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
Pilot reported difficulties while flying and made emergency landing in built-up area – it appeared to be circling at low level in this doorbell footage All four on board, including a baby of 2 months old, got out without further injury. Air Methods statement : Today an Air Methods owned aircraft experienced an accident in... Read more
Tail strike on landing... Read more
Background: On the morning of the incident the flight crew based at KMRB in Martinsburg, WV was preparing to transition from a spare aircraft back into their normal duty aircraft which had just recently come out of a 1000-hour maintenance interval. The pilot-in-command for the day shift elected to move the spare aircraft (N102HN) off... Read more
Background: On the morning of the incident the flight crew based at KMRB in Martinsburg, WV was preparing to transition from a spare aircraft back into their normal duty aircraft which had just recently come out of a 1000-hour maintenance interval. The pilot-in-command for the day shift elected to move the spare aircraft (N102HN) off... Read more
Emergency field landing after bird strike... Read more
Starboard transmission cowling flipped up into the main rotor shortly after departure... Read more
At approximately 140 KIAS, the right rear passenger door came open. The PIC had also heard and felt a change in the aircraft. PIC immediately slowed down the aircraft and the flight nurse in the back of the aircraft while still seat-belted was able to close the door. Upon safe landing and exiting of the... Read more
The helicopter sustained substantial damage and the sole occupant pilot was seriously injured.... Read more
With pilot and two paramedics on board, the helicopter started spinning shortly after take off and crashed about 20 seconds later, causing fatal injuries to pilot Patrick Mahany.The helicopter hit a parked pickup truck and travel camper and the helicopter was consumed by the ensuing fire. Flight paramedic Dave Repsher was burned in the crash... Read more
Security video shows helicopter search light spinning to the left. The video shows that the helicopter entered a steep descent and impacted the side of the hospital building and parking lot at night. Operated by Air Methods for ARCH Air Medical. Pilot named here as Ronald Rector... Read more
Vanderbilt LifeFlight aircraft suffered bird strike, minor damage to windshield and safe emergency landing... Read more
Hit flock of ducks on practice approach, breaking the windshield. Helicopter landed with no further damage... Read more
Tail rotor struck fence... Read more
Landed close to a highway and suffered unknown damage... Read more
Air Methods training flight. Accident at around 22:30 hours local time. Two POB injured and airlifted to a hospital in Arlington... Read more
Bird strike and bird entered cockpit. AirMed 4 landed safely on the helipad at Kennecott mine. There were no injuries... Read more
EMS Helicopter grounded after technical (electrical?) fault on take-off. Patient on board and taken onwards by ground ambulance... Read more
Laser strike in cruise with patient on board. No detrimental effect to mission or crew on board ... 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
Force landing on highway... Read more
Helicopter went tech at highway landing site... Read more
Very heavy field landing of an EMS helicopter – helicopter was headed from Seminole Airport to the Creek Nation Community Hospital in Okemah. Skids collapsed, main blades sliced tail boom. All four POB injured, noting that no patient was on board.... Read more
“Hall Medevac 1” made emergency landing after bird strike while en route to pick up patient... Read more
Blade delamination caused unusual vibration levels which prompted crew to investigate and then change aircraft before they took off... Read more
Chin window damaged by patient trolley and helicopter taken out of service until new parts fitted. Life Link III operate five Bell 407s – N404LL through N408LL so presumably one of these was the subject aircraft... Read more
Night bird strike, cracking search light housing. Landed safely... Read more
Hit by laser while circling potential EZ landing site. Source identified, arrest made... Read more
Intoxicated person approached helicopter outside pilot’s peripheral vision while at flight idle and with the patient on board being stabilised. New helipad lacked chain or fence to stop anyone approaching pad, which is adjacent to public-access area... Read more
Transmission chip light came on. Power reduce and an emergency landing was made at Pope Army Airfield which was about 3-4 miles away without further incident... Read more
#2 engine low oil pressure illuminated and engine lost power in landing phase. Otherwise uneventful landing... Read more
Door fell off on take off. Landed without further incident... Read more
Helicopter went AOG for unknown reason and was roaded out from field landing. We are 99% sure this was N911KX, although the press photo shows the registration etc all covered up. Compare to this photo of N911KX which is known to be based in Iowa.... Read more
Emergency landing while en route to an accident scene – smoke in the cockpit. Registration assumed as this is the only helicopter operated by Martin County on this work and our report stated “Martin County LifeStar”... Read more
Ingested plastic carrier bag on final approach to land on road to pick up accident victim. Aircraft went U/S and patient continued by road. Mechanic called to clear aircraft for flight.... Read more
Cockpit indication led pilot to make emergency landing at night. Aircraft later checked out and cleared to fly... Read more
While en route to a medical emergency at Steele, LifeSaver 1 from Birmingham was struck by a goose and landed in the parking lot at Margaret Elementary School. ** NOTE ** Registration is assumed from operator website. Â The FAA repors code “LSV1” which refers to “LifeSaver 1” and recent photos on the LifeSaver 1 facebook... Read more
Emergency landing after bird strike with mallard duck and cracked windshield.... Read more
Rapid yaw to the left on take-off, which the pilot managed to control and bring the helicopter back to a safe landing. Mechanic found tail/rotor servo cannon plug was coated with residual oil... Read more
Damaged in hangar prior to being put into service. Fixed wing aircraft manoevred and struck helicopter twice, causing two long scratches, which are reported as “relatively minor” were then covered up using a marker pen. All activity caught on hangar video surveillance. Gadsden Police on the case... Read more
Emergency landing due to mechanical issue. Upon inspection by the mechanic, a clogged left hydraulic filter was found which had made the collective feel stiff. After replacement, the aircraft was returned to service.... Read more
Tailrotor struck a mound of dirt on landing... Read more
Main rotor struck tail boom on shut down... Read more
Tail rotor chip light illuminated during patient transfer. Safe precautionary landing made in church car park. Second helicopter attended to complete patient transfer... Read more
The EMS pilot took off with patient on board, but shortly after take off not notified the on-scene engine crew that they had smoke in the cockpit and were declaring an emergency. Landed safety and patient to hospital by land ambulance... Read more
On final approach to Miami Valley Hospital’s south helipad, the aircraft struck a bird. The pilot continued with his landing. The aircraft was inspected and no damage was found. It was returned to service.... Read more
Pilot had reported that he was calling in to a nearby airport for refuel shortly before. Air Ambulance crashed in open countryside killing the three crew – Randy Bever, 47, a nurse, Chris Frakes, 36, a paramedic, and James Freudenberg, 34, the pilot – and the patient Terry Tacoronte, 58... Read more
Near miss with C17 military transport plane. Helicopter pilot took evasive action... Read more
Tail rotor drive shaft cover separated from the aircraft during post-maintenance positioning flight... Read more
Destroyed on ground by hurricane... Read more
While loading patient, an ED technician dressed in a blue plastic gown came sprinting around from the far side of the aircraft. The pilot was able to intercept this individual but not before he had come under the rotor disk and near the tail. While loading patient at Day Kimball Hospital, Putnam, CT, an ED... Read more
Substantially damaged... Read more
Reported as engine failure at 200ft on take-off and very heavily subsequent landing with skids failing and fuselage impacting the ground. Helicopter remained upright. 3 injured... Read more
AirMed was responding to a rollover on I-84 when the rotor struck a metal pole on the side of the road. The craft raised 10 feet in the air and began tipping on its side before the pilot brought it down hard on both skids, which splayout out.... Read more
On landing at the hospital, fuel sprayed over the 11 persons in the landing area... Read more
Emergency generator light turned on and the pilot reported the smell of electrical smoke in the cockpit,... Read more
21-Aug-09 N137KY Eurocopter EC135 Lexington, US-Kentucky... Read more
18-Aug-09 N430UH Bell B430 Salt Lake City, US-Utah... Read more
10-Aug-09 N243AM Eurocopter EC135 Winston Salem, US-North Carolina... Read more
14-Jul-09 N235UW Eurocopter EC135 Madison, US-Wisconsin... Read more
16-May-09 N394LG Eurocopter AS350B2 Simla, US-Colorado... Read more
7-May-09 N433UM Bell B430 Michegan, US-Michegan... Read more
30-Apr-09 N Thermal, US-California... Read more
28-Mar-09 N430UH Bell B430 Salt Lake CIty, US-Utah... Read more
10-Mar-09 N145SU Eurocopter EC145 , US-California... Read more
5-Mar-09 N136DU Eurocopter EC135 , US-... Read more
26-Feb-09 N430UT Bell B430 Salt Lake City, US-Utah... Read more
23-Feb-09 N122SL Eurocopter BK117 St Louis, US-Missouri... Read more
5-Feb-09 N137LN Eurocopter EC135 Philadelphia, US-Pennsylvania... Read more
