Coroner reported that James Burks of Hot Springs, Ark. was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville.  Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Hundelt says the helicopter was spraying fungicide on a wheat field near New Athens when the rotor separated from the aircraft, causing it to crash.... Read more
5 passengers and 2 crew members who were injured and were airlifted by helicopters of the Armed Forces to hospitals in Bucaramanga and Barrancabermeja... Read more
Clipped powerlines while crop spraying. Pilot has electrical burns to his thighs... Read more
Crashed into field after take-off... Read more
Helicopter was being used by political figure and a flag being waved (or thrown?) by an enthusiastic supporter got caught up in the rotor blades. Helicopter grounded for engineers, Politician continued by road... Read more
Crashed while firefighting, pilot Matuaze Héctor de la Fuente, 54, died at the scene of the accident, while his passenger, Cristián Sánchez Gabriel Orellana, 38, was seriously injured... Read more
News footage shows the UH-1N crashed near a ridgeline on Hidden Mountain. While the tail appeared to be intact, fire destroyed the rest of the craft. 4 POB all rescued OK... Read more
The Kapisa deputy provincial governor Aziz Ul Rahman said that the helicopter had hit a cable. Fatality later named as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Terry L. Varnadore II, 29, of Arden, N.C... Read more
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Water taxying on floats, turned sideways and fell onto its side... Read more
PAF Spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol clarified that the Air Force helicopter did not crash as it just “made a hard landing†as an emergency procedure.... Read more
B206 crashed in the town square of Dataran Sibu, just opposite a hotel where Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is due to attend a function. Sole occupant pilot Sahimi Razali died later in hospital from his injuries... Read more
Pilot Retoreto Seriba Marcelo, 39, and passenger Adrian Rodriguez, 54, were killed in the accident.... Read more
Tipped over onto its starboard side on take-off... Read more
Precautionary landing in field. FAA preliminary report quotes registration as “Wings 1” which would be the callsign. Wings Air Rescue operates four Bell 407s (N407WA, N911WA, N511MT and N513MT) and we expect the subject one here to be N407WA but we have not got 100% confirmation on that yet... Read more
A Defence Force source said the helicopter, which was en route from Ohakea to Woodburn, was carrying a spare engine for another Iroquois, which began to leak oil – the the resultant fumes cause the need for an emergency landing... Read more
After the passengers had boarded the aircraft, the commander heard a noise and the aircraft suddenly settled and adopted a nose high attitude. The engines were shut down, the passengers and crew disembarked. Subsequent examination of the aircraft by the crew showed that the undercarriage aft crosstube had failed, due to metallurgical fatigue.... Read more
Pilot lost control over a forest fire. Helicopter crashed killing pilot Hector Metuaze de la Fuente, Passenger seriously injured. Post crash fire and burnt out... Read more
Crashed into the water, unknown circumstances... Read more
“The incident happened at about 3:30pm in rainy and windy condition when the Australian pilot failed to navigate the helipad belonging to the Ambua Lodge. “ All five on board survived. Helicopter was inbound from Komo, in support of Essar LNG project there. Pilot named as Haji Ruslan... Read more
Very heavylanding in farm field after experiencing mechanical issues. Skids took impact, and tail boom also damaged. Tail rotor not attached to the helicopter by the time it came to rest.... Read more
The Interior Ministry says six firefighters have died when their helicopter crashed in a remote region in the northeastern province of Aragon as they flew to try and put out a wildfire. The statement says a seventh crew member survived the accident and has been flown to hospital in the city of Teruel. Photos at... Read more
Tail rotor strike during landing... Read more
A Jet Ranger was damaged during a minor training mishap at Axamo Airport in Jönköping. The occupants were unharmed, and the cause of the incident is unknown... Read more
Uneventful approach and landing on the helideck where it was intended to embark ten passengers and some equipment. After nine passengers had boarded, the aircraft suddenly settled and adopted a nose high attitude. The engines were shut down and the passengers and crew disembarked. Subsequent examination of the aircraft by the crew showed that the... Read more
Engine fire en route – emergency (and safe) landing in field... Read more
Emergency landing on a playing field yesterday after indications of a possible engine fault... Read more
Extremely erratic take-off from elevated hospital helipad caught on video. According to the company, the pilot could bring the machine under control. CEO Roy Knaus blamed the incident on “a combination of circumstances”... Read more
Air-to-air with FAC-4501, killing 5 in this helicopter. Air force Capt. Juan Jose Orjuela, Mexican Lt. Dante Herrera Alarcon, Lt. Manuel Alberto Cuspoca, technician John Mario Diaz Llanos and technician Felipe Pava Rodriguez were killed in the accident.... Read more
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
Flights suspended from London City Airport after Bell JetRanger made emergency landing there and blocked the runway... Read more
Force landed near a parking deck... Read more
Very heavy landing on long-line training flight. Helicopter ended up on starboard side with boom separated.... 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
Bird strike which caused windshield to shatter... Read more
Main rotor struck tail boom during autorotation landing... Read more
Emergency landing on road during post-maintenance check flight. No injuries or damage... Read more
Brown out at 30 to 40 ft during an NVG approach... Read more
Brig. Gen. Alfredo Bocanegra Navia, the 48-year-old commander of the army’s 5th Brigade, and his aides (Lt. John Alexander Salcedo, Pvt. German Alfonso Ortiz) were traveling from brigade headquarters in Bucaramanga, Santander’s capital, to the town of Aguachica in neighboring Cesar province. Civilian pilot Jaime Landinez was also killed... Read more
Precautionary landing after bird strike... Read more
Crashed in mountainous region, pilot named as (José Gregorio Escalona) was killed in the impact... Read more
Helicopter was harvesting pine cones and descending to unload. At about 100ft agl, tail rotor authority was lost and the helicopter began to rotate. The main rotor contacted trees and the helicopter crashed on its left side. The pilot was the sole occupant and sustained minor injuries. CADAORS ref 2011C0421... Read more
Precautionary landing on school field after warning light illuminated. Timed at 3.30am local... Read more
Pilot was Scott Finlayson, rescued safely and briefly hospitalised.... Read more
Main blades severed tail boom during autorotation on training flight... Read more
Reportedly developed mechanical difficulties and crashed into a coconut tree while landing... Read more
TV reporting helico0pter for WCVB – Boston’s Channel 5. Warning light came on and pilot made immediate emergency landing. No damage to helicopter. Pilot Michael Young employed buy Helicopters Inc, and photographer Karen Lippert of WCVB were aboard.... 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
Crew reported as pilot Osvaldo Perez Feliz and copilot Mario Rivas, neither badly hurt. The helicopter is often used privately by Dominican Republic opposition leader, Miguel Vargas, and was only 1.5 miles out from 1.5 miles from Higüero Airport on a flight to La Romana to pick him up.... Read more
The accident was fatal victim Colonel Dionysos Bomfim, 65, and left the injured co-pilot Yves Monte Costa... Read more
Landing accident, damage level not given in FAA preliminary report... Read more
Reportedly on approach to land and crashed “from 200 ft”. Ground completely covered by snow, possible contributory factor... Read more
Training accident – student seriouslyinjured, instructor killed... Read more
Wire strike during low level patrol. Pilot Tim Kearns was flying in Isom with Mike Lasslo from Kentucky Power and Ed Toppings from United Coal.... Read more
Heavy landing on shoreline and skid splayed out. Three passengers with minor injuries, two others have no injuries.... Read more
The helicopter was carrying six security officers, two inmates, an official from the country’s organized crime investigation unit, and two pilots. Local reports differ on the number of fatalities, some saying 3, others 4, others 7. Weather was apparently a factor... Read more
NTSB officials said the pilot, identified as Jerry Freeman, 53, of Miami, told investigators he had been flying since 3 a.m. and was tired when he crashed. FAA reports the person suffered serious, but not life-threatening, injuries Helicopter was involved in low-level operations to keep frost from forming on crops... Read more
Instructor and student suffered minor injuries in an accident during helicopter flight training... Read more
Report from Israel of the death of Avi Sivan, previously a highly respected officer in the Israeli Defence Force. No other names of the other three fatalities have been released, or the circumstances of the accident.... 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
Weather was reported as poor. The helicopter was piloted by Captains Israel Vega Castillo and Ernesto Carranza DomÃnguez, and flight technical Concepción Valdés Carrillo. Registration wrongly reported in press as XU-ANI which is not a Mexican registration (we expect XA- prefix)... Read more
“Three aboard missing helicopter” Officials said the aircraft was traveling Panama-Cali, the capital of the Valle del Cauca department.... Read more
On landing at the hospital, fuel sprayed over the 11 persons in the landing area... Read more
Wirestrike reported. Piloted by former ABC7 pilot Rich Westra, the accident tragically killing his wife Kelly Westra.... Read more
Gene Monteleone, 55, of Texas said he was flying his Jet Ranger helicopter from Waynesboro at about 8:15 a.m. Monday when the caution light came on.... Read more
** WARNING the photo in the first link contains a disturbing on-scene image **. Early reports gave a figure of 8 fatalities, but the final figure was 9 – Leonardo Andrés Pérez Arteaga, 29 (pilot), Manuel Montes RÃos Heder, 27 (co-pilot), Jonathan Gutierrez Baeza, 23, José Luis Salas Ventura, 32, Aaron Ortiz Gerardo Olvera, 26,... Read more
No emergency call made, pilot was only one on board. Ended up on a road in a very wooded area. Deceased named as Joseph Schuengel, age 47, 17 year veteran MSHP officer... Read more
The pilot and one passenger onboard walked away unharmed after the aircraft tipped over as a result of a heavy landing... Read more
The FBI is investigating a report that a hunter fired gunshots at a helicopter in north-central Idaho, hitting it twice.... Read more
Helicopter used to spray herbicide crashed after refueling and chemical hoses were not disconnected before takeoff... Read more
LAPD helicopter put down in a park at 2.50am after a warning light came on. Engineers called to the scene cleared it for onward flight approx three hours later... 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
Foreign object debris struck main blades on takeoff. Landed without further incident... Read more
The pilot was flying alone spraying chemicals on pine trees when the aircraft went down.... Read more