The pilot was flying alone spraying chemicals on pine trees when the aircraft went down.... Read more
Helicopter was left unattended with engine running and was caught by the wind... Read more
The R44 suffered a tail rotor birdstrike 33ft above the ground, vibrated and lost power. The machine landed heavily on boulder-covered uneven terrain and tipped over, tearing off the tail rotor boom and smashing the main rotor.... Read more
Low RPM on take off, rolled over onto starboard side... Read more
Twin engine Bell 412 forced to ditch 30m short of its home base, emergency floats deployed successfully and all five occupants evacuated without injury... Read more
A helicopter dusting crops hit a power line and crashed in Mecca... Read more
Tail struck ground on training flight... Read more
One report quotes “an experimental helicopter”... Read more
Snagged a powerline during filming of Dreamworks movie “Real Steel” which is due for release November 2011. Â Helicopter was later flown from the scene... Read more
Lifeflight Eagle 4 took a bird strike when on final approach to Childrens Mercy Medical Center... Read more
Helicopter was filming an unmanned Audi TTS car currently under development. Â The accident is quoted as being close to the summit of Pike’s Peak, which is over 14,000 ft high... Read more
One news report quotes it as an R44, but the FAA register only records one Schweizer 300 with Lake Superior Helicopters... Read more
Date is approximate... Read more
Skid cross tube broke during engine start-up... Read more
FAA preliminary report indicates this was a wirestrike... Read more
Bird strike through front screen... Read more
Substantial damage to tail boom after being struck by Antonov AN-2 which had broken loose from its tie-downs during a storm... Read more
Burnt out by arson attack while parked and unattended... Read more
CADAORS # 2010Q1805... Read more
Crashed when working on cleaning powerline insulators. 2 killed in the accident (David Canon – 28, Spanish, and Alex Weagg – 47, Spanish), 1 seriously injured (Antoni Habilane Salmero, 47, Spanish) to hospital... Read more
The 34-year-old Dutch pilot lost control at 1 meter above the ground, causing the helicopter rolling over on landing. Only the pilot was aboard and is not hurt... Read more
Alleged damage to chimney by a helicopter... Read more
Crashed and burst into flames while taking part in a CIS competition in helicopter sports. The 74-year-old pilot was performing a loop-the-loop but didn’t have enough height as he came out of the manoeuvre... Read more