Accidents Eurocopter

23-Oct-10 G-BPRI Eurocopter AS355F1 Abridge, UK

Out-of-control golf buggy struck tail rotor during start-up... Read more

22-Oct-10 N135WJ Eurocopter EC135P2 Jupiter, US-Florida

Emergency generator light turned on and the pilot reported the smell of electrical smoke in the cockpit,... Read more

10-Oct-10 VH-ROU Eurocopter AS350 Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia

Pilot encountered bad weather, became disoriented and gradually descended to impact point with trees. Location was close to mountain biker track and sorme passing riders raised the alarm... Read more

06-Oct-10 OE-XOH Eurocopter AS350B3 Gotzenalm, Germany

Helicopter was involved in lifting a 20m tree trunk... Read more

01-Oct-10 N352FB Eurocopter AS350B3 Phoenix, US-Arizona

Emergency landing made after chip light illuminated... Read more

30-Sep-10 N822MH Eurocopter EC130 Grand Canyon, US-Arizona

Tail rotor struck canvas umbrella while hovering at low level... Read more

26-Sep-10 JA9635 Eurocopter AS332L Yaku-shima Island, Japan (2F)

Controlled impact into terrain, foggy conditions reported... Read more

24-Sep-10 N91DK Eurocopter AS350B2 Covington, US-Georgia

A DeKalb County police officer and a civilian instructor were injured when the police department’s helicopter crashed in Covington during a re-certification flight.... Read more

23-Sep-10 ZK-HBD Eurocopter AS350B2 Nokomai, New Zealand

Helicopter was left unattended with engine running and was caught by the wind... Read more

22-Sep-10 Eurocopter SA341 Plaisance-du-Gers, France

Gazelle from 5RHC was involved in low level training, and crashed in an open field.... Read more

19-Sep-10 N324V Eurocopter AS350B2 Sheridan Township, US-Michigan

Snagged a powerline during filming of Dreamworks movie “Real Steel” which is due for release November 2011.  Helicopter was later flown from the scene... Read more

19-Sep-10 N919CM Eurocopter EC145 Kansas City, US-Missouri

Lifeflight Eagle 4 took a bird strike when on final approach to Childrens Mercy Medical Center... Read more

17-Sep-10 N5802W Eurocopter AS355F1 Pikes Peak, US-Colorado

Helicopter was filming an unmanned Audi TTS car currently under development.  The accident is quoted as being close to the summit of Pike’s Peak, which is over 14,000 ft high... Read more

22-Aug-10 D-HAYI Eurocopter Bo105CBS/4 Bonn/Hangelar Airport, Germany

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

17-Aug-10 EC-KUJ Eurocopter AS350B3 Ben Bakhta, Algeria (2F)

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

22-Jul-10 N918EM AS350B2 Kingfisher, US-Oklahoma (2F)

Abrupt manoeuvre by pilot (allegedly to demonstrate a coyote hunt according to the NTSB report) when it struck trees.  Pilot and one paramedic killed.  The other paramedic, who was still in the process of fixing his seatbelt, survived by being thrown clear in the impact.... Read more

17-Jun-10 G-HEMS Eurocopter AS365N Thornaby, UK

Door opened in flight at 700 ft agl. Items fell out, some striking person on the ground and rendering them unconscious... Read more

02-May-2010 YU-HEH Soko SO341 Krnješevci, Serbia

Accident from low level, no serious injuries.  Report states helicopter spinning before crashing.... Read more

02-Apr-10 D-HHLF Eurocopter EC120 Rotterdam, Netherlands

Badly damaged in an emergency landing after pilot noticed engine trouble immediately after take-off. Tailboom broke off.  Two on board including TV chef Herman den Blijker and the pilot are suffering from neck injuries.... Read more

19-Mar-10 N….. Eurocopter BK117 Land O’Lakes, US-Florida

Reg is either Eurocopter EC135 N15TG or one of their 117s N911TG or N912TG, confirmation awaited. N912TG the most likely... Read more

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