26-Jan-20 N72EX Sikorsky S76B Calabasas, US-California (9F)
This accident took the lives of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna.
More details to follow when facts can be established rather than relying on media speculation
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09-Jan-20 N450MC Robinson R66 Silver Spring Township, US-Pennsylvania (2F)
A helicopter crashed in a backyard of a home in Silver Spring Township, US-Pennsylvania. The two occupants on-board died, no injuries on the ground reported.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R66, Robinson, Safety, US-Pennsylvania
26-Dec-19 N985SA Airbus AS350 Lihue, US-Hawaii (7F)
During a sightseeing flight the helicopter crashed into terrain under unknown circumstances, resulting in a post crash fire. The pilot and six passengers perished.
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, Safari Helicopters, Safety, Tours
25-Dec-19 N663SF Bell 407 Headland, US-Alabama (1F)
A Survival Flight aircraft rolled onto its side on landing, after the pilot, Douglas Davis had an unconfirmed heart attack. There was no patient on-board at the time, the two crew members were uninjured, the pilot was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, Survival Flight, US-Alabama
09-Dec-19 N79LP Bell 407 Grand Isle, US-Louisiana (2F)
Aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico under unknown circumstances.
The last known position was 13 nm W of Southwest Pass, Louisiana as they transiting from one off-shore platform to another.
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Safety, US-Louisiana
25-Nov-19 Airbus AS532 Liptako, Mali (11F)
Around 19:40, during the maneuver to prepare for the engagement of the enemy, the Cougar helicopter and a Tiger collided, crashing close to each other. None of the embarked soldiers survived.
A rescue and safety operation of the accident zone is underway. Many ways of the Barkhane force are still engaged.
Thirteen soldiers died in combat are the two Tiger crew members of the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment (5th RHC), the five crew members of the Cougar (5 th RHC also), four operators of the Group commandos mountain ( GCM) of the 4th Fighter Regiment (4th RCH), a GCM operator of the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment (93rd RAM) and a GCM operator of the 2nd Foreign Regiment of Engineering (2nd REG).
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS332, AS532, Eurocopter, Fatal, France, French Army, Mali, Military, Safety
25-Nov-19 Airbus EC505 Liptako, Mali (2F)
Around 19:40, during the maneuver to prepare for the engagement of the enemy, the Cougar helicopter and a Tiger collided, crashing close to each other. None of the embarked soldiers survived.
A rescue and safety operation of the accident zone is underway. Many ways of the Barkhane force are still engaged.
Thirteen soldiers died in combat are the two Tiger crew members of the 5th Combat Helicopter Regiment (5th RHC), the five crew members of the Cougar (5 th RHC also), four operators of the Group commandos mountain ( GCM) of the 4th Fighter Regiment (4th RCH), a GCM operator of the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment (93rd RAM) and a GCM operator of the 2nd Foreign Regiment of Engineering (2nd REG).
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, EC505, Eurocopter, Fatal, France, French Army, Mali, Military, Safety
31-Oct-19 HL9619 Airbus EC225 Dokdo, Korea (7F)
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
25-Oct-19 FAC0006 Bell 412 Albán, Colombia (6F)
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
23-Oct-19 N7189D Robinson R22 Hebbronville, US-Texas (2F)
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
23-Oct-19 N225JM Robinson R44 Las Vegas, US-Nevada (2F)
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
21-Oct-19 UR-KTB Robinson R44 Tarasenkove, Ukraine (1F)
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
17-Oct-19 N167AG Bell 206B Marshville, US-North Carolina (1F)
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
22-Mar-19 OK-CLV Enstrom 480 Slavoňov, Czech Republic (2F)
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
27-Feb-19 9M-AMI Airbus H125 Pathibhara, Nepal (7F)
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
- Rabindra Adhikari, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation
- Ang Tshiring Sherpa, managing director of Yeti Airlines and the chairman of Air Dynasty
- Birendra Prasad Shrestha, deputy director general of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)
- Dhurba Bhochhibhoya, deputy director of CAAN
- Yubaraj Dahal, a personal aide to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
- Arjun Kumar Ghimire, a Nepal Army official
- Captain Prabhakar KC, pilot, Air Dynasty
Tags: Accidents, Air Dynasty, Airbus Helicopters, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, H125, Nepal, Safety
17-Feb-19 LN-ORH Robinson R44 Røldal, Norway (2F)
Impacted terrain in mountainous region. 2 fatal
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, Norway, R44, Robinson, Rossi Helicopter, Safety
11-Feb-19 Bell UH-1 Çekmeköy, Turkey (4F)
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
11-Feb-19 PT-HPG Bell 206B Jabaquara, Brazil (2F)
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
09-Feb-19 ET2015 Mil Mi-17V-5 Abyei, South Sudan (3F)
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
29-Jan-19 N191SF Bell 407 Zaleski, US-Ohio (3F)
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
25-Jan-19 I-EDIC Airbus AS350B2 La Thuile, Italy (7F)
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
14-Jan-19 PP-ECF Airbus AS350BA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1F)
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
10-Jan-19 N828KB Bell 230 Brooksville, US-Florida (1F)
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
29-Dec-18 Leonardo AW139 Jebel Jais, UAE (4F)
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
- Pilots Saqr Saeed Mohamed Abdullah Al Yamahi and Hameed Mohamed Obaid Al Zaabi,
- Navigator Jasim Abdullah Ali Tunaiji
- Paramedic Mark Roxburgh
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, AW139, Fatal, Leonardo, Military, Safety, SAR
15-Dec-18 Leonardo AW109S Serra de Pias, Portugal (4F)
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
01-Dec-18 HL9419 Kamov Ka32 Guri, Korea (1F)
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
26-Nov-18 Bell UH-1 Sancaktepe, Turkey (4F)
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
24-Nov-18 VH-KZV Robinson R22 Alice Springs, Australia (1F)
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
22-Nov-18 N124ML Airbus H120 La Romana, Dominican Republic (5F)
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
27-Oct-18 G-VSKP Leonardo AW169 Leicester, UK (5F)
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
17-Aug-18 VH-JWB Airbus BK117 Ulladulla, Australia
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
21-Mar-18 VH-WII Airbus EC120 Hardy Reef, Australia (2F)
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
08-Nov-17 N138WH Hughes 500D Sulphur, US-Louisiana (2F)
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
08-Nov-17 JA9672 Airbus AS332L Ueno, Japan (4F)
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
20-Aug-17 OE-XTM Airbus AS350B3 Cabril, Portugal (1F)
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
10-Aug-17 7T-WU? Bell 206L Douira, Algeria (4F)
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
10-Jun-17 B-31118 Bell 206B Fengbin, Taiwan (3F)
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
09-Jun-17 902 Airbus AS565MB Varna, Bulgaria (1F)
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
09-Jun-17 VT-NRK AgustaWestland AW119 Badrinath, India (1F)
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
04-Jun-17 OE-BXY Airbus EC135 Hochsteiermark, Austria (2F)
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
03-Jun-17 N7091F Robinson R44 Dimmit, US-Texas (1F)
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
31-May-17 Airbus AS532 Uludere, Turkey (13F)
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
25-May-17 N62UP Airbus EC135 New Castle, US-Delaware (1F)
Air ambulance on training flight. Crash shortly after take off, killing the pilot. No patients or medical crew were on board. Pilot named as Michael Murphy
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, Civil, EC135, EMS, Eurocopter, Fatal, Metro Aviation, Safety, Training, US-Delaware
23-May-17 XB-LUB Bel 47D Amacuzac, Mexico (1F)
Helicopter crashed during mosquito control operations, and burnt out in the following fire. Sole occupant pilot died in the accident
Tags: Accidents, Agricultural, B47, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Mexico, Safety
21-May-17 Leonardo AW101 Hamr el Ain, Algeria (3F)
Helicopter crashed in open farmland on a night reconnaissance mission, killing three POB. Post crash fire. Reported location is right by significant amounts of high voltage lines converging on a power station site, and the Algerian Navy later confirmed (below) that the helicopter hit powerlines.
The official statement in the news section of the Algerian Navy website shows an AW101 and official naval photos of three men in their uniforms, thus confirming 3 fatalities and not 5 as reported in some sources.
The statement reads as follows – During a night training patrol on the Blida-Tipaza axis, a rescue helicopter belonging to the Naval Forces was crashed on Sunday the 21st of May 2017, at 9.40 pm after having struck high-voltage power lines near the commune of Hamr El Ain, in the Wilaya of Tipaza, causing the death of the members of its crew, composed of three officers. In this painful circumstance, Major General HAOULI Mohamed Larbi Commandant of the Naval Forces sends his heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families and assures them of his deep compassion and support in the aftermath of this tragic accident.
Tags: Accidents, AgustaWestland, Algeria, Algerian Navy, AW101, Fatal, Military, Safety
19-May-17 Robinson R44 Heilbron, South Africa (2F)
two farmers and their sons were returning home from the Nampo Harvest Day on Bothaville in the Free State when the accident occurred. One farmer, Douw Wentzel Snr, and the other farmer’s son Andre Deale suffered fatal injuries.
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Safety, South Africa
14-May-17 Tabayama, Japan (1F)
When the rescue helicopter — which was hovering over the scene — moved its position, rocks and tree branches suddenly tumbled down the slope over the patient (who had fallen and summoned help) and the two rescue workers on the ground. The man was airlifted to a hospital in Kofu where he was confirmed dead. The two rescue workers sustained light injuries. Police are investigating the details of the rock slide, which may have been caused by the helicopter. There is no mention in available press of damage to the helicopter
Fatality named as 49-year-old Tomohiro Ito, a banker from Yokohama.
13-May-17 HB-ZTM Airbus AS350B2 Kandersteg, Switzerland (1F)
During landing phase, helicopter fell on its port side, killing the pilot. 3 of the 5 passengers were slightly injured. Pilot named in prelim accident report as Schweizer Bürger
Tags: Accidents, AS350, Civil, Eurocopter, Fatal, Mountain Flyers 80, Safety, Switzerland
10-May-17 D-HAFB Westland-Bell 47 Pertisau, Austria (2F)
Crashed and burnt out killing both on board, after reportedly hitting the cables of a material cableway. According to a report in the Tyrolean edition of the “Kronen Zeitung”, Peter H. (55) from Tulfes and Richard G. (52) from Hall.
10-May-17 N480W Enstrom 480 Pfunders, Italy (1F)
Helicopter had started the day in Pisa, flying north and refuelling at Bolzano. On next leg to Salzburg it encountered some difficulties and one report suggests it was on fire before reaching the ground and burning out in a ravine. Sole occupant pilot fatally injured – reported as a 75 year old Austrian national
04-May-17 RA-04156 Robinson R44 Inzer, Russia (3F)
Crashed killing 3 onboard as the helicopter was monitoring forest fires in Bashkortostan, Russia. Reports coming in state that the pilot and 2 forestry workers were killed instantly when the R44 came down in the forest
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Russia, Safety
04-May-17 Bell UH-1D Tanay, Philippines (3F)
Encountered engine trouble while on a landing approach inside the headquarters of the Philippine Army’s 2nd Infantry Divisiion in Sitio Hilltop, Barangay Sampaloc, Camp Capinpin in Tanay. Helicopter crashed and burned out in a wooded area
The helicopter was taking part in a disaster rescue operation training course involving 60 soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division and 12 policemen from Calabarzon in Region-4 with Camp Capinpin as venue.
3 fatalities from 4 POB
Tags: Accidents, Bell, Fatal, Military, Philippine Air Force, Philippines, Safety, UH-1
29-Apr-16 LN-OJF Airbus EC225 Bergen, Norway (13F)
Main rotor blades and hub reportedly detached in flight, and a video online purports to show this subsystem spinning down to earth. The remainder of the helicopter descended at high rate, impacting rocky ground with 13 fatalities on impact and being consumed in the post-impact fire. The helicopter was being operated for Statoil, and en route from the Gullfaks B platform to Bergen Airport
Tags: Accidents, Airbus Helicopters, AS332, CHC, Civil, EC225, Eurocopter, Fatal, Norway, Offshore, Safety
25-Feb-16 D-HVBB Eurocopter EC135T2+ Bimöhlen, Germany (2F)
Police helicopter crashed killing two and the third is in a critical condition. More news awaited. D-HVBB registration to be finally confirmed
Tags: Accidents, Civil, EC135, Eurocopter, Fatal, German Federal Police, Germany, Law Enforcement, Safety
10-Dec-15 N408FC Bell 407 McFarland, US-California (4F)
EMS helicopter “went down in dense fog in an area known to have overhead powerlines”, killing all four on board – pilot, flight nurse, flight paramedic and patient
Tags: Accidents, B407, Bell, Civil, Fatal, Rogers Helicopters, Safety, US-California
02-Dec-15 ZS-SDJ Robinson R44 II Musiva, South Africa (2F)
Both occupants suffered fatal injuries when this R44 went down in the Limpopo region of South Africa. The pair were named as De Klerk van Heerden and Roxanne van der Bank
Tags: Accidents, Civil, Fatal, R44, Robinson, Safety, South Africa
26-Jan-20 N72EX Sikorsky S76B Calabasas, US-California (9F)
This accident took the lives of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna. More details to follow when facts can be established rather than relying on media speculation
26-Jan-20
09-Jan-20 N450MC Robinson R66 Silver Spring Township, US-Pennsylvania (2F)
A helicopter crashed in a backyard of a home in Silver Spring Township, US-Pennsylvania. The two occupants on-board died, no injuries on the ground reported.
09-Jan-20
26-Dec-19 N985SA Airbus AS350 Lihue, US-Hawaii (7F)
During a sightseeing flight the helicopter crashed into terrain under unknown circumstances, resulting in a post crash fire. The pilot and six passengers perished.
26-Dec-19
25-Dec-19 N663SF Bell 407 Headland, US-Alabama (1F)
A Survival Flight aircraft rolled onto its side on landing, after the pilot, Douglas Davis had an unconfirmed heart attack. There was no patient on-board at the time, the two crew members were uninjured, the pilot was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
25-Dec-19
09-Dec-19 N79LP Bell 407 Grand Isle, US-Louisiana (2F)
Aircraft crashed in the Gulf of Mexico under unknown circumstances. The last known position was 13 nm W of Southwest Pass, Louisiana as they transiting from one off-shore platform to another.
09-Dec-19