Weather related emergency landing. No apparent damage... Read more
Emergency landing on road during post-maintenance check flight. No injuries or damage... Read more
Brown out at 30 to 40 ft during an NVG approach... Read more
Helicopter stranded on ice field after making emergency landing. Condition of six aboard not known... Read more
Brig. Gen. Alfredo Bocanegra Navia, the 48-year-old commander of the army’s 5th Brigade, and his aides (Lt. John Alexander Salcedo, Pvt. German Alfonso Ortiz) were traveling from brigade headquarters in Bucaramanga, Santander’s capital, to the town of Aguachica in neighboring Cesar province. Civilian pilot Jaime Landinez was also killed... Read more
The helicopter had departed from Modugno, near Bari, and was heading to Foggia. Pilot Tanzarella Antonio D’Amico, age 29, was alone... Read more
An Indonesian Navy helicopter made an emergency landing at a soccer field in Situbondo district, East Java, after reporting engine problems... Read more
Heliski operation. All six occupants airlifted to hospital in Sion.... Read more
A Mil Mi-28 Night Hunter attack helicopter made a rough emergency landing in the Budyonnovsk district in Russia’s southern Stavropol territory on Tuesday, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman… Pilot died later same day in hospital... Read more
Precautionary landing after bird strike... Read more
A US helicopter belonging to the US civil support team in Iraq made an emergency landing in the northeast of Nasiryah in southern Baghdad.  The helicopter had taken off from Imam Ali base west of Nasriyah. No one was hurt in the accident... Read more
Australian pilot reported missing feared dead after helicopter crash in PNG.  It is understood the man is an experienced pilot who has been working in the mining industry for a number of years. Oil slick and floating debris reported. Update – Search for pilot Lloyd Lester has been abandoned... Read more
Tail rotor strike... Read more
Crashed in mountainous region, pilot named as (José Gregorio Escalona) was killed in the impact... Read more
Hydraulic problems force helicopter to land in field... Read more
The helicopter’s tail rotor accidentally touched the runway during a practice run, damaging it and causing the craft to make a hard landing... Read more
Blades struck building on take-off. One passenger was Housing and Urban Development Minister Ali Nikzad... Read more
Ditched into reservoir after loss of power; 2 occupants safe... Read more
Emergency landing made in school field after warning light illuminated. No damage. Crew turned situation into educational opportunity for the school children.... Read more
It was understood a small amount of excess fuel ignited when the Bond helicopter’s engines were starting up. We expect it was an AS332L2 or EC225, although Bond also operate AS365M3 and AW139 helicopters... Read more
Helicopter reportedly went down in the ocean off Thailand’s famous beach town of Hua Hin. Two pilots had minor injuries... Read more
Crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off at 1900hrs – after emergency landing earlier in the day (see separate incident page here) and subsequent repairs. Pilot and passenger killed.... Read more
Emergency landing due to engine problems. Later repaired but helicopter crashed fatally on subsequent take-off (see separate incident page here)... Read more
An ISAF helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan’s eastern district of Lateh Band, 30 miles east of Kabul. Two pilots were slightly injured... Read more
R44 burst into flames on impact. Student pilot was taken to hospital in a critical condition with serious burns. Instructor Ivor Durham, owner and director of Newcastle Helicopters, died along with 21-year old Sam Bateman.... Read more
Helicopter working on stringing new powerlines. One serious injury, one “minor to moderate” injury.... Read more
Warning light led to emergency landing in snowy field. No indication of any damage or injuries... Read more
Run on landing on wet mud performed which ended in the helicopter on its side, tail boom apparently severed by the tail which ended up close to the fuselage.... Read more
Sonar buoy fell from helicopter and landed in farm field... Read more
After dropping a group of skiers, helicopter was proceeding down, on the other side of the mountain ridge (due to local weather conditions) to the pick-up point. While en route, the helicopter encountered marginal VMC and attempted to descend through a break in the cloud. The helicopter contacted snow covered terrain and began rolling down... Read more
Helicopter was harvesting pine cones and descending to unload. At about 100ft agl, tail rotor authority was lost and the helicopter began to rotate. The main rotor contacted trees and the helicopter crashed on its left side. The pilot was the sole occupant and sustained minor injuries. CADAORS ref 2011C0421... Read more
Helicopter crashed into unoccupied building close to an air base used for training by the Indian Army. Two killed were Major Atul Garje and Captain Bhanu Pratap Gupta... Read more
Emergency landing (or was it a “hard landing”?) made after reported loss of power... Read more
One helicopter (and six fixed wing) damaged when hangar roof collapsed due to weight of snow... Read more
The Pima County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that civilian pilot Loren Leonberger was pronounced dead at the scene of the PCSO helicopter crash near Avra Valley. Other occupants were Edwin Nettleton, 58, and Paul Panzica, 41, who were released from the hospital ahead of Larry Sayers, 64, who was seriously injured.... Read more
Emergency floats deployed and water landing after clipping aerial on take-off from superyacht “Octopus”. Subsequent tow in to port went wrong and helicopter turned over – video shows it being righted in the port prior to lifting out and onto a truck.... Read more
Rolled over on landing... Read more
Precautionary landing for a potential mechanical problem.... Read more
Precautionary landing on school field after warning light illuminated. Timed at 3.30am local... Read more
A Lebanese army helicopter made an emergency landing on the outskirts of the Akkar town of Jdeidet al-Qaitaa due to a technical malfunction... Read more
Pilot was José Manuel Covarruvias GarcÃa, 36, and hospitalised for assessment. Passenger was not named and not injured. Helicopter sustained damage to landing gear, the transmission system and the tail rotor. [Some translations of local language news reports wrongly quote the pilot as being killed]... Read more
2 seriously injured, 1 minor injuries... Read more
NATO says a coalition helicopter has landed on its side after experiencing mechanical trouble during takeoff from a military base in eastern Afghanistan. No injuries. Report from Poland quotes that “the helicopter was spinning on its axis” and fell to the ground, sustaining heavy damage.... Read more
Pilot used the helicopter’s flotation device and all four stayed on board until they were saved about one hour later.... Read more
Thge television station AS350B2 – known as “Globocop” – was hit by three rifle shots at about 7:30 am. The reporter Karina Borges, the system operator and the pilot Roberto Mello Kings Antonio Ramos was not injured. one of the bullets hit the floor, the second, the central region, and the third, the tail of the... Read more
Emergency landing made on edge of river after suspected mechanical problems. Two occupants uninjured... Read more
President Piñera landed off-airfield in his own R44, and a video of the incident taken by a citizen suggested that the stop was unplanned. The President denies this, saying it was a planned refuelling stop... Read more
The pilot, Lt Col. Koosie De Villiers, and his crewman Lt Col. Shabir Khan, were both seriously injured in the crash. Eyesitness described the aircraft as being a “total mangled wreck”, with no windows left as it “was all smashed up”.... Read more
Loss of control due spatial orientation in limited visibility and” whiteness “of the underlying surface, not being able to continue the flight under visual flight rules, which led to reduce the uncontrolled collision with a roll and a helicopter with ice-covered surface of the lake. 1 killed, 5 injured... Read more
F0rce landed in a field.... Read more
One of the Air Force Fennec helicopters struck Thursday two electrical wires near Klovborg. The helicopter’s wire cutter entured that it carried on flying, but the pilot landed immediately as a precaution, following standard procedures. No persons were injured.... Read more
Pilot was Scott Finlayson, rescued safely and briefly hospitalised.... Read more
Accident while landing in windy conditions. Five occupants OK... Read more
Crashed from hovering at 5m, helicopter ended up on its side. Three occupants, one of which was hospitalized... Read more
Pilot Jean Marcel Grillet Aubert seriously injured, Passenger (unnamed) not injured... Read more
Main blades severed tail boom during autorotation on training flight... Read more
Instructor vacated aircraft for student Adeniyi Akinuli to complete shut-down. Helicopter took off unexpectedly and landed onto its side... Read more
Pilot Dempsey Stice, 42, was found dead in the cockpit with no signs of trauma, Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler said. He apparently landed the helicopter safely as there was no damage to the aircraft,... Read more
Reportedly developed mechanical difficulties and crashed into a coconut tree while landing... Read more
Two people were injured when a Royal Thai Police helicopter made an emergency landing in a rice field... Read more
Severe ground resonance resulted in separation of rotor dynamics from the helicopter. Pilots Daniel Alencar Tavares, 33, and Geovani Kopti were both seriously injured... Read more
TV reporting helico0pter for WCVB – Boston’s Channel 5. Warning light came on and pilot made immediate emergency landing. No damage to helicopter. Pilot Michael Young employed buy Helicopters Inc, and photographer Karen Lippert of WCVB were aboard.... Read more
Television stations cited the military as saying officials had reached the wreckage, but fog covered the area. It was a Bell UH-1 on a night training mission... Read more
Camera operator and the pilot suffered minor injuries. AS350 was operating for television station TVI. Location was a field adjacent to the A2 motorway... Read more
Crew reported as pilot Osvaldo Perez Feliz and copilot Mario Rivas, neither badly hurt. The helicopter is often used privately by Dominican Republic opposition leader, Miguel Vargas, and was only 1.5 miles out from 1.5 miles from Higüero Airport on a flight to La Romana to pick him up.... Read more
EMS helicopter went town killing all four on board – named as pilot Capt. Khaled Al-Dakhil and First Lt. Mandeel Al-Subaihi, both Saudis, Egyptian doctor Amjad Al-Iraqi and Filipino nurse Rosella. Official source has said that it “crashed south of Riyadh Friday burst into flames due to the force of the impact with the groundâ€.... Read more
A medevac helicopter en route to a Caroll County hospital made an emergency landing in Reisterstown Thursday night, Baltimore County police said.... Read more
Precautionary landing made after warning light illumination. Later departed. One of crew wearing Boeing flight uniform. Likely on test flight out of Boeing facility at Milville Municipal Airport... Read more
Running up on the ground after maintenance and helicopter ended up on its port side. No passengers on board... Read more
CHC AS332L2 landed safely at Aberdeen Airport after a full emergency was declared due to a warning light., which may have indicted gearbox temperature problems.... Read more
Two contractor workers were injured – one critically – when a helicopter winching cable struck an overhead powerline, sparking a fireball which engulfed the men.... Read more
30 minute tour flight with three Chinese passengers – The 34-year-old-pilot, a 40-year-old man, and two women, aged 36 and 46, were taken to Cairns Base Hospital.... Read more
Air Ambulance role, landed in city centre to pick up construction worker patient. Landed too close to a car park barrier, and downwash caused barrier to rise up into rotor disc.... Read more
