriously injured. There was a total of 12 POB including crew. Brown out on approach was contributory to the end result – helicopter on its starboard side.
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, AW139, Caverton Helicopters, Civil, Leonardo, Nigeria, Safety
Smoke detected after using of deicing equipment. Precautionary landing made in open field without further incident.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, EMS, PHI Air Medical, Safety
During reconnaissance to land on a golf course, the helicopter suddenly rotates left on its yaw axis, falls from a height of 5 to 10 m by making several turns on itself, and collides with the ground on one of the courses of the golf course. Two POB, one reported seriously injured, the other lightly injured
Tags: Accidents, Aix Helicopteres, Civil, France, G2, Guimbal, Safety
The helicopter departed Mount Carmel Grove City hospital and was flying to Holzer Meigs hospital in Pomeroy to pick up a patient. Contact was lost and the wreckage was found in a wood about three and a half hours later.
Troopers located the wreckage of a Bell 407 helicopter east of State Route 278 and south of King Hollow Trail in Vinton County.
The crew were named here as pilot Jennifer L. Topper and flight nurses Bradley J. Haynes and Rachel L. Cunningham.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, EMS, Fatal, Safety, Survival Flight, US-Ohio
Pilot was practicing autorotations, landed hard and bent boom.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopers, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Hillsborough County Sheriff, Law Enforcement, Safety, US-Florida
During aerial fire control operations, at about 1956, the helicopter collided with water and came to rest inverted resulting in minor injuries to the three crew and damage to the helicopter. Three on board swam to safety.
Tags: Accidents, Australia, Civil, Firefighting, Kestrel Aviation, S64, Safety, Sikorsky
Mid-air crash between AS350B2 I-EDIC and a Jodel D140 fixed wing F-PMGV, resulting in seven fatalities between the total of nine on board the two aircraft. Helicopter pilot was named here as Maurizio Scarpelli, accompanied by mountain guide Frank Henssler and three others, one of whom survived.
In the fixed wing were four people, the French instructor named here as Philippe Michel, who was sitting in the back of the aircraft – with two student pilots in the front – a 51-year-old Belgian and a 59-year-old Frenchman.
The accident scene is shown in this official rescue service photo – altitude reported as 2600m
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, Italy, Safety
Bambi bucket cable became entangled in tail rotor during firefighting operations. Pilot managed to put helicopter down safely on its skids, but with damage tail boom and blades
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Firefighting, Heli-Lagon, Reunion, Safety
The pilot reported that during the initial climb at about 3 m, the helicopter began to yaw and roll to the left at an increasing rate. The pilot then initiated a landing during which the helicopter rolled over. The helicopter was substantially damaged but no one was injured.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Australia, Civil, Eurocopter, H130, Microflite Helicopter Services, Safety
While in a low hover during a rescue mission, the helicopter crashed into the water. One police officer was trapped inside the wreckage and was later pronounced dead. He was named in this report as Felipe Marques de Queiroz. The others on board were named here as Major Alves, Major Albuquerque and Sargentos Morais
Helicopter callsign was Fenix 08
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Brazil, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, Law Enforcement, Safety
Circumstances unclear. Helicopter ended up on its starboard side on the edge of the apron by the hangars. Pilot and copilot, the only two on board, were not injured.
Tags: Accidents, Air Evac Lifeteam, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, EMS, Eurocopter, Safety, US-Oklahoma
Helicopter blades struck ramp worker during startup. The man who was killed was identified in this report as Salvatore Disi, 62
Tags: Accidents, B230, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-Florida
SAR helicopter hit zipwire, causing loss of control and immediate fall to the ground. Post crash fire. All four on board suffered fatal injuries.
This report names the deceased as
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, AW139, Fatal, Leonardo, Military, Safety, SAR
Remained upright in very heavy emergency landing on golf course after tail rotor birdstrike reported. Tail hit ground, skids collapsed. Training flight from nearby Hayward Executive airport – instructor and student not seriously injured
Tags: Accidents, Civil, R22, Robinson, Safety, Training, US-California
The helicopter was returning to its base in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança district, after carrying out a medical emergency mission to transport a seriously ill patient to the Santo António Hospital in Porto. The accident was located some 4-5 hours after the helicopter was reported missing. All four on board died in the accident, named in this report as pilot João Lima, co-pilot Luís Rosindo, doctor Luis Vega and nurse Daniela Silva
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, AW109, Civil, EMS, Fatal, Portugal, Safety
After a collision with a high-voltage power line, the pilot made an emergency landing in a nearby meadow beside the road that connects Castione to Claro
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Heli Rezia, Safety, Switzerland
Crashed into river when hovering and taking up water for firefighting operation for a fire on Mount Youngchuk. The rescue services said the helicopter crashed into the Han River near Gangdong Bridge around 11:20 a.m. The pilot and copilot were able to exit the aircraft immediately prior to impact, but the mechanic was trapped in the wreckage and later died
Once source is quoting the registration as HL9419 on the basis that they think the three digit code on the engine cover of the recovered helicopter in this image is “613” but we cannot be sure of that and thus cautious of this registration
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, Firefighting, Ka32, Kamov, Korean Forest Service, Safety, South Korea
A Turkish military UH-1 has crashed in the Sancaktepe district of Istanbul, with four fatalities and a fifth person with serious injuries
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Fatal, Military, Safety, Turkey, Turkish Army, UH-1
The helicopter collided with terrain about 130km ENE of Alice Springs Airport. A passenger and pilot were on board. The passenger sustained serious injuries and the pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was destroyed.
Tags: Accidents, Australia, Civil, Fatal, R22, Robinson, Safety
The aircraft took off from Río San Juan to La Romana Int’l airport MDLR with 5 peoples on board, after been transfer to the La Romana tower he reported 6 miles NW out and the tower report with the traffic inside, Clear to land. Around 30 seconds after the controller lost the visual contact with the helicopter and called couples of times with no answer.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Civil, Dominican Republic, EC120, Eurocopter, Fatal, H120, Safety
The helicopter takes off in the wind. It reaches the altitude of about 20m and makes a 180 ° to head south. Shortly after this U-turn, the aircraft tilts to the left about 45 °, falls rapidly and hits the ground violently.
As the helicopter lifted, it began to rotate to the right which the instructor attempted to counter with the application of left pedal and by lowering the collective. The helicopter then rolled to the left and the front of the left skid contacted the ground before breaking off. The helicopter continued to roll further to the left, with the rotor blades striking the ground, before coming to rest on its left side with the engine still running.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, HQ Aviation, R44, Robinson, Safety, UK
Helicopter took off from Leicester City FC stadium and crashed shortly after in the adjacent car park. Five fatalities named by police as Club chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, Nursara Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and passenger Izabela Roza Lechowicz.
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, AW169, Civil, Fatal, Leonardo, Safety, UK
Helicopter was trying to take off from the top level of a parking garage when the operator lost control, striking a parked car
Heavy landing with some forward momentum, then pitched up on the front of its skids, slid forward, then down a slope, moving round as it did, but still ending on its skids (see video)
Aircraft operated by Trans Aero, part of Roberts Aircraft – and operated under “Trans Aero Medevac” titles from a base at Artesia, NM. 3 POB reported by FAA as not being injured
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, EMS, Eurocopter, Roberts Aircraft Co, Safety, US-New Mexico
the bucket and longline become tangled in trees at the edge of a clearing, followed by the helicopter colliding with terrain. The pilot was fatally injured and the helicopter was destroyed.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Australia, BK117, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, Firefighting, Safety, Sydney Helicopters
While approaching the pontoon, the pilot reported noticing a warning message illuminate but was unable to verify the nature of the warning due to workload. Pilot elected to conduct a go-around. On the second approach at an altitude of about 40 ft above the pontoon, the pilot recalled feeling a ‘thud’ and the nose of the helicopter yawed sharply left. The pilot was unable to regain control of the helicopter and it collided with the water. The pilot and two passengers exited the helicopter soon after the collision and swam free from the upturned helicopter. The remaining rear passenger was evacuated by one of the surviving passengers and the front passenger (in the copilot seat) was evacuated from the helicopter by the pilot. The two passengers that were unable to exit the helicopter unassisted were fatally injured. The two other passengers sustained minor injuries, and the pilot was uninjured.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Australia, Civil, EC120, Eurocopter, Fatal, H120, Safety, Whitsunday Air Services
French military helicopter crashed at N’gokro in the Alépé region, about 60km from Abidjan. 3 POB not seriously injured
Tags: Accidents, French Air Force, Ivory Coast, Military, Safety
