Air-to-air accident with FAC-4506. No fatalities in this helicopter. Crew listed as Captain Jorge Eduardo Estrada Olivares (Army Pilot), Lt Ivan Camilo Gonzalez Rada (Student Army), Lt Hugo Estrada Lopez (Mexican Student) and First Technical Luis Carlos Castro (Crew FAC)... Read more
Helicopter crashed on the beach, ending up on its side with boom separated. Sole occupant pilot was seriously injured, pulled from the wreckage by a passer-by and flown to Palmerston North Hospital. Pilot name reported as Jim Sherwin, aged 60... Read more
Television stations cited the military as saying officials had reached the wreckage, but fog covered the area. It was a Bell UH-1 on a night training mission... Read more
Helicopter was on third and last day providing EMS support to the Rally Chaco. Descended after reported bird strike. Photos show the tail boom was broken, likely severed by the main blades... Read more
It was taking a test flight after a regular maintenance check and was hovering when it crashed, the GSDF said.... Read more
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16-Feb-09 CC-CBW Bell UH-1 Chanco, Maule region, Chile... Read more