Tail rotor struck fence while taxying... Read more
Loss of control during takeoff from a helipad located Marla at an altitude of 1 600m. Crash landed on a sports field. Second link is to the final report... Read more
Tail struck snow while on heliski operations.... Read more
Rotor blades contacted building on take-off, causing helicopter to crash. Post accident fire. Pilot escaped unharmed... Read more
Fell onto its side on take-off in snowy conditions... Read more
Helicopter on pipeline patrol fell onto its side on take off after reportedly spinning... Read more
Pilot lost vertical visibility due to fog, hit the ground heavily and the helicopter rolled onto its side. Of 19 POB, one serious injury... Read more
Tail struck ground during autorotation training... Read more
Crashed close to the owner’s home. Pilot to hospital. CADORS 2014Q0192... Read more
In a low hover on a training flight and the helicopter began to spin uncontrollably. Helicopter hit the ground tail first and broke the tail boom... Read more
Main rotor blades struck hangar while taxying... Read more
Force landed in field near Clearview Airport... Read more
Pilot of offshore helicopter issued distress call 45 miles from Sumburgh and was escorted to a safe landing by Coast Guard helicopter. Report suggests pilot had indication of a “pump failure” without providing more details. Aircraft grounded awaiting engineering support... Read more
2POB escaped unharmed. helicopter rolled off bank into the waters of Pitt Lake, British Columbia CADORS 2014P0128... Read more
Crashed from low level during powerline survey work for Holy Cross Energy. All 3 POB fatally injured, including Doug Sheffer, owner and chief pilot of DBS Helicopters (from this page). The others were named here as Larry Shaffer and Christopher Gaskill... Read more
Shortly after takeoff the pilot experienced yaw control difficulties, resulting in the loss of control of the helicopter and a subsequent crash landing. The pilot escaped with minor injuries. In the absence of any mechanical abnormalities, the most likely cause of the accident is a loss of tail rotor effectiveness.... Read more
Landed at a ski resort. With the rotors still turning and the crew still in the aircraft, it slid 30m down a slight (but snowy) slope until it hit a snowmobile and a sign, damaging a main rotor blade and the rear cabin area (see video of accident)... Read more
Crew injured alighting from helicopter in snowy conditions... Read more
Training accident, helicopter ended up on its starboard side... Read more
The helicopter had just been started with an ground power unit (GPU). The pilot exited the aircraft in order to disconnect the GPU, when a gust of wind pushed the helicopter into the trees next to the helipad. The pilot was not injured. CADORS 2014C0375... Read more
The helicopter impacted the helipad surface shortly after lift-off. It was airborne for less than a minute and had climbed to approx. 20 meters. After impact, the helicopter continued to spin counter clockwise about its landing gears, on the tarmac for approximately 149 meters destroying the surrounding trees/markers before coming to rest at the end of the tarmac.... Read more
Landing accident after reported transmission issue. Skids collapsed, main blades chopped tail boom... Read more
Substantially damaged in landing accident... Read more
Landing accident, helicopter on its side... Read more
During a practice autorotation from 1 500 ft, the engine failed and the crew completed an autorotation landing. An engineering inspection did not reveal the reason for the failure... Read more
Precautionary landing in public park. Engineer called... Read more
Helicopter wheels stuck in concrete – helipad had been hastily built for new Santiniketan-Calcutta service and had not fully set!... Read more
Emergency landing followed by uncontained engine failure and fire. 2 POB safely exited helicopter... Read more
Hit cable at low level and crashed into wooded area. Some reports suggest the cable was intentionally put there by the dissident groups, and that this helicopter was one of 11 put into the region to restore order after the dissident group took control. Helicopter fitted with cable cutters. 5 pOB received minor injuries, and... Read more
Air Ambulance helicopter struck powerlines (video) on final approach to road traffic accident landing site. Norsk Luftambulanse has confirmed two of its employees have died in the accident. Fatalities confirmed here as pilot Bjorn Nergård and doctor Anders Nakstad with the paramedic Sondre Bjartland seriously injured... Read more
Helicopter crashed and burnt out. It appears that owner/pilot Christian Malila Ndou jumped out prior to impact as his body was found 30m away from the crash site. South African registered R44 may have been ZS-RYB (10918) but this is not yet proven... Read more
Training accident – landed in the tops of the trees in a mountainous area. Both occupants injured – named as Alcemir Campos Pereira, 39, and Gabriel Silva Mataruna Assunção, 23.... Read more
Both occupants injured on training flight after landing on top of trees. Occupants named as Alcemir Campos Pereira, 39, and Gabriel Silva Mataruna Asuncion, 23... Read more
Emergency landing after pilot suspected (wrongly as it happens) an engine fire. Helicopter ended up on its side. 3 POB all injured and to hospital. US Customs & Border Patrol helicopter was reportedly on low level work... Read more
Helicopter clipped wing of parked fixed wing. Unclear whether helicopter was taking off, landing or being repositioned at the time... Read more
Pilot observed a significant reduction in engine noise and a different regime. The helicopter slowly loses the height. The pilot decided to land in the countryside. A 2 meters on the ground, the device drops abruptly. One of the main rotor blades struck the ground in front of the camera then severed the tail boom.... Read more
Crashed killing all five occupants – military personnel flying in a civilian helicopter. Former president quoted here said that crash caused by FARC terrorists... Read more
Fell onto its side in landing on snow... Read more
Powerline patrol – encountered wind change at low level and was unable to recover. Main blades chopped boom... Read more
Air Ambulance helicopter went AOG at accident scene... Read more
This was a training flight and the crew was practising a simulated governor/FADEC failure when the helicopter landed hard short of the helipad, resulting in substantial damage to the skid gear, which broke off. The pilot flying closed the throttle at a height of 30 ft AGL, which resulted in a sudden decay in main... Read more
The helicopter lifted an external load of 485 kg from the deck of a vessel at sea to transport it to land. After lifting the load, the helicopter gained climbing speed and began to climb to 300 ft AMSL for the cruise. Once at 300 ft the load was reported to be stable, the PIC... Read more
Lost window in flight, diverted to Muskoka airport... Read more
Badly damaged when fell off the trailer it was being transported on Interstate 90. Road conditions were snowy. Helicopter was withdrawn in 2011 and has been sold to a new owner in Australia. It still appears to be carrying old registration N505TJ (since taken up by a new Bell 429) and not its reassigned reg N585TJ.... Read more
Helicopter crashed and ended up on its side... Read more
Heavy landing and rolled over after losing power on a post-maintenance test flight. Pilot was only person on board... Read more
Pilot and two passengers injured in tourist flight after ditching near Kouri Island... Read more
One killed and four seriously injured in crash outside a hospital building. Judging by photos on Twitter such as this one and this one, it would appear that the helicopter struck wires, which brought it down. Fatality named here as Arif Setiawan and the other four were pilot Budi Indra and hospital employees Nilawaty Ginting, Yahya Sembiring, and... Read more
Three POB injured after reported loss of lower caused helicopter to come down... Read more
Badly burned in arson attack while parked. Gang unsuccessfully attempted same on a second helicopter parked nearby... Read more
Fire fighting helicopter shot at from the ground by 9mm bullett... Read more
Landing accident on training flight, helicopter ended up on its port side. Both occupants to hospital... Read more
Helicopter landed close to a landmine which was then triggered via mobile phone by a terrorist group. 2 injuries of 6 POB – named as Patrolman Diego Garzón and the pilot Captain Juan Gabriel Ramirez... Read more
Damage to tail rotor blades and tail boom during landing phase, arriving from Sabetta. No reported injuries to 3 crew and 13 passengers on board... Read more
The helicopter entered a high hover to blow away snow accumulation at the scene. During the manoeuvre a white out condition was created. The main rotor contacted trees. Control of the helicopter was maintained and a landing was performed immediately. There were no injuries. The helicopter sustained damage to all 4 rotor blades.... Read more
Solo pilot seriously injured in crash close to Grand Central Airport. R22 ended up on its side with main blades bent but still attached... Read more
Tail hit ground on final approach, and helicopter rolled onto its side. 2 of 5 POB seriously injured... Read more
Four suspected died, of which one body found, when helicopter crashed into a river. The occupants was Chinese billionaire Lam Kok, his son, an interpreter plus the pilot who had just sold his vineyard to Mr Kok... Read more
While on autorotation training, the aircraft made an abrupt run-landing with low main rotor rotation. One of the blades of the main rotor hit the upper surface of the tail-boom... Read more
Struck powerlines while surveying them for energy company Energias de Portugal. Helicopter crashed into a wooded area. 1 fatal, 2 serious.... Read more
Emergency landing, needed roading out from where it came down.... Read more
French pilot Frederick Coupe slightly injured. Skid collapsed (on landing?). Helicopter was involved in powerline cleaning operations... Read more
Port side landing gear failed on landing, helicopter fell onto its side. Later photo shows propped up helicopter with tail sitting on the ground and port stabiliser end-plate bent from ground contact. All six passengers and two crew safely evacuated. It is believed that the helicopter was operating on the scheduled route between Guwahati and Shillong... Read more
A Hughes 500 helicopter flying between the Greenstone Valley and Dumpling Hut crashed at Glade Burn in steep and rugged terrain in poor weather. Police confirmed that sole occupant pilot Bruce Andrews died in the accident... Read more
Substantially damaged during training flight – helicopter ended up on its skids but with tail boom dropped to the ground and main blades damaged.... Read more
S76 with two pilots and six passengers ditches in sea. All 8 rescued by passing boat. Passengers were working for Petronas Carigali, and Police said they were from France, Norway, Finland, Denmark and Canada... Read more
Low level spraying accident. Helicopter burst into flames on impact. Pilot named as David Stanley Jones... Read more
EMS helicopter crashed with pilot and two paramedics on board. Helicopter on its side. Boom broken off at root and tail is lying next to rotorhead... Read more
During landing at a private property, the helicopter skid and main rotor contacted the ground and the helicopter rolled over onto its right side. The occupants were able to exit uninjured but the helicopter was substantially damaged.... Read more
Helicopter was hovering low over orchards on a standard frost-mitigation operation. Problem at low level after the helicopter had been running for about 10 hours straight (bar fuel stops), and landed in crop with main blades striking tail boom on the way. Pilot Stephen Streeter.... Read more
Reportedly a night landing involving tail rotor impacting trees (or the ground) – causing heavy and awkward landing with wheels dug into soft soil. Owner reported incident to police on 08-Dec-13 but accident may have been 07-Dec-13... Read more
Emergency landing with no apparent damage. TV reports stated helicopter had been “smoking” and that it remained in place and was blocking a taxiway.... Read more
Helicopter landed in a field with light snow covering. Main blades badly bent and rotor mast at an angle. Fuselage, boom and tail appear near normal situation. The pilot and three passengers were uninjured.... Read more
Two killed on instructional flight. Reports state R44 as helicopter type but photo evidence shows S300C. Tail boom and tail rotor separate from the rest of the wreckage which was completely burned out.... Read more
Pilot died in accident from low level on agricultural operations. Post crash fire. The pilot was later identified as Jon Whitaker... Read more