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 Helicopters, 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
Police helicopter ended up on its side during a search operation. The pilot and crew‚ who included a search and rescue unit operator and his search dog‚ survived the crash. Photos suggest the subject helicopter is ZS-RDL (msn 4170) or ZS-RPL (msn 3468)
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Law Enforcement, Safety, South Africa, South African Police
Crashed at the end of the runway
Precautionary field landing, per FAA report
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Haverfield Aviation, MD500D, Safety, US-Pennsylvania
Two men working on power lines from the helicopter, and heir safety harness failed because it had been rubbing against the power lines causing it to “snap” the release from Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office reportedly said. Both men fell about 100 feet to their deaths from the helicopter – they were later named as Nicholas Gamalski, 27, and Travis Chiokai, 26.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, MD Helicopters, MD500D, Powerline Patrol, Safety, US-Louisiana
Helicopter crashed and burnt out on a road bridge. Scene photo shows part of tail on river bank below bridge. All four POB received fatal injuries. Local power cuts indicate a wire strike but unclear if that was cause of accident or result of the flight altitude at the time
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS332, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, Japan, Safety, Toho Air Service
Force landing during aerial application work.
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Provine Helicopter Service, Safety, US-Mississippi
Air Evac Lifeteam aircraft had in-air problem on approach to the local 911 centre and put down in a hurry. Power lines cut – not known if that was cause or effect of the heavy landing. Helicopter ended up on its skids, tail boom creased, main blades missing, upper part of tail bent and significant damage in area of rotor head, starboard windshield broken – see photo
3 POB to hospital but no serious injuries reported
Tags: Accidents, Air Evac Lifeteam, B206, Bell, Civil, EMS, Safety, US-Tennessee
The sheriff was reported as saying Pilot Robert Krier with Ride the Sky Helicopters and passenger Steve Ahrendt, the owner of the cattle, were in the helicopter when it clipped a power line looking for loose cattle. Both occupants reported as suffering serious injuries.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, R44, Ride the Sky Helicopters, Robinson, Safety, US-Iowa
Bird strike en route to offshore rig
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Offshore, RLC, Safety, US-Gulf of Mexico
Firefighting operations and helicopter hit powerlines, causing it to crash to the ground. Sole occupant pilot, named as Americo Sousa age 51, suffered fatal injuries
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Everjets, Fatal, Firefighting, Safety
Heavy field landing after reported engine failure. Little/no damage to tail boom suggests mainly vertical impact, although main blades broken at the rotorhead. Aircraft is registered to James Delullo at an address in the same town as the accident location.
Passing 500 ft in a descending turn at approximately 50 kt, the pilot reported the helicopter began to vibrate. The pilot was unable to stop the vibration and conducted a precautionary landing. The helicopter landed hard and severed the tail boom. The helicopter sustained substantial damage and the pilot and three passengers were not injured.
Pilot made emergency landing after experiencing problems during photo flight, and subsequent landing in open field left the aircraft on its starboard side. Passenger received light head injuries
Helicopter crashed on a photo survey flight – it was chartered by the National Agency for Studies and Follow-up on Railways Investment, who were conducting cartography of the new railway line linking Algiers downtown to the western suburb of Zeralda. Images show the helicopter completely burnt out.
Tags: Accidents, Algeria, B206, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, Tassili Airlines
Blown over on its starboard side in strong winds while parked on the ramp – photo
Tags: Accidents, Mexican Air Force, Mexico, Military, Safety, Sikorsky, UH-60
Substantially damaged by ground resonance
Tags: Accidents, Civil, S300C, Safety, Schweizer, US-Louisiana
Helicopter took off at 1046 from Taidong for an aerial photography mission at Fengbin Township, Hualien County. At around 1220, the helicopter was loss of contact and crashed at Fengbin Township, Hualien County. One pilot and two aerial photographers aboard were killed – one was named as Chi Po-Lin, an acclaimed film director. Helicopter almost completely burnt out
Tags: Accidents, B206, Bell, Civil, Emerald Pacific Airlines, Fatal, Safety, Taiway
Successful emergency landing in public park after engine problems. Helicopter not damaged, all passengers safe. Helicopter was on a tour flight from Mascot to Palm Beach
Tags: Accidents, Ausjet Helicopters, Australia, B206, Bell, Civil, Safety
Crashed into the sea during artillery exercise, after colliding with the Bulgarian Navy Wielingen-class Drazki 41 frigate. Pilot (named as Captain Georgi Atanasov) later died in hospital, with the other two occupants seriously injured but stable. Serial confirmed in this article
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS365, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Air Force, Eurocopter, Fatal, Military, Safety
Helicopter had difficulties on take-off and it appears that a crew member jumped from the aircraft prior to it impacting the ground, but was hit by the rotor blades and died – named as Vikram Lamba. Helicopter had its skids ripped off and all four main blades ended up much shorter than they should have been. Photos show the helicopter close to a rocky outcrop and the could possibly have impacted the rock, although unclear either whether that had actually happened, or whether it was cause or effect in the whole scenario.
Pilot Sanjay Wasi and co-pilot Alka Shukla suffered minor injury.
Passengers Naveen Bhai, Leela Ben, Harish Bhai and Ramesh Bhai were not seriously injured.
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, AW119, Civil, Fatal, India, Krestal Aviation, Safety
Main blades sliced tail boom and skids splayed out on heavy landing in gusty conditions. 2 POB injured
Helicopter ended on its side on the concrete apron with the sole occupant pilot seriously injured, who was then airlifted in a Flight for Life BK117
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Lakeshore Helicopter, R22, Robinson, Safety, US-Wisconsin
During hoist operations with the rescuer and two patients being lifted, the wire separated from the helicopter causing all three to plunge into a ravine. The police rescuer age 28 and a woman aged 48 died from their injuries and a 47 year old man is seriously injured. It is unknown why the wire separated from the helicopter
The police report of the accident says there were strong winds and the bad weather.
Tags: Accidents, Austrian Police, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, Fatal, Safety
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
Helicopter made emergency landing on main runway of Newark Airport. No reported damage
Tags: Accidents, AS355, Civil, Eurocopter, Safety, US-New Jersey
Main blades struck street light on final approach to land at the Hohe Düne marina, and the instability created led to the crash. Tail (including rotor) separated in the accident. The complete scene is best seen in this YouTube video. Light injuries to the 4 POB – although some reports say 3 POB and one injury on the ground.
There is a marked helipad at this location – see map
Crashed after hitting high voltage wires shortly after take-off (one report says three minutes after take off). All 13 POB deceased. DHA news agency is reported as saying the helicopter was carrying a delegation, headed by a major-general, which was inspecting the Senoba region.
All 13 POB deceased, named as 23rd Border Division Command Major General Aydoğan Aydın, Colonel Oğuzhan Küçükdemir, Colonel Gökhan Peker, Colonel Songül Yakut, Major Koray Onay, Captain İlker Acar, Captain Nuri Şener, Pilot Captain Serhat Sığınak , Pilot Lieutenant Alldmüttalip Kesikbaş, Chief Sergeant Mehmet Erdogan, Technical Sergeant Fevzi Kıral, Sergeant Zeki Koç, and Infantry Specialist Sergeant Hakan İncekal
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Eurocopter, Fatal, Military, Safety, Turkey, Turkish Army
Emergency landing in a field of crop. No apparent damage from photos in press. Quote > Instruments indicated that the hydraulics powering the flight control system had a loss in pressure, prompting a “land-as-soon-as-possible condition”
Tags: Accidents, AH-64, Boeing, Germany, Military, Safety, US Army
Precautionary landing due to change of weather – it was a very soggy field
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Eurocopter, India, Indian Army, Military, SA316, Safety
French Navy Dauphin made a wheels up landing on the runway, with the helicopter remaining upright on its belly. Three POB not injured
The French Navy have two examples based at Papeete/Tahiti-Faaa (PPT / NTAA), serialled 6872 and 6928
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS365, Eurocopter, French Navy, French Polynesia, Military, Safety
While involved in flood relief support, helicopter landed in a residential garden, with the boom breaking off against the roof of the house. Registration validated by photo on this page
None of the 11 POB injured. Helicopter substantially damaged
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Air Force
Crashed and destroyed by fire. 3 POB seriously injured. Passengers named as Carlos Marcelo Ruiz Sánchez and Juan Domínguez were transferred to a hospital in Naolinco, while the pilot was taken to a hospital in Xalapa.
37-year- old SLAF airman, YMS Yaparathna, fall off a helicopter while conducting a rescue operation, along with the two individuals he was rescuing. All three were injured when they fell, and were admitted to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital where the airman later died of his injuries. He was posthumously promoted from Flight Sergeant to the rank of Warrant Officer
Tags: Accidents, Mi-17, Mil, Military, Safety, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Air Force
