A NATO spokesman in eastern Afghanistan said the helicopter in Sunday’s crash went down in the Sabari District of Khost Province, a mountainous area near the Pakistan border, where insurgent activity has been among the heaviest this spring. Deceased later named as Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth R. White, 35, of Fort Collins, Colo., and Chief... 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
Crashed into Indus or Sindh River en route to Peshawar, and poor weather reported. Five people on board including Major-General Mohammad Nawaz, director general of the Punjab Rangers along with two Captains and one Colonel.... 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
A military helicopter belonging to Iran’s Air Force has crashed near the central city of Isfahan, killing the pilot and co-pilot, a senior Iranian official says. Deputy Governor of Isfahan Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili said that the crash was caused by technical problems in the helicopter.... Read more
An Australian Army Officer (later named as Marcus Case) was killed when an Australian Chinook Helicopter crashed while undertaking a re-supply mission in Zabul Province.... 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
A helicopter from the Mexican Air Force (FAM) crashed on Saturday near Apatzingan, Michoacan, apparently as a result of mechanical failure in the aircraft... 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
Fort Hood Chief Warrant Officer Christopher R. Thibodeau, 28, of Chesterland, Ohio, died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of injuries he suffered when his helicopter crashed during combat operations, the military said. Thibodeau was assigned to Fort Hood’s 1st Battalion, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade.... 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
Prince George’s County Fire Department Spokesperson Mark Brady says a military helicopter made an emergency landing... 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
ONe of the four Chinooks used in Ireland for President Obama’s visit had a blade damaged in the high winds. The helicopter was airfreighted out of Dublin on 3rd June in a C-17 freighter for repair.... 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
Four of five occupants killed when helicopter crashed into Istanbul Strait. Pilot, and commander of the Police Aviation Unit, Kemal Ozdemir survived the accident by swimming to safety. Other passengers were Branch Director of Information Technology Ragip Ali Bilgen and his son, Marine, with a strong second pilot Murat Güçlü and Oray Sarıçay’ın who worked... 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
A 1-2 Aviation Reconnaissance Battalion flying an Apache helicopter made a cautionary landing in Hanover, east of Butts Army Airfield when a red warning light came on... Read more
Agricultural operation – the R44 had been hired by Beijing’s landscape and forestry bureau.... Read more
Four Canadian soldiers were injured, one of them seriously, when a Chinook helicopter crashed on landing under moonlight in a remote part of Panjwaii district in southern Afghanistan early Monday morning... 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
Mixed reports quoting three or four serious injuries and a total of 17 (or 10 plus three crew?) on board. Weather reported as “very windy” but no other information at this time as to potential cause... 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
A Border Security Force helicopter crashed in Sirohi district of Rajasthan killing the pilot and three others. The helicopter crashed at 3 pm near Bahadurpura village. A team of officials from Mount Abu reached the crash site and all the bodies, which are badly burnt, have been recovered. The killed are identifed as pilot Colonel... 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
A medical evacuation helicopter, marked with the universally recognized Red Cross symbol, came under attack by insurgents yesterday while medical providers attempted to recover a wounded service member in Sangin District, Helmand province.... 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
Precautionary landing in field after engine problems... Read more
Crashed into a tree in Paroon, Nuristan, while four helicopters were landing inside a compound of National Directorate of Security, Nuristan governor Jamaluddin Badr said... Read more
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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
5 passengers and 2 crew members who were injured and were airlifted by helicopters of the Armed Forces to hospitals in Bucaramanga and Barrancabermeja... Read more
Helicopter clipped a tree at low level when watching a skateboard race on Lookout Mountain near Golden, CO. Also check out YouTube videos here and here... Read more
AS350B2 from the Korea Forest Service (KFS), carrying two people, crashed around 11:32 a.m. near the Sogeum River, about 237 kilometers east of Seoul.... Read more
Chip light warning... Read more
Clipped powerlines while crop spraying. Pilot has electrical burns to his thighs... Read more
A Chinook out of Fort Campbell made an emergency landing in a field in Crittenden County near Frances, Kentucky. One person suffered minor injuries but there is no word on how many people were on board.... Read more
At least one officer was killed and several others were injured as a Pakistani army helicopter crashed Tuesday evening some 40 km northwest of the country’s capital Islamabad, reported local Urdu TV channel Samaa.  Fatality named as Subedar Major Fayyaz, with injured personnel named as Lt Colonel Abdullah, Major Tufail, Lance Naik Ehsan and another... Read more
Hard landing, rolled over, broke skid... Read more
Crashed into field after take-off... Read more
Reported as mechanical failure by the general media... Read more
