Helicopter experienced difficulties shortly after take off. All four POB seriously injured Wreckage airlifted the next day by the fire service Reparto volo dei #vigilidelfuoco di #Torino impegnato #oggi a Quargnento (AL) nella rimozione di un elicottero precipitato ieri pomeriggio pic.twitter.com/GOkk7aDpQD — Vigili del Fuoco (@vigilidelfuoco) May 28, 2022 ... 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
Air ambulance on a mission to help three persons that were lost in the mountains. The helicopter had to wait in heavy snow showers while boarding the passengers. The crew were aware of a power line they had to be careful to avoid while navigating out of the valley. Due to the heavy snow the... Read more
Medical helicopter had landed on the highway to assist at an accident involving two trucks. The road had NOT been closed to traffic, and another truck drove past too close, causing the tips of the main blades to strike and damage the truck, with the impact moving the helicopter on its skids across the tarmac. ... Read more
Tail strike on landing... Read more
Hard landing during autorotation training (FAA). Level of damage unknown in FAA report... Read more
Main blades struck a tree. All 19 on board safely left the aircraft. Helicopter involved in firefighting operations and was taking a group of firefighters to the scene of the fire. With the helicopter incapacitated, the fire then came through the same area and the helicopter was burned out the next day 🔥 Un helicóptero... 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
Customs helicopter was involved in attempting to apprehend a boat being driven at high speed in the early hours of the morning, suspected of transporting drugs across the Strait of Gibraltar. Helicopter crashed into the sea, and the observer died in the accident – named here as José Luis Domínguez Iborra. Pilot and Copilot were... Read more
Heavy vertical landing, with skids splayed out, base of fuselage touching the ground and tail boom twisted. Main blades untouched, pictures suggest. 4 POB to the medical unit on the naval base where the accident occurred.... Read more
Emergency field landing after bird strike... Read more
Training accident, further details awaited. Two POB both to hospital... Read more
Heavy landing in a garden on grass. Skids splayed out. Press report states pilot was Tereso T Orozco, 64, of Topeka, and passenger was Kenneth David Norman, 48, of Sunnyvale, Texas. Neither were injured... Read more
Helicopter dropped load, pinning person to the ground. Load was a swimming pool shell weighing 2000lb (907kg), which fell 50 ft onto a person standing below. Canadian operator Coldstream Helicopters reported four weeks ago on their Facebook that they had purchased this aircraft. Victim to hospital by road ambulance... Read more
During positioning flight back to base, VFR at night, the co-pilot’s door sliding window fell out. Pilot diverted from intended route and landed at Sioux Falls Regional Airport without further incident.... Read more
Helicopter was involved in loadlifting operations, and lost altitude suddenly , crashing into trees as seen below in the image from Vigili del Fuoco. 37 year old pilot was the only POB and was taken to hospital... Read more
Offshore rig helideck surface block collapsed, trapping the starboard main wheel. Unclear at present whether the collapse was caused by the wheel or the integrity of the block. Anonymously supplied images can be seen at both links below The Mariner field is in UK Block 9/11a in the northern North Sea approximately 95 miles east... Read more
Helicopter crashed on Knik Glacier, killing five of the six POB. The helicopter appears to have hit the mountain 10-15 feet below a ridgeline at an elevation of about 5,500 feet. The helicopter then rolled 800-900 feet downhill. Alaska State Troopers identified the deceased as: 52-year-old Colorado resident Gregory Harms 56-year-old Czech Republic resident Petr... Read more
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
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
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
Crashed in white-out conditions during landing, during which the main rotor disc hit the ground. 20 minutes after the accident the helicopter caught fire and completely burned out. It is evident from images that the helicopter was written off in the accident (boom in multiple pieces) prior to the conflagration. Pilot named in this report... Read more
Helicopter was involved in an operation to evacuate the body of a shaheed soldier, Abdul Qadeer The four on board were named here as Pilot Major M. Hussain, Co Pilot Maj Ayaz Hussain, Naik Inzimam Alam and Sepoy Muhammad Farooq. No details on cause of accident... Read more
Accident on training flight. Two POB both injured and airlifted out. Helicopter ended up on its port side EMERCOM photo... Read more
Starboard transmission cowling flipped up into the main rotor shortly after departure... Read more
Helicopter crashed on rocky beach. Eyewitness reported seeing the helicopter spiralling out of control and plummeting to the ground Two fatalities named as owner/pilot Andrew Hamish Davidson, 60, and wife Lin Chen, 39. Three injured passengers including their two children and another child. The children – two boys and a girl – were all aged under 14 TAIC photo... Read more
Helicopter was carrying an air rescue crew on a training mission when it fell from an altitude of (5,900ft). The surviving pilot raised the alarm at around 19:10 local time (18:10 GMT) after managing to escape from the helicopter. The crew onboard consisted of two pilots – one in training – along with two winch operators and... 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
Take off from a temporary helipad in Higashi Matsuyama, Miyagi Prefecture at 10:50 (JST). The flight was for carrying trees with a sling (total weight of about 380 kg), and at an altitude of about 90 m near Miyato Kokegaura in Higashi Matsuyama, one of the trees (about 30 kg) fall in a paddy field. No... Read more
Crashed on take-off during an anti-poaching operation. Army spokesperson advised that all five Botswana Defence Force members aboard the helicopter survived the accident and are currently receiving medical attention... Read more
Bird strike took out the port windshield and damaged area between nose and base of windshield. Safe landing, but some of 6POB were injured... Read more
Crashed after hitting zip wire. Both occupants received fatal injuries. One was named as entrepreneur Jorge Brito... Read more
The aircraft was performing external load flights with delivering of concrete to a powerline fundament. During delivery of concrete to powerline mast number 49, the pilot experienced severe vertically vibrations. The pilot took immediate action, released the external load and was capable to manoeuvre the helicopter away from the construction area. During this operation the... Read more
The helicopter sustained substantial damage and the sole occupant pilot was seriously injured.... Read more
Failure of recently-overhauled main gear box during ground run. Significant damage to the main gear box No information provided on registration or operator.... Read more
The aircraft took off to carry out a local flight, with the purpose of conducting police patrol, with two pilots, an air operator and two policemen on board.On the return, during the taxi in the central area of the apron, there was loss of control of the aircraft, which carried out two turns of approximately... Read more
Engine failed while hovering over mountainous terrain. Heavy landing and helicopter rolled onto its side. Pilot not injured Helicopter was being operated for HighGold Mining, who issued this related press release... Read more
Helicopter crashed while carrying out a long-line sling operation. The sole pilot was fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed in a post-crash fire.... Read more
Pilot killed in accident.... Read more
Helicopter was on an external load flight between 2 transmission lines when the main rotor contacted and severed an electrical cable. The pilot felt vibrations and immediately deposited and released the external load on the ground. The aircraft has been positioned away from the load, where it has landed safely. The main rotor was damaged... Read more
Helicopter was on an external load flight between 2 transmission lines in the Sacré-Coeur, QC, area when the main rotor contacted and severed an electrical cable. The pilot felt vibrations and immediately deposited and released the external load on the ground. The aircraft has been positioned away from the load, where it has landed safely.... Read more
Police helicopter made emergency landing in park. No damage/injuries Data from market intelligence firm Parapex Media shows that Baltimore Police currently operate four Airbus H120s, registered N451F, N452F, N453F and N454F... Read more
Pilot died when helicopter crashed into wooded area. This report quotes pilot as Juan Francisco Escobar Blas... Read more
When hovering from the park point for take-off, the pilot loses control yawing to the left. The helicopter landed very hard. Investigators report aircraft destroyed... Read more
Damage to belly of helicopter after attempted landing on top of two metal posts about a metre tall which appear to have once supported a sign. Google Street View shows the posts in place in July 2019 Helicopter repaired and back in service by 22-Jul-20... Read more
Hillsborurgh County Sheriff helicopter suffered bird strike. No injury reported to 2 POB... Read more
Hard landing. No injury reported to 1 POB... Read more
The air accident happened on Monday 6 April 2020 in connection with sling loads for Statnett, the system operator of the Norwegian electrical power system. A container was to be moved. Because of a misunderstanding, the container was put in the wrong place. The container was to be moved further, but a strong wind gust... Read more
Starboard engine fire in flight. Pilot landed helicopter safely... Read more
