Crashed into a parking lot two miles after take-off, killing both occupants. Non-aviation witnesses report an explosion before the helicopter reached the ground. Post crash fire. The deceased were later named by Miami Dade Police as pilot Mark Palmieri and passenger Ross Allen. One report states it was a post-maintenance test flight... Read more
Unknown circumstances. Wreck found next morning after failing to arrive at intended destination... Read more
Main rotor blades struck tail boom while running up on roof-top helipad. Incident blamed on freak wind gust... Read more
Helicopter ended up with tail boom severed by main rotors – which were themselves removed by the accident. Left skid completely deformed. All 4 occupants suffered minor injuries... Read more
Precautionary landing due to engine problem en route Bucaramanga to Yopal... Read more
Precautionary landing in parking lot on night mission after warning light illuminated... Read more
Impacted terrain while maneuvering during an SAR flight near Talkeetna, Alaska. The airline transport pilot, an Alaska state trooper serving as a flight observer for the pilot, and a stranded snowmobiler who had requested rescue were killed, and the helicopter was destroyed by impact and postcrash fire.... Read more
Two Alaska State Troopers and a rescued snowmobiler died in the crash. A press release later named them as Alaska State Trooper pilot Mel Nading, Trooper Tage Toll of Talkeetna, and Carl Ober, the 56-year-old injured snowmachiner from Talkeetna... Read more
Precautionary landing – no further details known... Read more
Substantially damaged in landing accident. Sole occupant pilot not injured... Read more
Helicopter crashed during rhino poaching patrols. Al five POB killed – later named as Captain Jacobus Andries van Rensburg; Captain MP Chabalala; Sergeant Paulus Shongela Ndishishi; Sergeant GP Ruiters and Lance Corporal Bheki Petros Cele... Read more
Helicopter landed to pick up a patient. While rotors were still turning, co pilot observed fuel leak and immediately told pilot to shut down helicopter and switch off electric. O-ring had failed in fuel line and was repaired on site.... Read more
Pilot Franklin Holguín Sandoval smelt burning and made successful autorotation landing. Shortly after leaving the aircraft it was engulfed in flames and burnt out. Solo pilot was uninjured.... Read more
Lost power on climb out, landed heavily and fall onto port side. Owner/pilot Steven Wybenga, age 51, suffered slight injuries... Read more
Offshore operation for Petrobras, ditched in the sea, three POB got out OK... Read more
Landed in pond instead of the nearby field as intended after gusty wind conditions experienced. Pilot escaped, but passenger killed, both aged 75 according to press reports... Read more
Rolled over onto its side on landing. The helicopter carried three crewmembers and 3.2 tonnes of building materials.... Read more
Powerline patrol helicopter had accident involving trees. Pilot uninjured. CADAORS ref 2013C1124... Read more
Blade struck tree during forced landing while on police operations. Sole-occupant pilot not injured. Photo set here on C News Live page on Facebook... Read more
Landing gear collapsed... Read more
On landing, pilot looked to ensure tail rotor clearance and inadvertently inputted cyclic. Helicopter rolled up on one skid and main rotor blades struck the ground. Helicopter was involved in load lifting operations... Read more
Door separated and struck rotors. FAA quotes this as N571LF which is incorrect as that is a fixed-wing registration [if it is an ..LF registration, then N209LF and N506LF are EC130s based in Alabama]... Read more
Helicopter substantially damaged in emergency landing on road. Bridegroom Rishi Ramdeo, his parents Vijay and Danmathie and best man Robert Soogram were injured after their helicopter crashed outside the wedding venue. The pilot and the groom were reported in a critical condition and the other occupants were treated for mild to serious injuries.... Read more
Training accident. Main rotors severed tail boom, aircraft ended upright on its skids... Read more
Clipped tree(s) during landing phase and crashed killing all four on board. Helicopter operator Bankstown Helicopters confirmed that the aircraft had been hired by a private pilot... Read more
Two helicopters collided in white-out conditions during a police exercise. An AS332L2 and a EC155 had landed and kicked up a lot of snow. The pilot of a second AS332 landing soon after then suffered white-out and landed too close to the EC155, killing the pilot. Three other injuries reported.... Read more
Two helicopters collided in white-out conditions during a police exercise. An AS332L2 and a EC155 had landed and kicked up a lot of snow. The pilot of a second AS332 landing soon after then suffered white-out and landed too close to the EC155, killing the pilot. Three other injuries reported.... Read more
Vertical fin contacted pipe on landing on offshore platform... Read more
Heavy landing, deforming the skids, on the side of Highway US-1 after engine malfunction... Read more
Three killed out of four on board a Russian Border Guard Mi-8 which crashed in poor visibility. A criminal investigation has been opened.... Read more
Officials from the International Security Assistance Force said they have no indication that the helicopter was brought down by enemy activity in the area.... Read more
Post maintenance test flight. Cameron County Sheriff identified the deceased as pilot, William R. Croucher, 69, and two mechanics: Michael Lee Tyree, 55, and Timothy Lloyd Goehring, 41. Operator Era Helicopters made a brief statement confirming the accident... Read more
Crashed on take off for post-maintenance test flight... Read more
Aircraft landed on its skids but tail boom severed (by main blades?) see photo.... Read more
Accident around 1am local on night training mission. Both reservists killed, named by IDF as Lt.-Col. (res.) Noam Ron, 49, and Maj. (res.) Erez Flekser, 31. The pilots had radioed the Palmahim air base before the crash, saying they would land there in six minutes. There was no distress call prior to the accident.... Read more
Major Misapa Mukupa was killed in an accident at Lusaka City Airport, while co-pilot Captain Kenneth Chilala sustained minor injuries... Read more
Helicopter went down during rain storm... Read more
Rotor downdraft caused the trunk of a parked vehicle parked in the lot to fly open. The trunk lid then flew back and smashed the back window of the vehicle.... Read more
Crashed in mountainous area in poor weather, flying for United Nations. Photo suggests controlled flight into terrain.... Read more
Crashed on a ridge above the Oamaru Valley, east of Turangi, after dropping off a hunting party. The body of pilot Mark Didsbury was found 50m away from the helicopter... Read more
Two killed and three injured when helicopter crashed on training flight. The two fatalities were named by the Romanian military as Petty Officer Lawrence Chiru and Sergeant Basil Manolache... Read more
Emergency landing after bird strike – while flying a patient from Mitchell to Sioux Falls... Read more
Crashed off the Vishakhapatnam harbour Two crew members were immediately rescued while two others were missing and a search was underway for them.... Read more
Precautionary landing today at Terra Nova Park in Chula Vista. No one was injured as a result of the landing and there was no damage to the aircraft.... Read more
Crashed into a field and caught fire... Read more
Helicopter struck wire and fell into river, killing teenage passenger and injuring the other three on board. On report stated there were traces of alcohol on the 40 year old pilot... Read more
Crew Member (named as First Class Pvt Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Al Qah’tani ) fell from the helicopter and died during the celebration of the World Civil Defence Day... Read more
Bird strike to side of helicopter very shortly after night take-off... Read more
The helicopter from one fishing boat crashed into another boat while they were fishing near the Marshall Islands, seriously injuring a Chinese fisherman, 48-year old Shuiyao Wang, who died at sea two days later. Filipino pilot Thomas Bustos, 51, is being treated for injuries... Read more
Struck powerlines and crashed, reportedly after engine failure. Helicopter destroyed... Read more
Collided with trees and crashed into a lake killing the pilot... Read more
Training accident, helicopter ended up on its side in grassy field. The two occupants of the aircraft were identified as pilot Captain Manuel Poblete FAP Pardo Aguilar (30) and passenger Major FAP Candle Italo Fernandez (36)... Read more
Crashed from low level hover due to high winds... Read more
Helicopter from Minot AFB made emergency landing, which injured two of the five occupants... Read more
Crashed and exploded (possibly due to a mine) while engaged with FARC guerrillas... Read more
Witnesses heard a loud bang before the R44 on a scenic tour made an emergency landing in the lake. Helicopter remained upright in less than 1m of water. All 4 POB exited safely... Read more
Helicopter suffered gunshot damage in bungled prison breakout... Read more
Emergency landing, while carrying journalists accompanying Vice president Guy Scott... Read more
Crashed close to buildings. Pilot Mark Montgomery and crew member Chris Denning killed, third crew member Billy Wynn is critical. (names were released here) Two explosions after the helicopter crash landed in upright position. Completely burnt out in post-crash fire.... Read more
Hard emergency landing in a forest in Phitsanulok province. Four of six (or seven?) occupants were admitted to hospital – Brigan Forney, Sarah Smith, Matthew Marcinko and Gavin Christian. Brigan Forney is reported to be suffering serious burns. Helicopter was taking part in Exercise “Cobra Gold 2013”... Read more
Helicopter destroyed on landing in mountainous region on German side of border with Austria, pilot seriously injured. Ground was snow covered, and accident occurred at around 1,700m (5,577 ft) altitude... Read more
Ted McBride, 74, died after contact with a power line during agricultural operations... Read more
Emergency shutdown on rig after overheating indication, which later turned out to be false... Read more
Crop spraying helicopter hit powerlines and crashed.... Read more
Helicopter was powered-up but still on the ground, when the engineer reached in through the open door and hit a lever, causing it to take off to a few feet altitude and then crash onto its side away from the engineer. A second person was present, but it is unclear from the press report whether they... Read more
Emergency landing after mechanical issues... Read more
Severe damage to rotor blades and skid after being hit by a truck while parked on is base helipad at Fresach/Freizeitpark Millstättersee Heliport, Austria. All four rotorblades including the rotorhead had to be changed, causing a total damage of 600.000 €... Read more
Five POB – pilot and four tourists, including two from Ukraine. No injuries... Read more
FAA report... Read more
Ground vehicle skidded on ice and ran into parked helicopter, causing significant damage. CADAORS ref 2013Q0397... Read more
EMS EC145 clipped crane on hospital it was operating out of... Read more
Four injured in emergency landing in a garden. Pilot Eduardo Augusto Ospina was flying three military personnel – mobile brigade commander 29, Colonel Carlos Salamanca; Corporal Hector Fabio Sogamoso, and professional soldier Jaider Cardenas Posso.... Read more
Substantially damaged after tail rotor failure... Read more
Autorotation landing from 1000ft, main blades cut tail boom. Corporate operation. MD600 remained upright and all six got out with some injuries. Six were identified as Tahmina Mostofa, 24, Asif Iqbal, 45, Kazi Safayet Hossain, 45, Abul Kalam, and pilots Gulzar Hossain, 42, and Shafiqul Islam, 35.... Read more
Crashed into the sea on an EMS mission, killing all three on board – named as Captain Yashar Ahmadov, Senior Lieutenant Rustam Rustamov and Lieutenant Bahruz Zeynalov... Read more
