Rotors running refuel – FBO attendant was pulling the grounding cable from the fuel truck and the cable struck the main rotor blades Helicopter operates as “Native Air 7” from a base at Payson, AZ ... Read more
Rolled over on landing... Read more
Main rotor struck powerline... Read more
Force landing on a road after paraglider tether caught on the skid... Read more
Tail strike on landing... Read more
Midair collision with fixed wing N2868H, causing helicopter to crash to the ground. Both student pilot and instructor received fatal injuries – named here as 34-year-old Michael Papendick and 27-year-old Jessica Brandal... Read more
Sole occupant pilot seriously injured... Read more
FAA report – Emergency landing on golf course due to engine issues. Image issued by Prescott Airport suggests no damage, although it is unknown how heavy the landing was... Read more
FAA : Low Rotor RPM, Emergency landing. Damage level not known... Read more
Post-flight inspection found damage to the tail rotor... Read more
FAA report helicopter was substantially damaged after loss of tail rotor effectiveness on approach to land... Read more
Low level manouevre to avoid another aircraft caused helicopter to crash... Read more
Aircraft auto-rotated and hit the ground in the desert, Mesa, Arizona.... Read more
Crashed at the end of the runway... Read more
The pilot reported that during the approach, he noticed erratic cyclic control movements and subsequently landed hard. Postaccident examination of the helicopter by an Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the main rotor blades and tail boom were substantially damaged.... Read more
Training accident. Recording of ATC transmissions on this YouTube video.... Read more
The Customs and Border Patrol Instructor Pilot demonstrated an autorotation, yet misjudged the flare. Helicopter destroyed... Read more
Minor damage after force landing by taxiway... Read more
Rolled over on landing... Read more
Operated by Airwest Helicopters for Cochise County Sheriff. Main blades chopped tail boom and skids splayed out in heavy landing. Two POB were listed as pilot Larry Pucci and the observer Officer Justin Dannels (the son of Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels)... Read more
Reported engine failure during night patrol – in ensuing hard landing the tail boom was broken. 2 POB not injured. Accident was around 1am... Read more
Force landing in a field one mile from destination airport... Read more
Struck powerline and impacted the ground... Read more
After landing, the pilot exited the running helicopter; shortly thereafter the helicopter became airborne without the pilot at the flight controls. The helicopter subsequently impacted the ground and rolled over. The pilot was struck by one or more of the main rotor blades and was fatally injured.... Read more
Emergency landing in parking lot on night patrol... Read more
Substantially damaged in landing accident... Read more
Emergency landing, needed roading out from where it came down.... Read more
Bird struck tail rotor on approach. Landed OK... Read more
Helicopter contacted a mound of earth on landing, causing it to end up on its side. Some reports suggest the wind was gusty and may have been contributory. Two of the four POB injured and airlifted to hospital... Read more
Heavy impact, post crash fire, no survivors. Two POB were pilot/owner Chad Nelson and passenger Brynne Smith. This report quotes Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office saying the debris field is a radius of half a mile.... Read more
Force landing, substantial damage – skids completely collapsed and tail boom separated. Pilot with minor injuries and five passengers uninjured... Read more
Lower chip detector plug was found out of the locked detent position and had slightly ?backed out? of the housing. This condition will cause a disruption of oil flow through the transmission oil pump and therefore a loss of oil pressure. Enroute from Page Municipal Airport (KPGA) to Kane County Hospital in Kanab, Utah... Read more
Emergecny landing after reportedly losing power. Boom separate from cabin, which ended up on its side. 3 POB to hospital... Read more
The helicopter landed hard and main blades severed the tailboom during a practice engine-out procedure. 2 crew on board, no passengers... Read more
Substantially damaged in landing accident. Although this is a tour helicopter, only two flight crew were on board, no passengers ... Read more
We have a recent report in of an emergency landing at 10.28pm of an EMS helicopter near the junction of New River and Cross Mountain roads in New River, Arizona – northern outskirts of Phoenix. Air Methods operating for “Guardian Air”... Read more
Tail boom separation... Read more
Precautionary landing in park after oil pressure warning... Read more
Emergency landing in residential area. Skids collapsed, pilot walked away. Pilot was flying from Chandler to Falcon Field in Mesa. Plenty of photos of the helicopter in happier times on this page... Read more
The aircraft was on a two-hour sightseeing tour when it went down in 60 feet of water only 25 minutes after taking off from Scottsdale Airpark. The pilot is identified as 62-year-old Fred Cleeves, owner of Skyblue Helicopters. The passengers were George Riedel, 64, and Julie Barba, 49.... Read more
Tail boom damaged in off airport landing... Read more
Pilot put R22 Mariner down into Lake Havasu after experiencingd unspecified mechanical problems. Mohave County Sheriff’s reported the pilot as Michael Christiansen, and his passenger as Michael Rabo. It is unclear from press reports how this helicopter sank, given it has fixed floats... Read more
Rotor blades suffered minor damage when helicopter was on the ground... Read more
Lost power and forced to land in a field. Main blades hit tail boom... Read more
Helicopter crashed into river, killing all four occupants, on a flight from Sedona to Scottsdale. Wreckage located the next day. A later report from KGUN9suggested that authorities had “discovered a severed cable near the crash site and found marks on the rotor blade consistent with hitting a cable”. Fatalities were named as helicopter owner/pilot Raymond... Read more
Autorotated into field and the boom broke off... Read more
Helicopter was fire-bombed while parked on the helipad outside Verde Valley Medical Center. Alleged that a beer bottle filled with fuel was thrown into cockpit – photos show extensive fire damage in that area... Read more
Minor damage on landing... Read more
Crashed in a residential neighbourhood, both occupants hospitalised -Alan Cottrell and Ron Ponce... Read more
Royal Air Force Chinook suffered unspecificed “mishap” during training exercise. It is known that Chinooks ZA671, ZA711 and ZA712 (and maybe a fourth?) are all currently based in Yuma on training work, so subject aircraft will be one of these.... Read more
the helicopter was taking part in the filming of an episode of “Top Gear-Korea†when it crashed. Initial reports indicate the crash was caused by a mechanical malfunction at a low altitude. 2 POB were reported safe soon after the accident. A video was posted on LiveLeak.com from inside the cockpit of the whole sequence... Read more
Early reports of private helicopter down on Raytheon property nr Tucson Airport. Pilot airlifted to UMC Trauma Center, no info on the other person on board. FAA spokesman said pilot reported engine failure prior to landing.... Read more
Pilot elected to make an emergency landing, which was executed safely with no damage to the helicopter... Read more
Minor damage on landing... Read more
Emergency landing after bird strike caused hole 10×16 inches... Read more
Hard landing – starboard gear collapsed. Pilot identified as 57-year-old Jeff Boatman... Read more
Emergency services attended a helicopter that made a hard landing in a residential area, and was “leaking fluid”. Photographs appear to show the skids have been deformed and the tail touching the ground. Location is just north of Pierce Field (10AZ).... 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
Bird strike during landing phase... Read more
Aft portion of tail boom separated on landing... Read more
Engine cowling opened in flight and struck main rotor blades. Helicopter landed without further incident.... Read more
Development aircraft – report of jolt while in cruise flight – entered autorotation but heavy landing and helicopter ended up on its side.... Read more
Brown out at 30 to 40 ft during an NVG approach... Read more
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that civilian pilot Loren Leonberger was pronounced dead at the scene of the PCSO helicopter crash near Avra Valley. Other occupants were Edwin Nettleton, 58, and Paul Panzica, 41, who were released from the hospital ahead of Larry Sayers, 64, who was seriously injured.... Read more
Tail rotor struck a cactus. Pilot was sole occupant... Read more
FAA report “heavy landing”... Read more
FAA prelim report stated that this R22 “ended up on its side”. We note that we have another report dated 29th October of the same type of helicopter in Prescott AZ – perhaps the FAA got the wrong date on this report?... Read more
Emergency landing made after chip light illuminated... Read more
Tail rotor struck canvas umbrella while hovering at low level... Read more