1-Jan-2021
Badly damaged in dynamic rollover on a training flight. Pilot named here as Kharudin Dahlan, 72, and his co-pilot was, Moithu Kutti Mohamad, 52... Read more
1-Jan-2021
Low level manouevre to avoid another aircraft caused helicopter to crash... Read more
1-Jan-2021
Helicopter collided with terrain, killing all four on board – the owner, his wife and two of their five children – named in this report as Wade Balisky, 45, and Aubrey Balisky, 37, and two of their children, Jewel, 8, and Fleur, 2. They were survived by their oldest three children. Location was a wide open... Read more
2-Jan-2021
Damaged after losing control during take off from Cape Town International Airport. Helicopter ended up on its starboard side on the apron outside a hangar. The pilot was flying alone and only suffered minor injuries and received medical attention.... Read more
5-Jan-2021
Helicopter made a precautionary landing, but the field was very soft and it sank into the soil, which initiated an exercise to extract it using cranes etc over two or three days. RAF Benson photo... Read more
6-Jan-2021
Helicopter was on final approach to land at its base airport Vila Velha en route from Guarapari and suddenly lost height from 200ft to the ground. Both occupants in the helicopter received fatal injuries. They were named in this report as pilot Octavio Schneider Guieroz (68) and his girlfriend Lucimara Poleto (52). Video of accident... Read more
9-Jan-2021
Loss of power on take off, autorotation into field. FAA report substantially damaged. No injuries to 3POB... Read more
9-Jan-2021
Helicopter was lifting an air conditioning units from street level to the roof of the Elihu Harris State Building (1515 Clay Street) when the load dropped. No injuries were reported.... Read more
9-Jan-2021
Landed heavily on snow, skids broken, tail boom sliced by main blades... Read more
10-Jan-2021
Landing accident, likely caused by brown-out. Tail boom sliced by main rotor disc. Helicopter was arriving from Juba, and was carrying the body of the late hon. Gabriel Matur Malek. Entourage included General Garang Mabil, General Majak Arol and Brigadier Mamer Ayom. The latter is quoted saying “When it reached Cueibet town, there is a football field and... Read more
10-Jan-2021
Helicopter ended up submerged in a river, reasons currently unclear Pilot freed himself, swam to river bank and called for help. Male passenger freed, but female passenger trapped and declared dead at scene... Read more
11-Jan-2021
A family of four died in a helicopter crash, named in this press story as Ronald Hicks, 36, Shelly Hicks, 32, Parker Hicks, 8, and Jaylyn Hicks, 5, of Bell, Florida. The helicopter was registered to Hicks Seal Coating & Striping LLC. A father, mother, and their two children were killed Thursday night when their private... Read more
12-Jan-2021
Helicopter made an emergency landing on a mountain top and ended up nose down in the snow with its sliced tail boom pointing skywards and part of the tail rotor on the ground beside it ... Read more
12-Jan-2021
Port side skid got caught on take-off, causing helicopter to fall onto its side. FAA report Substantially damaged, no injuries to 2 POB... Read more
13-Jan-2021
Field landing after reported engine failure on a training flight. No injuries reported to 2POB... Read more
13-Jan-2021
Crashed shortly after taking off from an airport. All on board survived (Mi-24 is best guess at type. 3POB and an “attack helicopter” seem reasonably likely to be correct. “Apache” clearly is not. However, image issued by the Sudan News Agency shows the aft end of the tail boom and stinger of an AW109 –... Read more
14-Jan-2021
Helicopter crashed with the loss of all 3 POB after contacting powerlines. Weather conditions were reported as low visibility. Some reports say “AgustaWestland helicopter” and this probably means an AW109, given the Turkmen Border Guard are known to operate them. AW139 and AW101 helicopters are also operated by the local military. Date not certain. This... Read more
15-Jan-2021
Bird strike on night flight took out the port lower windshield. Emergency landing made at Amsterdam Heliport. Recording of ATC conversation in this YouTube video ... Read more
16-Jan-2021
Details unclear, apart from ending up on its port side as below Source... Read more
16-Jan-2021
Two UH-1s flying together and the pilot of the second aircraft remarked that he could see smoke from the engine of the first aircraft. The pilot of the first aircraft advised that they were turning back, but as it maneuvered, it nosedived, according to reports. The pilot reportedly made sure they would not crash land on a group... Read more
19-Jan-2021
Helicopter involved in low level agricultural work. Struck wires and crashed to the ground. Pilot suffered fatal injuries... Read more
20-Jan-2021
Helicopter impacted lake. All four POB died in the accident. When the helicopter was recovered, one blade was missing and the tail boom had been sliced off. Pilot named in this report as Elio Marcaccio while passengers Moisés Selvi and Euclides Quintero, and a unnamed 14 year-old were added from this report... Read more
21-Jan-2021
Crashed and caught fire, killing all five POB. The deceased were named here as Dr Kgopotso Rudolph Mononyane, an anaesthetist, Dr Curnick Siyabonga (Sia) Mahlangu a cardiothoracic surgeon and Mpho Xaba, a specialist theatre nurse for cardiothoracic and transplant, all from Netcare Milpark Hospital; Sinjin Joshua Farrance, an advanced life support paramedic at Netcare 911,... Read more
22-Jan-2021
FAA report helicopter was substantially damaged after loss of tail rotor effectiveness on approach to land... Read more
22-Jan-2021
FAA report substantially damaged after main rotors contacted strawline. 2 POB not injured... Read more
26-Jan-2021
Heavy autorotation landing. FAA report damage as Substantial... Read more
26-Jan-2021
Emergency landing after receiving gunshot fire during drug interception operation. Helicopter landed safely but damaged... Read more
27-Jan-2021
Remained upright in very heavy landing. Engine fire. Skids collapsed, boom detached. Pilot (only person on board) airlifted to Rancagua hospital Chilean Army photo from Twitter... Read more
29-Jan-2021
Helicopter was one of three making the same route within minutes of each other. This helicopter impacted terrain and all 5POB received fatal injuries – named here as Pilot: Ernesto Ivan Verdecia Diaz Copilot: Luis Miguel González Santana Flight Engineer: Nivaldo García Herrera Bodyguard: Yoani Alarcón Ramirez Bodyguard: Osneiviz Pedro Martinez Reyes ... Read more
30-Jan-2021
Hit the ground and rolled over during low level training flight Student pilot was named as professional boxer Kevin “Two Guns” Lerena Facebook... Read more
31-Jan-2021
Crashed 5 minutes after taking off from McGhee Tyson Airport ... Read more
