52 year old pilot from Belgium, and 37 year old passenger was Italian but lived in Belgium for many years. Both killed... Read more
Fatalities named as Army 1st Lt. Thomas Joseph Williams Jr. and Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel Cole... Read more
Unknown circumstances. Fatality named as registered owner Joseph Ohnheiser, aged 60... Read more
Collided with the Yenisei River, near Istok, Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia, during a repositioning flight at night. IMC prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The pilot is missing and presumed fatally injured. The helicopter sustained substantial damage. The flight originated from a landing strip near Severnaya, Krasnoyarsk Region... Read more
A NATO helicopter crashed Thursday in eastern Afghanistan but no one was hurt, the U.S.-led coalition said. The crew was recovered after the crash, which occurred in Parwan province.... Read more
Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Dudley fell to his death from an MV-22 Osprey while conducting combat operations in southwestern Afghanistan... Read more
Cessna Citation VII N701HA was being ground handled when its wing struck the parked helicopter and damaged it.... Read more
The helicopter, belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, crashed on a training flight shortly before noon Wednesday in the San Mateo Area of Camp Pendleton killing one of the seven on board. The deceased serviceman was later named as Sgt. Trevor Cook, 25, of Orleans, N.Y.... Read more
Tail damaged in force landing on river bank after “technical problems”. Wrongly quoted in some reports as 9N-AWI. Three Japanese and two Nepali passengers and the Australian pilot are safe... Read more
The helicopter with 13 passengers and 3 crew members flew to 7.23 Moscow time from Ust-Kut on one of the drilling stations. At 2.5 kilometers from the destination helicopter made an emergency landing. According to preliminary information, there is no dead (per operator UTair – some press reports quote 2 dead)... Read more
Helicopter is on its side in a corn field, more details when available. One report suggests bird strike to blame?... Read more
While cruising at 150 kt at 750 ft agl a bird struck and shattered the left windshield. The commander, seated in the left seat, suffered minor injuries so the co-pilot took control and made a successful emergency landing. The Agusta A109C’s windshield is not designed to withstand bird strikes and the regulations do not require it to... Read more
Helicopter had been rented by a construction company. Crashed and burnt out in mountainous location at Dalamot nr Hardanger Fjord. Deceased named as Kjetil Bu (27) from Kinsarvik, Karianne Ringkjøb Dahl (29) from Bergen, Andrew Søvik Fossmark (24) from Vaksdal, Siv Holtan (18) from Bergen and pilot Tore Bendigtsen Ystanes (39) from Bergen... Read more
Pilot Paula Huckleberry, 61, was flying to McGrath with two passengers — 21-year-old Scott Stevenson of Idaho and 39-year-old Chris Fontes of Arizona ... Read more
Sustained unknown damage in hard landing... Read more
EMS helicopter had technical issue onsite on freeway and blocked road for three hours... Read more
A woman holding an infant was injured by a sign that came loose when a helicopter was practising its landing at the Summerside, P.E.I., waterfront Sunday before being used to transport visting royalty. The AW101 is known locally in Canada as the CH-149 Cormorant... Read more
Crop spraying helicopter crashed from low level during turn... Read more
Agricultural operation... Read more
Birdstrike, unscheduled landing and no damage was found... Read more
Night emergency landing after reporting a mechanical problem.... Read more
Pilot and two trainees on board, first flight of day. Aborted take-off and tail section separated from helicopter in subsequent very heavy landing... Read more
Landing accident on open grass area and ended up on port side. 29 year old front seat passenger to hospital. 38 year old pilot uninjured, as were the rear passengers – 69 year old man and 26 year old woman.... Read more
An eyewitness described the aircraft as having “disintegrated†mid-air, according to Austin-Travis County EMS spokesman Warren Hassinger “Fire rescuers and EMS personal arrived on the scene and pretty much confirmed that it was not a survivable crash,†Hassinger said, adding that the victim was “burned beyond recognitionâ€. Pilot later named as 60 -year-old Steve Titsworth. ... Read more
Eye-witnesses said the small helicopter — which was carrying a 31-year-old pilot and a 19-year-old girl — appeared to get into difficulty for reasons which are now being investigated.... Read more
Tipped backwards and fell off elevated platform while engine was running... Read more
landing accident. Registration assumed from reports of it being a 2008 build R44 registered to Capitale Hélicoptère and this is the only such aircraft. 25 year old pilot Allain Da Encarnacao survived, 65 year old passenger Andre Lafontaine did not.... Read more
A Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk drone amde an emergency landing on the remains of the #2 reactor at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station while taking air samples to measure radiation levels.... Read more
Helicopter was surveying power lines but was forced to make an emergency landing after reporting mechanical problems. F28 ended up on its side... Read more
An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter crashed in south Afghanistan on Thursday, a press release from the NATO-led ISAF said on Friday. Given the location of troops, it was likely a US Military helicopter... Read more
The helicopter had flown only about 300 metres after takeoff when it crashed, killing the sole occupant pilot... Read more
Helicopter dropped external load... Read more
Low Transmission Pressure light illuminated and pilot Dominic Noon made emergency landing at Crabbs Rifle Range... Read more
Landed hard during practice autorotations, fell onto its side, then causing a grass fire which consumed the helicopter and 15-20 acres of grassland. Pilot not injured... Read more
The UAV was delivering intelligence data from about 5,000-7,000 ft. as expected, and there was no immediate sign of a command and control problem or mechanical malfunction, a program source says. This may mean it was shot down.... Read more
The Bell 212 was part of a three-aircraft test flight for Boeing. Two support aircraft were chasing an Apache Longbow on test flight when one of the support aircraft went down.... Read more
One R44 landed too close to another and struck it with its moving rotor blades.  D-HPHP had damaged main blade and broken cabin bubble, D-HALP had damaged tail. Thus assume that D-HPHP landing too close to D-HALP... Read more
One R44 landed too close to another and struck it with its moving rotor blades.  D-HPHP had damaged main blade and broken cabin bubble, D-HALP had damaged tail. Thus assume that D-HPHP landing too close to D-HALP... Read more
Helicopter involved in agricultural work. Wire strike took out electricity in East Palmerston. Initial reports sketch as to whether wires were cause or effect... Read more
Instructor and CPL student on board... Read more
Precautionary landing after problem with one engine... Read more
Probable that the helicopter sustained a mechanical failure in the cruise, resulting in loss of pitch control to one of the tail blades. During the subsequent attempt to land, the airspeed reduced to the point where directional control seems to have been insufficient to maintain heading. At a height of approx 50 ft, the helicopter... Read more
Bird strike during landing phase... Read more
Engine problems during turn at low level while spraying at 100ft agl. Landed heaviliy and rolled over... Read more
Helicopter ended up on its side in a jungle area. No initial indication as to cause... Read more
Unstable on take-off and crashed in a wood a few hundred metres from take-off point... Read more
Take-off accident, helicopter ended up on its side... Read more
Main rotor blades severed tail boom during take-off... Read more
Aft portion of tail boom separated on landing... 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
Emergency landing after smoke in cockpit.... Read more
Nose wheel collapse on runway landing on training flight. Runway blocked for period of time which necessitated diversion of one airline flight. Civil owned, Military Registered aircraft, operated by British International for Royal Navy “Flag Officer Sea Training” unit... Read more
Helicopter was spraying a vineyard when it severed a powerline. Level of damage not known. Villages of Bernkastel, Graach Come Longkamp and Monzelfeld all without power.... Read more
Port side engine failure 20 minutes out. Returned to airport on good engine and landed OK... Read more
Five confirmed killed, one seriously injured to hospital in accident on mountain Pleta de Juclar (2240m) nr Canillo. “cable caught in tree” in unofficial report. Fatalities listed in press as Heliand employees Claude Michel Boulanger and Jacques Lahouille – plus Daniel Curruhuinca, ElÃas Pérez and LluÃs Blanco. Survivor was Jean-Jacques Vidal,... Read more
Simulated forced landing, main blades struck tail boom... Read more
Precautionary landing due to fuel leak... Read more
Helicopter ended up on its port side with the tail boom broken... Read more
5POB. Made emergency landing in wooded area after suspected engine fire which turned out to be incorrect... Read more
Precautionary landing.  Aircraft shut down without further incident in accordance with standard emergency procedures.  No personnel were injured during the incident. Being investigated by maintenance personnel from 817 Squadron.... Read more
Landing accident with 4 POB – no injuries and only light damage to the helicopter.... Read more
Struck high voltage powerline. 8 fatalities named as pilot Néstor Manuel Niño Acosta, Copilot Fabián Fuentes Meneses, technician Leandro Sánchez Sánchez and passengers Gutiérrez Mendoza Eimer, John Contreras Lobo, John Joya Delgado, Germán Medina Delgado and Wilson Correa Castillo... Read more
Tourist flight. Pilot claimed to have been caught in a wind vortex. Helicopter Destroyed... Read more
Load became unstable as helicopter approached rooftop of Trianon skyscraper. Pilot elected to drop the load – an airconditioning unit – which dropped 180m to the ground... Read more
On lifting to the hover, the downwash from the helicopter pushed one parked light aircraft into another.... Read more
The pilot of a French Army Gazelle died when his helicopter crashed in poor weather conditions. Victim later named as Lieutenant Matthew Gaudin, 37... Read more
While setting an elecriticy tower within a utility right-of-way two miles SE of Plaster City, three of the helicopter’s four hooks holding up a tower section released. While hanging from the remaining hook, the structure was slowly lowered to the ground and, once on the ground, was released. The tower subsequently tipped over. No one... Read more
Rotor blade struck unknown object in flight. Landed safely... Read more
Crashed on landing at 3500m altitude in poor visibility on tourish trip. Rescue helicopter Ka27 then crashed too. Second rescue helicopter sent... Read more
Instructional flight, takeoff without hydraulic assistance, ended up on its side... Read more
Crashed on mission to rescue the occupants of crashed Robinson R44 helicopter RA-04331... Read more
Emergency landing in public park. State Police officials said inspection crews were on the way, but that the helicopter would not be able to leave Nasella Field until the issue causing the emergency light to illuminate was fixed.... Read more
Fatalities include a major, two lieutenants and two sergeants.... Read more
Helicopter was on electricity line survey when it went down at the crest of the mountain of Puerto Angulo, in a rocky and inaccessible by land vehicle. Locals reported a fire and the authorities later confirmed two fatalities. Foggy weather conditions may have contributed... Read more
San Diego Gas & Electric’s helicopter was involved in an incident when a section of a transmission tower carried by the helicopter fell approximately 200- feet to the ground. No one was injured.... Read more
