2-Sep-2015
Hard landing while conducting Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques (HRST) training in a landing zone at Stone Bay, a satellite training area aboard Camp Lejeune. About 20 Marines from Virginia and North Carolina were participating in night training that requires them to exit through the back of a helicopter using suspended ropes. The rappelling and fast-rope... Read more
6-Aug-2015
Crashed in unknown circumstances. Helicopter was flying between Zabul’s capital of Qalat and the town of Shinkay, 20 kilometers (12 miles) away. Accident killed all on board – 12 soldiers and five crew members. The Taliban claimed they had shot down the aircraft... Read more
6-Aug-2015
The helicopter, involved in medical evacuation work after recent floods, was en route from Rawalpindi to Gilgit when it crashed near Lassan Nawab. Local media reported that weather was a contributory factor, and noted that there was a post-crash fire. The deceased were named as Major Humayun (Pilot), Major Muzammil (Pilot), Major Shahzad (Doctor), Major... Read more
6-Aug-2015
Student Dioselinda Zapata Feijó was walking near the helicopter shortly after it landed was struck fatally by the tail rotor, after reportedly ignoring the security cordon. Municipal official Kathia Izquierdo said the woman’s brother reported she was trying to deliver a letter to the Cabinet chief asking that a relative be freed from prison.... Read more
6-Aug-2015
Pakistan Air Force helicopter, engaged in relief and rescue efforts, crashed in the Khot area of upper Chitral, injuring several people. Media reports say the blades hit a tree, un-stablilising the helicopter on take=off, and it subsequently hit a house and crashed.... Read more
4-Aug-2015
Helicopter on low-level anti-drug operation crashed, reportedly having been shot at from the ground by an improvised mortar device. Initial reports said 15 fatal and 2 survivors, later raised to 16+2 List deceased includes – Assistant Superintendent Gualdrón Diego Rodriguez. Patrolman Jesus Antonio Polo. Patrullero Enrique Escobar. Patrolman Wilson Reyes Martinez. Patrullero Norberto Cáceres Baptist. ... Read more
2-Aug-2015
During a display of the “Golden Eagles” display team, one of the helicopters started to spin on its axis and gradually descend until it hit the ground hard, killing the pilot and seriously injuring the co-pilot. Post crash fire Full video of the accident here and here (second one shows co-pilot emerging from the helicopter)... Read more
28-Jul-2015
The helicopter crashed during a routine training exercise and the helicopter burnt out in the post-crash fire. One fatal, two seriously injured... Read more
27-Jul-2015
Weather played a significant part in this accident, and helicopter wreckage was found on the slopes of a mountain. Helicopter had made three attempts to take off from the capital Vientiane due to the weather.... Read more
21-Jul-2015
Precautionary landing by a road after warning light illuminated – later cleared for direct flight back to base... Read more
21-Jul-2015
Main blades contacted tail boom in night training landing... Read more
18-Jul-2015Source: http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40001:saaf-oryx-damaged-in-drc-taxiing-incident&catid=111:sa-defence&Itemid=242
Nosewheel collapsed during ground taxi after hitting 5cm edge of newly laid tarmac. operating for UN... Read more
14-Jul-2015
Helicopter on anti-drug operation landed in a clearing which was mined – the mine exploded, killing four, seriously injuring two and minor injuries to another four. Full infra-red video released from second helicopter providing top cover above.... Read more
10-Jul-2015
Flight with Ghana’s President John Mahama and First lady Lordina Maham on board. Landed due to severe weather. No mention in local press as to whether pilot obtained a forecast before take-off... Read more
7-Jul-2015
helicopter was on a routine flight when the crew noticed a drop in hydraulic pressure and were forced to land... Read more
5-Jul-2015
Came under fire from the ground in an area regarded as the centre of a turf war between rival drugs cartels... Read more
29-Jun-2015
Precautionary landing due to suspected engine problem. Engineers checked it over and it returned to base at INS Dega the same evening... Read more
29-Jun-2015
Landing accident on post maintenance test flight. ended up on its side... Read more
8-Jun-2015
Emergency landing at Manchester Airport and engineer called.... Read more
19-May-2015
Emergency landing due to poor weather ended up in minor damage for the helicopter after pilot Sebastián Gadea Castro put the helicopter down into vegetation during an anti-drug flight. Photos show all five blades intact, but cabin and tail in direct contact with vegetation and boom slightly bent near gearbox. 5 POB safely exited the... Read more
11-May-2015
Emergency landing Monday in the bed of the Los Angeles River near South Gate due to electrical problem. No injuries to 2 POB or damage to the helicopter. Military registration not known, but carries squadron code 423 by the nose... Read more
2-May-2015
Damaged after hitting container (some reports say “hit barrier”) during landing phase. 2 POB injured, not seriously... Read more
25-Apr-2015
on Army training exercise. 3 POB evacuated safely... Read more
23-Apr-2015
Photos show tail missing and helicopter partly on its side with starboard gear collapsed and main blades broken. Aircraft was involved in practice flights for Cameroon’s National Day on 20th May. 2 POB to hospital but released within 2 days.... Read more
21-Apr-2015
Photos show UH-1 after very heavy landing, upright but skids partially collapsed. Main blades appear complete and still attached to rotorhead.... Read more
19-Apr-2015
Chinook dropped part of its underslung load in farm field. Chinook was flying as part of the Joint Warrior exercise... Read more
15-Apr-2015
Emergency landing on public beach after reported oil leak... Read more
6-Apr-2015
Substantially damaged in force landing in an open field... Read more
27-Mar-2015
US Navy TH-57B rolled over onto its starboard side during a night training flight. Instructor and student not seriously injured... Read more
26-Mar-2015
Crashed on final approach due to gusty conditions. Rolled over onto its side. Three of 8 POB taken to hospital were named as Tran Van Thong, 36; Nguyen Xuan Toan, 53; and Dong Van Vu, 34... Read more
25-Mar-2015
Destroyed in reported Saudi air attack on hangar at Al-Dailami air base. Photo shows Bell 412 on the left of this image... Read more
25-Mar-2015
Destroyed in reported Saudi air attack on hangar at Al-Dailami air base. Photo shows Bell 412 on the left of this image... Read more
24-Mar-2015
1 killed and 2 injured when helicopter came down close to Ukraine’s capital Kiev (Kyiv) . Video from crash scene here... Read more
22-Mar-2015
Pilot carried out an “emergency landing due to technical failure”. Four occupants were captured by opposition fighters, one crew member was shot by his captors and the fait of a sixth crew member is unknown. Registration confirmed from this YouTube video... Read more
17-Mar-2015
Captain Rene Zeetsen, 30, was killed in the crash and First Lieutenant Ernst Mollinger, 26, died later in a field hospital... Read more
17-Mar-2015
Heavy landing on snow, damaging the helicopter. two pilots and two technicians on board were not seriously injured. Army code EI-351... Read more
16-Mar-2015
Manoevring accident – in hover, tail rotor hit the tail rotor of another helicopter on the apron... Read more
16-Mar-2015
Manoevring accident – in hover, tail rotor hit the tail rotor of another helicopter on the apron... Read more
13-Mar-2015
EMS flight in poor weather conditions, crashed killing two medical staff, four crew and the baby patient, only a few days old. A later report indicated “The post mortem showed there were 0.68 milligrams per milliliter of alcohol in Mehic’s blood, and 1.30 mg/ml in his urine.”... Read more
13-Mar-2015
Crashed in waters off Gageodo Island, while trying to land near a seawall to carry out a mission to transport an emergency patient to an inland hospital. The accident left one dead and three others aboard the helicopter missing.... Read more
12-Mar-2015
Aluminum part about 20.3 centimeters long and 7.6 centimeters wide, weighing about 164 grams, fell from aircraft in flight. US military reportedly took four days to advise local Japanese authorities... Read more
9-Mar-2015
7 Marines and 4 Army personnel killed in poor visibility on Florida coast. The missing Marines were from a special operations regiment out of Camp LeJeune in North Carolina – identified as Capt. Stanford Henry Shaw III , Master Sgt. Thomas Saunders, Staff Sgt. Liam Flynn, Staff Sgt. Trevor P. Blaylock , Staff Sgt. Kerry... Read more
26-Feb-2015
No details released apart from fatality numbers. One unconfirmed report quotes the type as AB212... Read more
17-Feb-2015
Ditched into the sea after engine problem. 2 POB rescued safely... Read more
16-Feb-2015
Crashed on night training flight, killing four – The ministry identified the dead crew members as Lt. Col. Ali al-Arfaj, 1st Lt. Majid al-Fifeefi, 1st Lt. Jadie Qablan and technician Raed al-Jahni.... Read more
15-Feb-2015
Philippine military press office stated “We also commend the heroic pilots of MG MD-520 attack helicopter that was hit by enemy fire while providing close air support to the ground troops which were swarmed by the bandits,”. Safe emergency landing made in confined area with no further damage apparent from photo... Read more
12-Feb-2015
Two instructors and one student died on a training accident. Weather was a factor and cause them to change their planned route after take-off.... Read more
12-Feb-2015
Emergency landing onto a mountain pass road and rolled over on landing... Read more
12-Feb-2015
Training accident of a SeaRanger out of Whiting Field NAS, rolling over onto its side while landing... Read more
12-Feb-2015
Precautionary landing shortly after take off – MH-53E is currently focus of safety inspections regarding wiring and fuel lines... Read more
11-Feb-2015
Instructor and student killed on night training flight. Crashed in rocky mountainous area and burnt out... Read more
8-Feb-2015Source: Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie
Crashed on snowy mountainside. Some reports say EC135, but the Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie have both EC135 and EC145 and analysis of the accident photo confirms EC145. Thus the subject aircraft is one of their two EC145s, CN-BZE (9344) or CN-BZF (9369). Reports also differ between the accident being on Saturday 07-Feb-15 and Sunday 08-Feb-15. This... Read more
4-Feb-2015
Two POB not seriously injuried in UH-1H crash in which helicopter ended up on its roof in open grass area... Read more
2-Feb-2015
Crashed from 10-12 ft shortly after take off, 4 POB. Pilots Colonel B K Singh and Major Kshitij not injured... Read more
28-Jan-2015
Crashed on training flight killing all four on board... Read more
27-Jan-2015
Crashed shortly after take off from Army operations centre at Tena. All four survived despite helicopter ending upside down and on fire – named as captains Soberon Hernán Alberto Davalos Villacrés and Andrew Ismael Carrillo, Second Sergeant Henry Toapanta Ona and Sergeant Humberto Moreno. A later press report blamed this accident on a fault with... Read more
23-Jan-2015
Marines helicopter out of MCAS Miramar crashed on a training flight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Both on board died in the accident, named later as Capt. Elizabeth Kealey and 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield... Read more
23-Jan-2015
Training flight, accident while hover taxying... Read more
22-Jan-2015
Emergency landing in retail parking lot after bird strike... Read more
21-Jan-2015
During an air display, the helicopter was approaching a hover but porpoised – during this the main blades contacted and cut the boom, causing the helicopter to crash from low level. Video of incident on YouTube here. Pilot and co pilot seriously injured... Read more
20-Jan-2015
Routine night training mission. Helicopter ended up on its side. 2 injured... Read more
13-Jan-2015
Ditched for unknown reason in the Chongón dam reservoir, all POB in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Video of the last stages of the recovery effort can be seen here A later press report blamed a tail rotor drive shaft problem... Read more
8-Jan-2015
British Army Air Corps helicopter slightly damaged in emergency landing in forest clearing on a training flight. One report states they lost a tail rotor blade but this video clearly shows both still in place post incident... Read more
27-Dec-2014
Passenger injured from gunshot fired from the ground while helicopter was overflying. damage to plexiglass window... Read more
21-Dec-2014
Crashed in bad weather in a rubber plantation, during flood relief operations. Four POB named as pilots Capt Seksan Puraphol and Lt Apisit Prahacha, plus aircraft mechanics Pol Sgt Major Sa-ngun Muengkamrueng, and Pol Sgt Major Kittipong Saeng-Thit... Read more
21-Dec-2014
Crashed on night training flight. Ended up on its starboard side. All six personnel aboard the helicopter survived the crash and were transported to nearby medical facilities for evaluation... Read more
15-Dec-2014
Crashed into a lake around sunset, killing all 4 POB... Read more
12-Dec-2014
Reported shot down by Islamic State group militants... Read more
2-Dec-2014
Pilot received serious head injuries from the tail rotor after receiving a warning signal, leaving the cockpit and going to the rear of the helicopter to assist the technical staff – but apparently got too close... Read more
30-Nov-2014
The helicopter landed on scene at a road accident involving an intoxicated driver whose car hit a Carabineros vehicle. With rotors turning, a fire department vehicle got too close and clipped the blades. Initially the helicopter spun 90 degrees on the ground before the damage caused the tail boom to break off a few seconds... Read more
28-Nov-2014
No immediate details of the accident, but some of the 14 POB were injured. [MSN needs verification]... Read more
21-Nov-2014
Eight of 10 POB killed in accident during military training exercise after helicopter crashed from low level and caught fire. Ninth victim died later 9on 8th December) in hospital... Read more
6-Nov-2014
Crashed on night training mission. The two pilos were named as Chief Warrant Officers Stien P. Gearhart, 50, of Meridian and Jon L. Hartway, 43, of Kun... Read more
12-Oct-2014
Turkish Navy Black Hawk had controlled flight into terrain in poor weather. All 4 POB killed... Read more
