Reported mechanical problems, crashed onto mountain and rolled for some distance... Read more
Accident between EC-GIC and CC-CIS both 212s involved in re-filling their water tanks during fire-fighting operations. Pilot Leo Janssen, flying CC-CIS was killed. Pilot Manuel Fuertes in EC-GIC survived... Read more
Accident between EC-GIC and CC-CIS both 212s involved in re-filling their water tanks during fire-fighting operations. Pilot Leo Janssen, flying CC-CIS was killed. Pilot Manuel Fuertes in EC-GIC survived... Read more
First Lt. Ryan K. Iannelli, died while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269, Marine Air Group 29, 2nd Marine Air Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, MCAS New River, N.C.... Read more
The Madera County Sheriff’s Department and Cal Fire as well as paramedics are on scene of a downed private helicopter. 2 POB to hospital, one by road, one by air... Read more
Tail rotor failure during climb out... Read more
Bell helicopter with 7 on board, including Provincial Police Region 3 commander, makes emergency landing in Ubon Ratchathani during illegal logging bust duty – likely a Bell 212 or 412.... Read more
Bell 412 missing and later found crashed.pter with two POB missing, reported elsewhere as PK-OCV .... Read more
Tail rotor struck snow bank... Read more
Firefighting helicopter on ferry flight. High momentum terrain impact, fire followed.... Read more
The helicopter went down at approximately 1:00 p.m. Monday in a training area in the southeast corner of Camp Pendleton. A small brush fire broke out as a result of the crash. Fire crews are on scene working to contain the flames. The two fatalities were later named as Capt. Jeffrey Bland, 37, and 1st... Read more
Helicopter from Germany involved in filming came down in street in Spanish town. Report says that pilot was trying to make a forced landing in an empty lot after engine failure. Three occupants injured.... Read more
Photo shows B206 on its starboard side in a field. The pilot was up and walking around near the crash site, while his passenger was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, investigators said.... Read more
All six occupants – Eskom CEO Brian Dames and colleagues Steve Lennon, Louis Maleka, and Kerseri Pather plsu the two pilots (Hilton Atherstone plus one) – suffered minor injuries in the crash and managed to get clear of the wreckage before it caught fire and burnt out... Read more
Bird strike, returned to base. After thorough inspection of the helicopter no significant damage was found and it was returned to service.... Read more
Bell 412 with five on board lost contact with ATC while on mission to locate missing Cessna 208 aircraft of Susi Air. The following day the helicopter arrived in nearby town of Wamena, reporting that it had had to make an emergency landing due to fog. Jungle location had led media to assume the worst,... Read more
commercial pilot sustained minor injuries; the helicopter sustained substantial damage to the tail boom from impact forces... Read more
Landed hard on uneven terrain and rolled onto its left side... Read more
Helicopter ditched in the Gulf of Mexico, 10 miles off Sabine Pass, TX. Emergency floats deployed and photos show helicopter upright floating on the water.... Read more
Struck powerline during agricultural ops... Read more
Fell into river while trying to rescue people trapped in car by flood waters... Read more
Fatality was Captain Erhan Kind, survivor named as Kamuran Sönmezay... Read more
Fuel pressure warning light and one engine shut-down on final approach. Fuel line between the fuel valve and the fuel management module was not properly torqued and came loose allowing air into the system... Read more
Crashed into the sea, one survivor... Read more
A helicopter was damaged in an accident near the Aitik mine in Gällivare this afternoon. The pilot, who was the only one onboard, escaped without injuries. The cause of the outcome is unknown, but it will be examined by the Swedish Accident Investigation Board.... Read more
Crashed in orchard during agricultural ops... Read more
Public Security reported that it learned of this incident that injured the pilot, copilot and mechanic, who were admitted to General Hospital Xpujil... Read more
Emergency landing in field... Read more
The Bell 412, carrying two Australians, two South Africans and six Indonesians, lost contact with authorities Wednesday afternoon minutes after takeoff from the city of Manado on Sulawesi island. It was later found after impacting terrain... Read more
Emergency landing beside road. No apparent external damage... Read more
Force landed; damage unknown... Read more
Force landing on a construction site following inflight loss of power. Landing was very heavy – skids collapsed and fuselage ended up on the ground. Pilot named as Boarini Bojikian Marcelo... Read more
Wire strike during agricultural ops. 25 year old pilot Joseph Sailer of Shakopee Minnesota never saw the power line across the corn field. Press reported operated by Northland Helicopters but helicopter is registered to Scotts Helicopter Service... Read more
Contacted wires on take off with patient from road accident site... Read more
Fatal crash while on geological mission on Nelson Glacier. Aircraft remains found at 5,100ft altitude. Victims later named by RCMP as 35 year old pilot Randy Lambert from Abbotsford, 40 year old Colin Dionne from Powell River and 32 year old Mathieu Lefebvre-Masse from Lund BC... Read more
Crashed on take off... Read more
Precautionary stop after indication of mechanical problems, while en route from EAA AirVenture back to its base in Indiana. Landed at 9.45am and after being checked over and cleared to fly, departed 3.45pm... Read more
Crop dusting accident. Pilot Matt Aubuchon was not hurt.... Read more
Emergency landing in rice field... Read more
The pilot was landing the helicopter on a helicopter cart. He said that the helicopter’s skid got caught on the cart and the helicopter subsequently rolled over. There were no mechanical malfunctions with the helicopter during the flight. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to its tailboom when it rolled.... Read more
Departed from Lopburi Air Force Base bound for the crash site of a Black Hawk which went down on 19th, Unfortunately this too had an accident, killing three of the four aboard. Survivor was mechanic Sergent Pattanaporn Tonchan... Read more
Crashed into trees on landing in a military compound. Killed 1 on the ground and debris injured a further 22... Read more
Crashed and burned in bushland. Rescuers had to abseil 10m cliff to reach crash site. Pilot named as Colin Greenwood, age 35, and passenger was the helicopter’s owner Bruce Campbell, aged 65... Read more
Helicopter owner Frank Gomes said he had finished spraying the field and had turned the crop duster over to his apprentice for a practice run. “The practice didn’t go all that well today,” Gomes said, declining to comment further.... Read more
Emergency landing made in field. No apprarent external damage. Likely on training operations out of NAS Pensacola... Read more
The helicopter, from Thap Phraya Sua Camp in Ratchaburi’s Suan Phung district, crashed into a mountain in a bad weather while on a mission to remove civilians who had been trapped in Kaeng Krachan National Park. Deceased named as Pilots Maj Kitisak Chin-iam, and Lt Pratya Nualsri plus passengers Maj Kitiphum Ekkaphan, SM1 Rangsan Polsaibua... Read more
Fatalities named as Army 1st Lt. Thomas Joseph Williams Jr. and Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel Cole... Read more
The helicopter, belonging to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, crashed on a training flight shortly before noon Wednesday in the San Mateo Area of Camp Pendleton killing one of the seven on board. The deceased serviceman was later named as Sgt. Trevor Cook, 25, of Orleans, N.Y.... Read more
Crop spraying helicopter crashed from low level during turn... Read more
Low Transmission Pressure light illuminated and pilot Dominic Noon made emergency landing at Crabbs Rifle Range... Read more
Landed hard during practice autorotations, fell onto its side, then causing a grass fire which consumed the helicopter and 15-20 acres of grassland. Pilot not injured... Read more
The Bell 212 was part of a three-aircraft test flight for Boeing. Two support aircraft were chasing an Apache Longbow on test flight when one of the support aircraft went down.... Read more
Helicopter involved in agricultural work. Wire strike took out electricity in East Palmerston. Initial reports sketch as to whether wires were cause or effect... Read more
Helicopter ended up on its side in a jungle area. No initial indication as to cause... Read more
Main rotor blades severed tail boom during take-off... Read more
Struck high voltage powerline. 8 fatalities named as pilot Néstor Manuel Niño Acosta, Copilot Fabián Fuentes Meneses, technician Leandro Sánchez Sánchez and passengers Gutiérrez Mendoza Eimer, John Contreras Lobo, John Joya Delgado, Germán Medina Delgado and Wilson Correa Castillo... Read more
Tourist flight. Pilot claimed to have been caught in a wind vortex. Helicopter Destroyed... Read more
Helicopter was on electricity line survey when it went down at the crest of the mountain of Puerto Angulo, in a rocky and inaccessible by land vehicle. Locals reported a fire and the authorities later confirmed two fatalities. Foggy weather conditions may have contributed... Read more
A NATO spokesman in eastern Afghanistan said the helicopter in Sunday’s crash went down in the Sabari District of Khost Province, a mountainous area near the Pakistan border, where insurgent activity has been among the heaviest this spring. Deceased later named as Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth R. White, 35, of Fort Collins, Colo., and Chief... Read more
Crashed into Indus or Sindh River en route to Peshawar, and poor weather reported. Five people on board including Major-General Mohammad Nawaz, director general of the Punjab Rangers along with two Captains and one Colonel.... Read more
Engine cowling opened in flight and struck main rotor blades. Helicopter landed without further incident.... Read more
A military helicopter belonging to Iran’s Air Force has crashed near the central city of Isfahan, killing the pilot and co-pilot, a senior Iranian official says. Deputy Governor of Isfahan Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili said that the crash was caused by technical problems in the helicopter.... Read more
“We saw him spinning and hit the ground,†Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Kevin Ale said.  The helicopter’s cockpit and cabin appeared intact, but its tail boom was bent and its rear rotor sheared off. Pilot named as Deputy Shawn Sullivan... Read more
Helicopter was doing a pipeline survey near Loon River, AB when the it struck a power line. The pilot managed to land the aircraft after the rotor blades sustained substantial damage – CADAORS ref 2011C1776... Read more
Wind gust blew something into the rotor blades while hovering at 3ft when it was hovering immediately outside its hangar... Read more
Post maintenance test flight. Landed in corn field and fell onto its side.... Read more
Pilot Kevin Rossan, 35, works for Scott’s Helicopter Services of LeSeuer, Minn., and was contracted by the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District to spray for mosquitoes. Pilot reported engine failure for sudden descent which ended 30-40 feet from the shore of a lake in 12-15 feet of water.... Read more
Early reports only, two serious injuries – 48-year old pilot from Blainville, and his passenger, a 49 year old from Montreal... Read more
Low level survey flight... Read more
Helicopter was conducting slinging operations at an oil field well site when the conflicted with structures at the well site causing it to fall to the ground. Pilot in his late 50s with non-life threatening injuries after a helicopter crash. STARS air ambulance attended and ferried him to Edmonton for attention... Read more
Crashed beside the runway at Cusco Airport on a post-maintenance test flight. Operator reports it as mechanical failure. On board were Jose Sanchez Caballero (pilot), Neffry Palomino and Daniel Delgado (mechanics).... Read more
Firefighting operations, taking up water from lake, fel into lake 30m from shore and two thirds submerged. Sole occupant pilot killed, later named as Jean-Luc Deba, 54, of Montreal.... Read more
Struck trees during low level manoeuvre... Read more
A police helicopter made an emergency landing on a soccer field near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after a warning light came on indicating a possible problem.  [Type not confirmed, but photo shows B206 in a parking lot – is this at the soccer field?]... Read more
Mixed reports quoting three or four serious injuries and a total of 17 (or 10 plus three crew?) on board. Weather reported as “very windy” but no other information at this time as to potential cause... Read more
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