4-Jul-2014Source: NZ CAA
Robinson Helicopters have accepted the CAA’s invitation to give a safety awareness briefing on the R44 and R66. The one-day safety briefing and product update will be presented by Tim Tucker, chief flying instructor for Robinson. There will be an opportunity on the day after for a dual flight with Tim in the R66 or... Read more
4-Jul-2014
Caught fire during refuelling and completely burnt out (photo)... Read more
4-Jul-2014
Emergency landing for a firefighting helicopter – Lebanon has three ex Bristow S61s registered AD-1601 through 1603... Read more
3-Jul-2014
Rigging for lifting work caught on skid on take-off and helicopter fell to the ground hard. Pilot reported here as 31-year-old Warren Larson... Read more
3-Jul-2014
Heavy landing during sling-load operations for Bureau of Land Management. Level of damage not known.... Read more
2-Jul-2014Source: HAI
HAI is developing the Education Program for HAI HELI-EXPO 2015 and seeks proposals for Professional Education courses and Rotor Safety Challenge sessions from qualified persons or vendors. Be part of continuing excellence in your industry—submit your proposal today! Professional Education Courses To provide a high-quality program for helicopter professionals, HAI strives to enhance, expand,and adjust these fee-based... Read more
2-Jul-2014Source: NBAA
Because unique weather conditions are associated with summer, now is a good time for a reminder about a new online FAA safety resource that provides tips for pilots dealing with the season’s thunderstorm activity. Launched by the agency in May 2014 with the support of aviation groups, including NBAA, the Got Weather? initiative offers information... Read more
1-Jul-2014Source: Airbus Helicopters
With Asia poised to be the fastest growing helicopter market in the coming years, key industry players from the ASEAN Helicopter Safety Team (AHEST) held the inaugural steering committee meeting this month to initiate actions to improve safety in civil helicopter operations in this region. AHEST was founded in late 2013 to expand the mandate... Read more
1-Jul-2014
Force landing on beach... Read more
30-Jun-2014
Crashed en route from Nezhin air base to Chuhuiv air base. Quoted by one source as “21 yellow” msn 9788612 but with no evidence provided to validate... Read more
30-Jun-2014Source: HAI
The Helicopter Association International and its president, Matt Zuccaro, welcome the news that President Obama has nominated NTSB Vice Chairman Christopher Hart to fill the chairman’s position in the wake of Deborah Hersman’s departure. “As a commercial-rated pilot, Chris Hart understands aviation and its importance to the nation,” said Zuccaro. “He is also the NTSB’s... Read more
30-Jun-2014
15 POB (including 12 firefighters) survived the crash of this Mi-8. Post crash fire. Registration validated by this local language report... Read more
29-Jun-2014
Helicopter completely demolished in crash in hay field. All three occupants airlifted to hospital... Read more
28-Jun-2014
Details not yet known, but helicopter crashed killing all four POB including pilot A.I. Goncharenko, businessman Samvel Elugyan plus his 22-year-old daughter Alina Elugyan and 13-year-old son Eugene Elugyan. Post crash fire... Read more
27-Jun-2014
Landed heavily causing damage. 2 of 4 POB to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries... Read more
27-Jun-2014
Crashed after striking a pole during agricultural work... Read more
26-Jun-2014Source: USHST
The phrase, “Let’s be careful out there,” takes on added meaning during the month of July as it tops all other months for fatal helicopter accidents. A decade’s worth of data compiled by the United States Helicopter Safety Team (www.USHST.org) shows that an average of three to four fatal civil helicopter accidents in the United... Read more
26-Jun-2014
Shot down by insurgents. All 5 POB killed. The link given is reported to be the subject helicopter, but we have not been able to corroborate that. Similarly one source quotes registration YI-352 but no supporting evidence... Read more
25-Jun-2014
Crashed on a night flying training mission. 2 POB Killed, and they were named here as Major Yasir and Captain Murtaza... Read more
25-Jun-2014
During the descent for landing, the pilot was not able to stop the descent and yaw. The pilot pushed the cyclic to exit the vortex and pick up speed, but the main rotor collided with the ground and the aircraft rolled to a stop on the ground. CADORS 2014Q1246... Read more
24-Jun-2014
All nine on board killed when Ukrainian Army helicopter shot down by rebel forces... Read more
24-Jun-2014
Helicopter lost height and crashed within 30 seconds of take off – video of incident here. Helicopter was operating for the military and ended up on its side, heavily damaged. 5 POB all got out OK. Helicopter was delivered new less than six weeks prior to accident.... Read more
24-Jun-2014
Loss of power on climb-out from John C Tune Airport after refuelling there, emergency landing made on highway, damaging tail boom. 2 POB unhurt – reported here as registered owner Lenny Sikora and his girlfriend – and they got out, put the ground handling wheels on and moved the helicopter to the side of the... Read more
23-Jun-2014
Substantially damaged in field landing... Read more
21-Jun-2014
Landed in a field of crop and fell onto its side. 2 POB walk away... Read more
21-Jun-2014
Both pilots seriously injured in low level accident involving powerlines during agricultural operations – named as Anatoly Kurilov and Alexander Fumchenko... Read more
20-Jun-2014
Emergency field landing with high vertical force impact. Skids splayed out... Read more
20-Jun-2014
While conducting sling load operations, the load at the end of the long line became tangled. The pilot attempted to land the helicopter, however when at about 10 ft above ground level, the line pulled tight. The pilot was unable to release the line, and the helicopter collided with terrain, resulting in substantial damage. The... Read more
20-Jun-2014
Written off. 4 POB – two adults, two children – got out OK... Read more
20-Jun-2014
Rolled onto its side on landing... Read more
19-Jun-2014Source: AOPA
A USA Today story, “Unfit for flight,” published June 18 “gets the general aviation safety record wrong, it ignores efforts by the industry to make general aviation safer, and it violates basic tenets of fairness and accuracy when it comes to good journalism,” AOPA said in response to the article. The three-part report paints GA aircraft as death traps,... Read more
19-Jun-2014
Helicopter damaged after engine failure on medical flight. Helicopter reportedly still in place four months later and cannot be flown... Read more
19-Jun-2014
Tenth Combat Aviation officials say the pilots were conducting a maintenance test flight over Jefferson County when an emergency light came on in the cockpit.... Read more
19-Jun-2014
Helicopter fell onto its starboard side during a training flight... Read more
18-Jun-2014Source: BBC
BBC has been given the first chance to try out a new safety device that could save lives in the future. See full story... Read more
18-Jun-2014
Uncommanded descent and crashed on landing. Helicopter was carrying a team from the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys... Read more
17-Jun-2014Source: EagleMed
EagleMed LLC has enlisted Baldwin Safety & Compliance as an additional resource for the critical care air medical transport company’s safety management system needs. Baldwin Safety & Compliance, headquartered in South Carolina, is a recognized leader in customized safety management and business solutions. “We are pleased to have the added services of a leader in... Read more
17-Jun-2014
Crashed in mountainous area at 2000m agl, landing very heavily and killing one of the 3 on board. Taking part in the exercise “Schutz 2014” NOTE – this is wrongly quoted elsewhere as 3C-OD but has been confirmed to HeliHub.com by Austrian military authorities that the subject helicopter was 3C-OG... Read more
17-Jun-2014
Substantially damaged, injuring female pilot. High vertical force impact, remained on skids... Read more
17-Jun-2014
Substantially damaged during autorotation landing... Read more
17-Jun-2014
Precautionary field landing, no injuries, after reported mechanical issues. All six passengers were guests of the Make-A-Wish charity.... Read more
16-Jun-2014Source: NTSB
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is pleased to offer a NEW course in NTSB Helicopter Accident Investigations on August 18-22, 2014, at the NTSB Training Center in Ashburn, Virginia. The course will provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the procedures, methods used and the skills required with all aspects of helicopter accident investigation by the... Read more
16-Jun-2014
Four of five POB injured. Crashed into trees on take off from the grounds of the barracks No. 42 of counterinsurgency battalion Vraem (who do counter narcotics work)... Read more
15-Jun-2014
Emergency landing in park, possibly due to mechanical issue... Read more
13-Jun-2014Source: KPLC
A dive team assisting the U.S. Coast Guard in the search found two bodies Thursday morning near the crash site – See full story See also HeliHub.com page for this accident – 11-Jun-14 N207MY Bell 206L4 Terrebonne Bay, US-Gulf of Mexico (2F)... Read more
13-Jun-2014Source: Airbus Helicopters
Today, the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) issued its final determination following its investigation into the causes linked to two controlled ditchings that occurred in the North Sea on May 10, 2012 and October 22, 2012 aboard EC225 helicopters. Airbus Helicopters affirms the conclusions drawn in the report concerning the causes of the two controlled... Read more
13-Jun-2014
Annual licence renewal flight. Instructor Louis Janssens (69) from Theux died in the accident... Read more
13-Jun-2014
Safe emergency landing after engine failure... Read more
13-Jun-2014
Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawa fractured a bone in his neck after the helicopter “suffered three consecutive jolts” within a couple of minutes after its take-off. Emergency landing made shortly after. The CM was only wearing a seatbelt loosely... Read more
12-Jun-2014Source: AAIB
The monthly bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch has been released. This month’s issue covers the accident(s) of:- Robinson R44 II (G-ODAZ), near RAF Wittering, Peterborough, 26 March 2014... Read more
12-Jun-2014
The pilot was attempting a practice autorotation when the accident occurred. He did not realise that he had failed to achieve a split between engine and rotor rpm, with the result that the rotor rpm reduced to below the normal operating range. The pilot was unable to prevent the helicopter striking the ground hard. It... Read more
11-Jun-2014Source: HeliHub.com
The formal report on the accidents to a Bond and a CHC EC225 in 2012 has now been released by the AAIB. A further seven new Safety Recommendations have been made, including five related to the liferafts and one related to the fatigue performance of components manufactured from high strength low alloy steel. These are listed below... Read more
11-Jun-2014
Helicopter ditched in Gulf of Mexico. US Coast Guard found two bodies and helicopter appears to have sunk. The two victims were identified as George Leloup, the pilot of the helicopter, and Rory Bourgeois, a technician with BNA Marine Services.... Read more
11-Jun-2014
Engine and main rotor over-speed event during engine start, resulting in ground resonance and substantial damage to the helicopter’s fuselage, and main rotor drive system.... Read more
8-Jun-2014
Reported engine failure during night patrol – in ensuing hard landing the tail boom was broken. 2 POB not injured. Accident was around 1am... Read more
7-Jun-2014
The aircraft departed from a camping area on an island of the Araguaia River at 1.30am, destined for a helipad in the town of Aruanã. Soon after getting airborne, at a distance of approximately 700m from the point of origin, while still on the departure axis, the aircraft crashed into the ground, killing all five on... Read more
5-Jun-2014
Both instructor and student injured in training flight accident at NAS Whiting Field... Read more
4-Jun-2014
Force landing in a field one mile from destination airport... Read more
3-Jun-2014Source: EASA
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) today announced new proposals for flight recorders and underwater locating devices which aim at facilitating the recovery of an aircraft and of its flight recorders in the unfortunate eventuality of an accident. The new EASA requirements include the extension of the transmission time of underwater locating devices (ULD) fitted... Read more
3-Jun-2014
Main blades hit hangar while manoevering close to the fuel pumps... Read more
3-Jun-2014
Force landing in water about 1 metre deep. Minor damage to fuselage plus obvious water damage throughout. Pilot named in press report as Fausto Calderón with his brother as passenger... Read more
3-Jun-2014
Crashed into field and landed on its side in crop over 1m tall. Only skids visible in photos... Read more
2-Jun-2014Source: CTV
Nova Scotia’s energy minister says he’s satisfied with federal legislation aimed at improving safety in the offshore energy sector even though it doesn’t call for an independent safety agency, a measure he pushed for while in Opposition. See full story... Read more
2-Jun-2014Source: BBC
The Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it has no plans to duplicate the 32 safety improvements planned for Scottish offshore helicopters. See full story... Read more
2-Jun-2014
On touchdown the aircraft ‘porpoised’, initially nose down, due to contact with the heels of the skids followed almost immediately by the cyclic being displaced fully aft and a progressive left (lateral) cyclic displacement. The cyclic was then centralised longitudinally as the aircraft pitched up before it was again displaced fully aft, on this occasion... Read more
1-Jun-2014Source: CBC
All 17 charges relate to an incident that occurred on May 31, 2013, when four Ornge employees — two pilots and two paramedics — were killed after the Sikorsky S-76A helicopter they were travelling in crashed See full story See also HeliHub.com page for this accident... Read more
31-May-2014
At least 16 people were missing after a helicopter believed to be carrying top regional officials and businessmen crashed into a lake in northwestern Russia, police and the emergencies ministry said... Read more
31-May-2014
Door came open in flight. en route to Haliburton from Toronto... Read more
31-May-2014
Struck powerline and impacted the ground... Read more
31-May-2014
Rotor separated on landing... Read more
