On shutting down after practice autorotations, a wrinkle was discovered in the tail boom... Read more
Accident happened in the rescue operations following a major earthquake which hit Nepal on 25-Apr-15. Nepalese villagers had demanded to be rescued before the tourists and in the ensuing confusion, a villager was killed by the rotor blades – likely that means “walked into the tail rotor”... Read more
Flight nurse fell from helicopter to her death during hoist operations. Named as Kristin McLain... Read more
Unattended and parked helicopter struck by taxying fixed wing Aero Commander aircraft... Read more
Pilot Mike O’Donnell, was flying the helicopter from Angola to Zambia (and onwards to South Africa per some reports) when it crashed. Post crash fire, although some reports quote helicopter being on fire in the air... Read more
Helicopter enroute from Kuantan to Subang when it crashed and caught fire. All occupants were guests at the wedding luncheon of the daughter of the Prime Minister in his hometown of Pekan, Kuantan earlier, and were named as – Rompin Member of Parliament and PR1MA Malaysia Corporation (PR1MA) chairman Tan Sri Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis –... Read more
Crashed onto the roof of a house during a post-maintenance test flight. Video footage indicates items fell from the helicopter in flight prior to impact. Pilot was named as Thomaz Rodrigues Alckmin, son of Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin, and three of the other four fatalities were engineers working for Helipark.... Read more
Struck birds and windscreen cracked. Emergency landing made at David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport with no further problem... Read more
Aircraft turned back to Aberdeen before reaching destination. 7 POB. Reported as a Cowling Open warning light... Read more
Turned back after takeoff to check a malfunctioning gauge and landed back at departure point. Infant patient then ferried to destination by another helicopter... Read more
Crashed in poor weather while working on telephone lines for Telefonos de Mexico – three died on impact, fourth later in hospital... Read more
After engine failure indication the pilot decided to land in the heliport of the Montmelo motor racing circuit. During approach there was an explosion of the engine, provoking the power turbine and exhaust nozzle to detach. Important damage to the engine and the exhaust nozzle.... Read more
On flight from Cayenne to Grand Santi, pilot was flying very low and struck trees. Pilot returned to Cayenne airfield.... Read more
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
Tail rotor spider assembly fractured in-flight, resulting in an emergency run-on landing at Merrill Field, Anchorage... Read more
External load operations (carrying food and supplies to a mining camp in Colchagua) at 12,700ft amsl but only 50m above the ground when an engine problem caused pilot to jettison the load and take evasive action, descending to the right intending flying down a gorge. Sadly the pilot, named as Francisco Bismara from Argentina, died... Read more
flying to McAlester from Tulsa when it crashed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and no patients were on board. Timed at around 11.25pm 3 POB, 1 Fatal... Read more
Mid air crash of two AS350 helicopters resulting in the fatal crash of both aircraft with a total of 10 lives lost. Aircraft burnt out in post-crash fire, and were involved in the filming of a reality TV show called Dropped. Eight French nationals, including three sports stars, and the Argentine pilots died when the... Read more
Mid air crash of two AS350 helicopters resulting in the fatal crash of both aircraft with a total of 10 lives lost. Aircraft burnt out in post-crash fire, and were involved in the filming of a reality TV show called Dropped. Eight French nationals, including three sports stars, and the Argentine pilots died when the... Read more
Helicopter was engaged in low level powerline work, hit powerline and crashed killing both on board. Post crash fire.... 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
Hospital worker walked into spinning tail rotor shortly after helicopter had landed, and died from his injuries... Read more
Sheriff helicopter made emergency landing in fields of Hart High School due to lightning... Read more
According to preliminary information, after take-off from the helipad on a helicopter has failed directional control system, the pilot decided to make an emergency landing to determine the circumstances and causes of the failure. During landing the helicopter rolled over on its right side and collapsed. Reportedly destroyed. Location was a helipad located at the... Read more
Precautionary landing shortly after take-off... Read more
Tail rotor hit rock during firefighting work on approach to land to pick up a forest fire brigade team... Read more
Emergency landing onto a mountain pass road and rolled over on landing... Read more
Rotorstrike during landing phase, helicopter ended up on its side. No serious injuries to 4 POB... Read more
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
Vanderbilt LifeFlight aircraft suffered bird strike, minor damage to windshield and safe emergency landing... Read more
Airframe vibration and control problems.... Read more
Crashed killing both on board after hitting powerlines at night. Helicopter was carrying 800-900 kg of hashish and on an illegal (unbooked with air traffic) flight. One of those on board was from the Albanian Air Force. Photos show a Bo105 in dark camouflage colours... Read more
The engine number 2 caught fire as the aircraft was taxying in. Substantial damage restricted to the right hand side engine... Read more
Emergency landing in retail parking lot after bird strike... Read more
Helicopter was involved with long line operations on a power-line construction project 11 nm SE of Key Lake, SK. After a power-line cable was moved, the long line did not release. The helicopter descended and struck the ground. The pilot was injured and was transferred to La Ronge Hospital for medical attention. The helicopter sustained... Read more
The flight was operating a hydro line patrol and suffered “collision with terrain”. Sole occupant pilot airlifted to hospital. CADORS 2015C0207... Read more
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
Crashed at night killing owner Mauro Garza Fernandez, and passenger Alejandro Lopez Lopez. Pilot Ciro Huerta Martinez and the other two passengers named as Balden Lorenzo González and Jorge Armando Gonzalez Bustos were injured. Some reports say that the helicopter was not equipped for night flights. Video of the crash site here.... Read more
During fire fighting operation, pilot experienced problems on the tail rotor and landed safely – another report suggests the cable holding the water bucket (empty at the time) contacted the tail rotor. Damages found on tail rotor and tail boom.... Read more
Precautionary landing due to fog and ended up parked overnight. No damage... Read more
Crashed into trees during flood relief operations, injuring both pilots and two aid workers on board. Pilot Asst Superintendent Amirul Adli Ahmad suffered a fractured spine. Co-pilot Asst Superintendent Hasli Hassan had minor injuries to his knees. The other two – both with minor injuries – were named as Sergeant Major Mohd Hood Abd Majid and... Read more
Crashed into Mangrove swamp not long after take-off from Condo Iporanga in Guaruja when en route to Sao Paulo, killing all five on board. This included Marcelo Muller, grandson of the founder of the Muller beverage company, his wife Lumara Rocha Müller, their 2 year old daughter Georgia and her nanny Raquel dos Santos Vilas... Read more
Passenger injured from gunshot fired from the ground while helicopter was overflying. damage to plexiglass window... Read more
Suspected lightning strike, returned to base. Reg to be confirmed... Read more
While the helicopter was hovering prior to departure from an oil platform, the crew heard a strong noise followed by vibration and instability of the helicopter. The pilot commanded an immediate landing on the deck, with the helicopter touching the floor in an abrupt manner. 17 POB. Substantially damaged... Read more
Loss of power at 20ft agl, heavy landing... Read more
Crashed into a lake around sunset, killing all 4 POB... Read more
Reported shot down by Islamic State group militants... Read more
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
No immediate details of the accident, but some of the 14 POB were injured. [MSN needs verification]... Read more
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
Crashed in foggy conditions en route from Moscow to Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod region) between the villages of Mihalchikovo and Korabotovo. Killing the pilot and four passengers, including an 8-year-old girl.... Read more
Rolled onto its side on landing, 2 POB, one slight injured, other not injured.... Read more
Faulty indicator led to precautionary landing on Forties Charlie platform instead of intended destination at Forties Unity... Read more
Details sketchy, but Border Patrol pilot (only POB) was taken to hospital for evaluation... Read more
Hit flock of ducks on practice approach, breaking the windshield. Helicopter landed with no further damage... Read more
During take off (aerial work ops) in a mountain and wooded area, the main rotor hit a tree. Damages to the main blades, to the tail boom and the tail rotor.... Read more
Dynamic rollover on take-off... Read more
Force landing in field at night. No apparent damage given flights reported on FlightAware.com on 23-Oct-14 and 27-Oct-14 – but incident was reported by FAA... Read more
Emergency night landing in public park... Read more
5-6kg section of insecure load dropped from 100m during underslung operations... Read more
Contacted fence on landing... Read more
Helicopter took off from Lausanne, Switzerland and has crashed in France – reportedly just prior to landing at Montbéliard – Courcelles Aerodrome. Weather reported as foggy and press report says that pilot was looking for a gap in the cloud to land at the airfield. Five of seven POB killed when helicopter landed on a... Read more
Crashed in jungle on flight searching for two missing mountaineers. Wreckage found three days later. Two occupants (pilot Capt Chatchawal Thanthong and experienced mountain trekker U Shwe Yin Taw Gyi) hiked for some time and were located further days after that according to this report. The third (Myanmar co-pilot Aung Myat Toe who navigated) was... Read more
Fell onto port side during landing... Read more
Helicopter overflew a boat before flying at low level and high speed, getting lower very gradually until hitting the water. The water surface was glassy smooth, perhaps contributory. After crashing, the helicopter is said to have sunk almost immediately. The pilot/owner who died has been identified as 41 year old Alexei Afonchenkovu. Passenger survived... Read more
Extensively damaged in “heavy landing”. 4 POB injured, but not life threatening... Read more
Crashed and completely burnt out, killing pilot Walter Sulca Ramos and co-pilot Walter Quevedo Mestanza. Weather of blizzards likely to be a factor... Read more
Heavy autorotation landing, damaging helicopter... Read more
The Riverside County Sheriff press release says “On 08/28/2014 at approximately 11:00 AM the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Aviation Unit was conducting training exercises with a department helicopter. While low-flying over the Hemet / Ryan Airport runway the helicopter crashed. Sheriff’s personnel operating the helicopter were transported to a local area hospital for treatment of... Read more
Blades struck mountain side during rescue operation of a climber, causing helicopter to crash. All three on board killed, named as Captain Emilio Pérez Peláez Lieutenient Marcos Antonio Benito Rodríguez José Martínez Conejo (Mountain specialist) The helicopter is officially serialled HU.15-90. It also carried the Guardia Civil code 09-118 See also Guardia Civil tribute video... Read more
Intended landing point was on a football pitch as part of an election campaign by Alexandre Baldy. When it was about to land, the main rotor blades collided with the cross-bar of the goal and the wire fence surrounding the football pitch. Fragments of the cross-bar were cast at a distance of 41 meters, perforating... Read more
Main rotor blade strike in mountainous region during rescue. Helicopter landed safely with main blade tips suffering the most damage... Read more
On a local flight 32 NM northwest of Matagami, QC, when the engine (Honeywell LTS-101-700-D2) failed on final for the helipad. The aircraft was not damaged and the pilot, alone on board, was not injured. The TSB will implement a plan to examine some of the components CADORS 2014Q1697... Read more
Heliski helicopter crashed on mountain. Boom detatched from cabin, which rolled further down the slope. 1 fatal (named as Jerome Box) of 7 on board – five skiers, their guide and the pilot. The other six all to hospital, none with life-threatening injuries... Read more