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
Main blade struck tail boom in practice autorotation. See first link for summary from manufacturer... Read more
Tail rotor struck trailer on landing... Read more
The chairman/chief executive of Bacita Sugar Company Josephine Oluwadamilola Kuteyi, her personal assistant Adedoyin Ogunbanjo and their Filipino pilot were killed after impacting terrain.... Read more
Dual Automatic Flight Control System failure.... Read more
Heavy landing which damaged the helicopter after pilot Steven Rindone experienced severe in-flight vibration and put the helicopter down as soon as he could.... Read more
During the cruise the helicopter experienced vibration, followed by a loud bang. The pilot conducted an autorotation and contacted the ground heavily. The helicopter was substantially damaged. There were no reported injuries.... Read more
Crop dusting accident. Pilot Matt Aubuchon was not hurt.... Read more
48-year-old Jill Jenyns was believed to be returning from mustering cattle when she crashed fatally into a sand hill on a trip from Big Rock Dam to her homestead at Brooking Springs Station near Fitzroy Crossing.... Read more
Near miss with C17 military transport plane. Helicopter pilot took evasive action... Read more
Tail rotor drive shaft cover separated from the aircraft during post-maintenance positioning flight... Read more
Precautionary landing revealed missing drive shaft cover... 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
Light helicopter crashed after striking wires during low level agricultural operations... Read more
Had just flown over a block of cherry trees and was turning to fly back when it hit power lines 40-50 feet above the ground. Crashed and burned, killing pilot. Stephen W. Nelson reportedly died of asphyxiation due to smoke inhalation... Read more
Agricultural ops, crashed into field, killing 54-year-old Hubert Dane Harris Jr., of Little Rock, AK.... Read more
The video report on the link given states that the same operator had two helicopter accidents today, one fatal at Chelan (see HeliHub.com report) and one on the ground at Brewster... Read more
1 fatal – owner Chris Watts aged 45. A fixed wing pilot flying in the area reported this online “There was a lot of horrible, low drifting clag about with drizzle and the situation was rapidly changing.” Caught fire on crash landing.... Read more
Struck powerlines and force landed. It is believed that this helicopter operates for the ABC channel 8 KTUL under the name “Ranger 8”... Read more
Take off phase, ended up on its side... Read more
Shortly after takeoff, the helicopter entered a nose-high attitude with low power setting and lost altitude while in instrument meteorological conditions. The flight crew arrested the descent and continued on to St. John’s. There were two pilots and 5 passengers on board the helicopter and no one was injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the... Read more
Unmanned helicopter crashed during a demonstration flight... 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
While taxiing at Port Keats airport, the helicopter collided with a light pole and rolled onto its side. The crew, passengers and a person on the ground sustained minor injuries.... Read more
Very heavy landing, both occupants injured. Skids splayed out, tail boom broken but stayed upright. The pilot is 27-year-old Edwin Eilbacher of Hillsborough, N.J. His passenger is 44-year-old photographer Julia Armstrong-Robertson of Newark, Del.... 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
At least 1 of 4 occupants killed... Read more
Just prior to touchdown the tail rotor struck a hedge and a concrete post, damaging the tail rotor and its gearbox. There were no injuries. On arrival at an industrial depot the normal landing position had been obstructed by two articulated lorries.... Read more
Smoke started to appear out of the aft air conditioning vents inflight. Safe... Read more
Heavy landing during operations for British Open golf championship, further details awaited... Read more
Cougar helicopter flight Sunday out to the Terra Nova offshore oil rig was forced to turn back when the autopilot indicator light came on... Read more
Window fell out on approach to land... Read more
helicopter rolled and caught fire after it landed heavily... Read more
Three occupants killed, believed to be owner Gilberto Menel, director of the Textile knitting Nanet, plus company employee Erico Melchioreto,and pilot Alvaro Junior Pisetta. Helicopter crashed into a forest. Access to site difficult... Read more
The instructor reported that as the helicopter slid forward along the ground while practising running landings, it moved into an area of longer grass causing the front of the skids to become caught. The student raised the collective in an effort to pull the helicopter free, but this caused the skids to dig in and... Read more
Transmission caught fire during landing phase, substantially damaging the helicopter. All occupants safe.... Read more
Fell off side of helipad after landing... Read more
Crashed shortly after take-off. One report suggests tail rotor struck a tree, but nephew of pilot says it lost the tail at 400ft. Fatalities named as Ricardo Cabrera (pilot/trainer) and Juan Pablo Gaviria (owner/student)... Read more
The pilot reported that while flying low over a cherry orchard to dry the cherries, the engine experienced a loss of power. The helicopter subsequently settled into the trees.... Read more
A woman passenger broke her arm but no other injuries were reported. The crash took place earlier in the day 180 kilometers from the republic’s capital Syktyvkar when the helicopter landed on rough terrain, falling on one side. There were three crewmembers and between six and 16 passengers on board, according to different sources.... Read more
Three died when S76C++ ditched in the sea shortly after take off from Yetagun oil field rig. Fatalities included pilot Ohn Thein, ex Myanmar Air Force... Read more
Pilot Kevin Mullarkey, age 67, an Irishman now resident in Kuwait. Passenger was Gerard David, age 70, a member of the Meribel Flying Club, were involved in a crash which resulted in the helicopter catching on fire and severely burning both men.... Read more
Minor damage on landing... Read more
Hard landing shortly after take-off... Read more
52 year old pilot from Belgium, and 37 year old passenger was Italian but lived in Belgium for many years. Both killed... Read more
Unknown circumstances. Fatality named as registered owner Joseph Ohnheiser, aged 60... Read more
Collided with the Yenisei River, near Istok, Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia, during a repositioning flight at night. IMC prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The pilot is missing and presumed fatally injured. The helicopter sustained substantial damage. The flight originated from a landing strip near Severnaya, Krasnoyarsk Region... Read more
Cessna Citation VII N701HA was being ground handled when its wing struck the parked helicopter and damaged it.... Read more
Tail damaged in force landing on river bank after “technical problems”. Wrongly quoted in some reports as 9N-AWI. Three Japanese and two Nepali passengers and the Australian pilot are safe... Read more
The helicopter with 13 passengers and 3 crew members flew to 7.23 Moscow time from Ust-Kut on one of the drilling stations. At 2.5 kilometers from the destination helicopter made an emergency landing. According to preliminary information, there is no dead (per operator UTair – some press reports quote 2 dead)... Read more
While cruising at 150 kt at 750 ft agl a bird struck and shattered the left windshield. The commander, seated in the left seat, suffered minor injuries so the co-pilot took control and made a successful emergency landing. The Agusta A109C’s windshield is not designed to withstand bird strikes and the regulations do not require it to... Read more
Helicopter had been rented by a construction company. Crashed and burnt out in mountainous location at Dalamot nr Hardanger Fjord. Deceased named as Kjetil Bu (27) from Kinsarvik, Karianne Ringkjøb Dahl (29) from Bergen, Andrew Søvik Fossmark (24) from Vaksdal, Siv Holtan (18) from Bergen and pilot Tore Bendigtsen Ystanes (39) from Bergen... Read more
Pilot Paula Huckleberry, 61, was flying to McGrath with two passengers — 21-year-old Scott Stevenson of Idaho and 39-year-old Chris Fontes of Arizona ... Read more
Sustained unknown damage in hard landing... Read more
EMS helicopter had technical issue onsite on freeway and blocked road for three hours... Read more
Crop spraying helicopter crashed from low level during turn... Read more
Agricultural operation... Read more
Birdstrike, unscheduled landing and no damage was found... Read more
Night emergency landing after reporting a mechanical problem.... Read more
Pilot and two trainees on board, first flight of day. Aborted take-off and tail section separated from helicopter in subsequent very heavy landing... Read more
Landing accident on open grass area and ended up on port side. 29 year old front seat passenger to hospital. 38 year old pilot uninjured, as were the rear passengers – 69 year old man and 26 year old woman.... Read more
An eyewitness described the aircraft as having “disintegrated†mid-air, according to Austin-Travis County EMS spokesman Warren Hassinger “Fire rescuers and EMS personal arrived on the scene and pretty much confirmed that it was not a survivable crash,†Hassinger said, adding that the victim was “burned beyond recognitionâ€. Pilot later named as 60 -year-old Steve Titsworth. ... Read more
Eye-witnesses said the small helicopter — which was carrying a 31-year-old pilot and a 19-year-old girl — appeared to get into difficulty for reasons which are now being investigated.... Read more
Tipped backwards and fell off elevated platform while engine was running... Read more
landing accident. Registration assumed from reports of it being a 2008 build R44 registered to Capitale Hélicoptère and this is the only such aircraft. 25 year old pilot Allain Da Encarnacao survived, 65 year old passenger Andre Lafontaine did not.... Read more
Helicopter was surveying power lines but was forced to make an emergency landing after reporting mechanical problems. F28 ended up on its side... Read more
The helicopter had flown only about 300 metres after takeoff when it crashed, killing the sole occupant pilot... Read more
Helicopter dropped external load... 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
One R44 landed too close to another and struck it with its moving rotor blades.  D-HPHP had damaged main blade and broken cabin bubble, D-HALP had damaged tail. Thus assume that D-HPHP landing too close to D-HALP... Read more
One R44 landed too close to another and struck it with its moving rotor blades.  D-HPHP had damaged main blade and broken cabin bubble, D-HALP had damaged tail. Thus assume that D-HPHP landing too close to D-HALP... Read more
