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
Instructor and CPL student on board... Read more
Probable that the helicopter sustained a mechanical failure in the cruise, resulting in loss of pitch control to one of the tail blades. During the subsequent attempt to land, the airspeed reduced to the point where directional control seems to have been insufficient to maintain heading. At a height of approx 50 ft, the helicopter... Read more
Bird strike during landing phase... Read more
Engine problems during turn at low level while spraying at 100ft agl. Landed heaviliy and rolled over... Read more
Helicopter ended up on its side in a jungle area. No initial indication as to cause... Read more
Unstable on take-off and crashed in a wood a few hundred metres from take-off point... Read more
Take-off accident, helicopter ended up on its side... Read more
Main rotor blades severed tail boom during take-off... Read more
Aft portion of tail boom separated on landing... Read more
Crashed into the sea 300-500m offshore. Wreckage washed up on beach. Fatalities named as pilot Marcelo de Almeida and passengers Mariana Noleto, Gabriel Kfuri Gouveia (aged 2), Luca Kfuri de Magalhães Lins (aged 3), Norma Batista de Assunção (aged 49, the children’s nanny), Jordana Kfuri Cavandish, and Fernanda Kfuri... Read more
Helicopter was spraying a vineyard when it severed a powerline. Level of damage not known. Villages of Bernkastel, Graach Come Longkamp and Monzelfeld all without power.... Read more
Port side engine failure 20 minutes out. Returned to airport on good engine and landed OK... Read more
Five confirmed killed, one seriously injured to hospital in accident on mountain Pleta de Juclar (2240m) nr Canillo. “cable caught in tree” in unofficial report. Fatalities listed in press as Heliand employees Claude Michel Boulanger and Jacques Lahouille – plus Daniel Curruhuinca, ElÃas Pérez and LluÃs Blanco. Survivor was Jean-Jacques Vidal,... Read more
Simulated forced landing, main blades struck tail boom... Read more
Precautionary landing due to fuel leak... Read more
5POB. Made emergency landing in wooded area after suspected engine fire which turned out to be incorrect... Read more
Tourist flight. Pilot claimed to have been caught in a wind vortex. Helicopter Destroyed... Read more
Load became unstable as helicopter approached rooftop of Trianon skyscraper. Pilot elected to drop the load – an airconditioning unit – which dropped 180m to the ground... Read more
On lifting to the hover, the downwash from the helicopter pushed one parked light aircraft into another.... Read more
While setting an elecriticy tower within a utility right-of-way two miles SE of Plaster City, three of the helicopter’s four hooks holding up a tower section released. While hanging from the remaining hook, the structure was slowly lowered to the ground and, once on the ground, was released. The tower subsequently tipped over. No one... Read more
Rotor blade struck unknown object in flight. Landed safely... Read more
Crashed on landing at 3500m altitude in poor visibility on tourish trip. Rescue helicopter Ka27 then crashed too. Second rescue helicopter sent... Read more
Instructional flight, takeoff without hydraulic assistance, ended up on its side... Read more
Emergency landing in public park. State Police officials said inspection crews were on the way, but that the helicopter would not be able to leave Nasella Field until the issue causing the emergency light to illuminate was fixed.... 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
San Diego Gas & Electric’s helicopter was involved in an incident when a section of a transmission tower carried by the helicopter fell approximately 200- feet to the ground. No one was injured.... Read more
While it was flying low and slow, the aircraft sustained vibrations, followed by an engine breakdown. The pilot attempted an emergency landing. The aircraft rolled over onto its left side and was partially submerged on the edge of a lake.... Read more
Aircraft lost power in towering take-off at 25ft agl. Returned to pad and taken out of service for inspection... Read more
The machine appears to have spun and caught the ground, leading to dynamic rollover,... Read more
Precautionary landing in field after pilot “sensing something was wrong”. Later flown to Santa Maria Public Airport for further assessment... Read more
Crashed while hovering... Read more
During a flight with two occupants on board, the helicopter collided with terrain and minor injuries were sustained. They activated a search beacon and were picked up by the Snowy Hydro SouthCare Rescue Helicopter... Read more
S55 Whisperjet conversion “Helo is Ok but the people looking to use it are no longer interested.” [exact date not known]... Read more
Tail rotor struck tree and helicopter crashed into orchard... Read more
Four injured after helicopter hit powerlines and crashed into a field. Onboard were a charter pilot, two Queensland government employees and a Cairns Regional Council employee who were conducting aerial surveys of the area.... Read more
west-north-west wind of 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. During the hover the helicopter yawed suddenly to the right. To avoid a collision with nearby trees, the pilot landed in an adjoining field. The landing on the uneven ground was reported to be “abrupt” and the helicopter rolled over, damaging the... Read more
Engine cowling opened in flight and struck main rotor blades. Helicopter landed without further incident.... 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
Aircraft crashed in a pasture and then burst into flames. Firefighters extinguished the flames on the helicopter, then put out a grassfire that was started by the crash.... Read more
Precautionary landing after tail rotor issue... 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
A Mi-2 helicopter crashed in the Stavropol Territory when it supposedly performed farm work. The pilot died, a source at the Emergencies Ministry’s regional centre said. The accident occurred in the village of Yasny at about 23:00 on Friday.... Read more
Forced landing on sloping ground and tail rotor struck ground... Read more
Flight plan for the overdue helicopter had it going the 30 miles from Hayfork to Weaverville and then back to Hayfork Friday. Search crews found the helicopter’s wreckage and pilot’s body in a remote area around 3:15 p.m. Student pilot later named as registered owner Mor Applebaum.... Read more
Wind gust blew something into the rotor blades while hovering at 3ft when it was hovering immediately outside its hangar... Read more
Uncommanded yaw to the left in cruise, pilot initiated autorotation. A complete power loss was experienced, pilot continued the autorotation. Unable to reach the landing area selected and completed the flare short of the area. Lnded hard in shallow water, substantially damaging tail boom and tail rotor. Ocupants exited safely and waded to shore. CADAORS... Read more
Post maintenance test flight. Landed in corn field and fell onto its side.... Read more
Crashed from an altitude of 20m while spraying vineyards. The only one person on board, pilot Michele Astrella, 62, from Basilicata, was seriously injured... 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
Helicopter had been chartered by Statnett for work on high voltage power lines. Rotor blade struck pylon and became unstable, crashing to the ground. Passenger worked for Infratek, subcontractor to Statnett. Pilot was named as Karl Gustav Backlund.... 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
Destroyed on ground by hurricane... Read more
Tuna spotting helicopter crashed into the sea. Condition of pilot (named Rodriguez) unknown... 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
Filming cameraman recorded real-life autorotation after engine quit and would not restart. He put his foot through the bubble in the landing. Location not given... Read more
Training flight, crashed from low hover of three metres... 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
Agricultural operation – the R44 had been hired by Beijing’s landscape and forestry bureau.... Read more
Fire fighting operations with winds gusting 20-30 knots. The pilot was flying slowly just above tree top level when the nose suddenly swung to the left. The pilot added power, but the rotation increased. The pilot reduced power and lowered the collective. The helicopter entered the trees and came to rest on its right side... Read more
Force landed in field. Aircraft less than one year old... Read more
Two hotel guests were treated for injuries after their helicopter crashed in woods close to Gidleigh Park Hotel. Helicopter referred to as a two-seater. Head/neck injuries quoted. Wrongly reported as a two-seat helicopter, as it was an R44... Read more
a warning light in the cockpit of another police helicopter with two officers aboard prompted the pilot to make a precautionary landing in a Home Depot parking lot about 2 a.m. That chopper landed near Western and Slauson avenues.... Read more
Tail rotor struck vegetation... Read more
Type not confirmed, crashed and burst into flames. A NSW Ambulance spokesman said the pilot, Peter Woodland (aged 64), managed to escape from the helicopter before it burst into flames.... Read more
Force landed in mountainous terrain, 35 miles from Fresno... Read more
Pilot broadcast Mayday after loss of oil pressure in one engine 90 miles SW of Stavangar. SAR helicopter scrambled and accompanied S92 back to a safe landing at Sola... Read more
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
Crashed in a meadow, caught fire and burnt out. Sole occupant pilot, Dirk Wiersma (aged 65) was unharmed... Read more
Clipped a tree during a search for a missing elderly woman at night. Crashed into dense woodland, boom separated from cabin. Three serious injuries... Read more
1 fatality. Mustering accident, according to Queensland Fire & Rescue. Official report here... Read more
