A Survival Flight aircraft rolled onto its side on landing, after the pilot, Douglas Davis had an unconfirmed heart attack. There was no patient on-board at the time, the two crew members were uninjured, the pilot was later pronounced dead at the hospital.... Read more
The pilot reported that when he was at 300 feet altitude and half a mile out on approach, the hydraulics to the controls went out and they became very stiff. He elected to continue the approach into the landing zone. During the landing touchdown, the heel of the left skid struck a berm, rocking the... Read more
Main blades contacted tail boom on landing, helicopter destroyed... Read more
Crashed on powerline patrol, killing both on board – 51-year-old pilot Matthew Wallace of Hiram, Georgia and 63-year-old David Carson of Tuscaloosa, Alabama who was employed by Alabama Power.... Read more
Night training flight... Read more
Landing accident after reported transmission issue. Skids collapsed, main blades chopped tail boom... Read more
Pilot Milton Hearn (named here) seriously injured trying to land on road trailer in preparation to take helicopter for attention. Helicopter ended up on its side... Read more
Door separated and struck rotors. FAA quotes this as N571LF which is incorrect as that is a fixed-wing registration [if it is an ..LF registration, then N209LF and N506LF are EC130s based in Alabama]... Read more
Two injured in light helicopter accident... 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
Hard landing on training flight... 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
Instructor killed, Dutch student unnijured. Helicopter apparently struck the cable for the Davis Ferry that is strung across the Alabama River... Read more
Engine failure in flight, heavy landing, ended up on its side... Read more
Force landed near a parking deck... Read more
Training accident – student seriouslyinjured, instructor killed... Read more
Instructor and student suffered minor injuries in an accident during helicopter flight training... Read more
27-Jul-09 Sikorsky UH-60 Huntsville, US-Alabama... Read more
21-Jul-09 N91637 Bell B026 Andalusia, US-Alabama... Read more
22-Jun-09 Bell TH67 nr Fort Rucker, US-Alabama... Read more
