ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, Moab, Utah, Oct. 8, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of the crash as the pilot’s loss…Rotor DailyJanuary 30, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R44, Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 23, 2019 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of the accident to have been an…Rotor DailyJanuary 27, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 206, St. Thomas, Caribbean Sea, Feb. 15, 2021 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of the accident, which killed four people,…Rotor DailyJanuary 26, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Reports: helicopter that killed Ukrainian minister crashed due to pilot error (Tass) - Pilot error amid heavy fog was the cause of the Jan. 18 helicopter crash in Brovary…Rotor DailyJanuary 25, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents 3 killed in military helicopter crash in Algeria (InternationalNews.az) - An Algerian military helicopter crashed on Monday in the northern province of Ain Defla, some 150…Rotor DailyJanuary 25, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R44, Wingate, North Carolina, May 2, 2021 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s…Rotor DailyJanuary 24, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Aérospatiale AS350 B2 Écureuil, Yukon, Oklahoma, May 12, 2021 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of the accident to have been the…Rotor DailyJanuary 24, 2023
ROTOR DailyUncategorizedAccidents & Incidents $10M settlement in civil suit related to 2021 fatal crash of Bell 212 in Canada (AIN) - The manufacturer of a defective rotor pin linked to the 2021 fatal crash of a Bell…Rotor DailyJanuary 23, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents TSB releases findings of probe into 2021 aircraft, drone collision at Buttonville Airport The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has determined that unsuccessful visual scanning and operator task saturation were…Rotor DailyJanuary 20, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Ukraine helicopter crash: what we know so far (BBC) - Ukraine has launched an investigation into the cause of a helicopter crash in the suburbs of…Rotor DailyJanuary 20, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Helicopter crash near Kyiv kills 16, including Ukrainian interior minister (VIDEO) (CNN) - A helicopter crash near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region has killed at least 16 people,…Rotor DailyJanuary 18, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB preliminary report: Bell 407, Galliano, Louisiana, Dec. 29, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary investigative report of the accident, in which the…Rotor DailyJanuary 18, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents AAIB: Henley regatta drone crash could have been fatal (BBC) - An Air Accidents Investigation Branch report says a 28 kg (62 lb.) drone that crashed into…Rotor DailyJanuary 13, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R22 Beta, Mesa, Arizona, Sep. 26, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the…Rotor DailyJanuary 10, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Australia helicopter collision: passenger tapped pilot before crash, footage shows (VIDEO) (BBC) - A survivor of a deadly helicopter collision in Australia had tried to warn a pilot of…Rotor DailyJanuary 6, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents FAA releases preliminary report on Gulf helicopter crash (WAFB/KPLC) - The FAA has released its preliminary report on a helicopter crash that occurred in the Gulf…Rotor DailyJanuary 5, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Investigators praise pilot’s ‘remarkable’ emergency landing following Gold Coast helicopter collision (Vertical) - The midair collision of two helicopters that killed four people near Australia’s Gold Coast took place…Rotor DailyJanuary 5, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Coast Guard suspends search for 4 missing passengers in Gulf (VIDEO) (KHOU/YouTube) - The US Coast Guard has suspended its search for four people on board a helicopter that…Rotor DailyJanuary 3, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB preliminary report: Airbus Helicopters EC130 T2, Redding, California, Dec. 12, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary investigative report on the accident, which involved a…Rotor DailyJanuary 3, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Investigation into Gold Coast helicopter collision begins (VIDEO) (ABC News) - An investigation has begun into the Jan. 2 collision of two helicopters in midair on…Rotor DailyJanuary 3, 2023
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Helicopter crashes into water near Tampa, Florida (VIDEO) (Fox13 Tampa Bay) - The helicopter landed in the water approximately 300 ft. from shore, near Peter O.…Rotor DailyDecember 30, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Helicopter with 4 on board crashes in Gulf of Mexico (USA Today) - The helicopter was in the process of departing an oil platform in the Gulf when…Rotor DailyDecember 30, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents 7 injured after helicopter hard landing at Boulder City Airport (Fox5) - Boulder City Fire Department responded to a hard landing of a tour helicopter at the Boulder…Rotor DailyDecember 28, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Nigerien military helicopter crashes at Niamey airport (Barron's) - 3 people died on Monday when a Nigerien military helicopter crashed on return from a routine…Rotor DailyDecember 27, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R22 Beta, West Jordan, Utah, Aug. 14, 2021 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of the accident to have been the…Rotor DailyDecember 21, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 206B, Cedar Key, Florida, Apr. 18, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined the likely cause of the accident to have been the…Rotor DailyDecember 19, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Hughes Helicopters 369E, Ely, Nevada, Aug. 15, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined the cause of the accident to have been the pilot’s…Rotor DailyDecember 15, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Kildare: Helicopter crashes in field in Kilcullen, Ireland (BBC) - A helicopter has crashed in a field in the Kilcullen area of County Kildare in the…Rotor DailyDecember 12, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Hughes 369D, Tuckers Crossing, Mississippi, Dec. 29, 2020 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s…Rotor DailyDecember 9, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents TSB final report: Rotor blade malfunction caused fatal 2019 Campbell River helicopter crash (Transportation Safety Board of Canada) - Main-rotor blade failure during an emergency landing was the cause of a…Rotor DailyDecember 9, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Helicopter crashes in eastern Utah mountains (KKCO) - All three occupants of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources helicopter that crashed in the La…Rotor DailyDecember 9, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell OH58A, Ulysses, Kansas, May. 18, 2021 The NTSB determined the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from a power line during the aerial application flight,…Rotor DailyDecember 8, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB releases initial findings following fatal Charlotte helicopter crash (WCNC) - The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Tuesday about the helicopter crash in Charlotte,…Rotor DailyDecember 7, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Aerospatiale SA 342J, Escalante, Utah, Jul. 18, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the pilot’s failure to control the helicopter’s descent rate…Rotor DailyDecember 6, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R44 II, Cedar City, Utah, Jul. 22, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the student pilot’s failure to maintain rotor rpm and…Rotor DailyDecember 6, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB preliminary report: Robinson R22, Kapolei, Hawaii, Nov. 11, 2022 The aircraft crew was conducting an instructional flight under VMC conditions. No one was injured, but the helicopter…Rotor DailyNovember 29, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents TV star to be charged in fatal helicopter crash (VIDEO) (9News) - Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright has strenuously denied allegations of wrongdoing in relation to a helicopter…Rotor DailyNovember 28, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents 2 die in North Carolina news helicopter crash (CBS) - A CBS news helicopter crashed on the side of an interstate highway in Charlotte, North Carolina,…Rotor DailyNovember 23, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Fatal Northern Territory helicopter crash being investigated (Yahoo) - Authorities are investigating a fatal helicopter crash Tuesday in remote east Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern…Rotor DailyNovember 16, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Helicopter crashes in Florida (Herald-Tribune) - No one was injured in the crash of a small Robinson helicopter in Sarasota County, Florida.Rotor DailyOctober 28, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 212, Dardanelle, California, Aug. 25, 2018 The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be an in-flight failure of the trunnion bearing…Rotor DailyOctober 7, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R44 II, Maynard, Iowa, Aug. 5, 2022 The US National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of the accident to have been an impact…Rotor DailyOctober 5, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Houston Police helicopter makes hard landing (VIDEO) (KHOU 11) - A Houston (Texas) Police Department helicopter had to make a hard landing when its engine…Rotor DailySeptember 1, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Enstrom 280, Hayden, Idaho, Jun. 23, 2020 The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of the accident to be the total loss of…Rotor DailyAugust 17, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Panamanian politician posts SOS after helicopter crashes in jungle (BBC News) - A Panamanian politician posted an SOS on social media Wednesday after his helicopter crashed in…Rotor DailyAugust 11, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB preliminary report: Eurocopter AS350, Andalusia, Alabama, Jul. 29, 2022 The pilot and one crew member were seriously injured during the air medical flight.Rotor DailyAugust 10, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB preliminary report: Robinson R44 II, Ithaca, Nebraska, Jul. 28, 2022 No injuries were sustained during the agricultural flight.Rotor DailyAugust 10, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell OH-58A, Merced, California, Apr. 1, 2022 The NTSB determined the probable cause of this accident to be the pilot’s failure to see and avoid…Rotor DailyJuly 19, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents US Army helicopter catches fire in California (The San Diego Union-Tribune) - No crew members were injured when a US Army helicopter at Naval Air…Rotor DailyJune 27, 2022
ROTOR DailyUncategorizedAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 206, Eldorado, Illinois, Feb. 11, 2022 The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the overheating of two lithium batteries in the paramedic’s flight-suit…Rotor DailyJune 15, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents ATSB: Airborne collision alert, AgustaWestland AW139, Piper PA-44-180 The Australian Transport Safety Bureau final report details an AW139 helicopter's receipt of a TCAS resolution advisory collision…Rotor DailyMay 27, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 206, Ashland, Oregon, USA, Jan. 23, 2019 The US National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the pilot’s decision to continue visual flight into deteriorating…Rotor DailyMay 26, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents ATSB releases preliminary report on Victoria helicopter accident The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary report from its ongoing investigation into a fatal helicopter…Rotor DailyMay 12, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB: FAA failure to implement recommendations contributed to fatal crash The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that decisions by the FAA to refrain from implementing…Rotor DailyMay 11, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 206L-3, Oct. 28, 2021, Covelo, California The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be a passenger’s unsecured object departing the cabin,…Rotor DailyMay 10, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson Helicopter R66, Oct. 5, 2021, Delta, Missouri, USA The US National Transportation Safety Board determined that the pilot’s inadequate in-flight planning and failure to see and…Rotor DailyMay 3, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell Helicopter Canada 429, Oct. 6, 2021, Batavia, New York, USA The US National Transportation Safety Board determined that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot’s failure…Rotor DailyMay 3, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R44 II, Sep. 30, 2021, Phoenix, Arizona, USA The US National Transportation Safety Board determined that the student pilot’s failure to maintain control of the helicopter…Rotor DailyMay 3, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 407, Dec. 25, 2019, Headland, Alabama, USA The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that, most likely, pilot incapacitation brought on by a sudden cardiac…Rotor DailyApril 27, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: MD Helicopters 369, Jul. 27, 2019, Eugene, Oregon The NTSB determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be the left-seat pilot’s failure to account for…Rotor DailyApril 26, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R66, Sep. 15, 2021, Reynoldsville, Illinois The NTSB determined the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from the wire during low altitude operations in windy…Rotor DailyApril 22, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: McDonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E, Sep. 6, 2021, Delta Junction, Alaska The NTSB determined the pilot’s inability to maintain lateral control during takeoff, which resulted in dynamic rollover, caused…Rotor DailyApril 22, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Helicopter crashes at Arizona airport (Fox 10) - A helicopter crashed at the Gila Bend Municipal Airport (IATA) in Arizona, killing the pilot.Rotor DailyApril 18, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 206, Apr. 16, 2019, Fort McDowell, Arizona, USA The NTSB determined that the separation of the main rotor head from the mast as a result of…Rotor DailyApril 14, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R22, Nov. 30, 2017, Truckee, California The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be the flight instructor’s failure to execute a…Rotor DailyApril 12, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents UK police drone crashes (BBC) - A Dorset police drone crashed when one of its batteries disconnected shortly after takeoff, reducing its…Rotor DailyApril 8, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: MD Helicopters 369, Apr. 16, 2019, Hauula, Hawaii The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be fuel exhaustion due to the pilot’s fuel…Rotor DailyApril 8, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Bell 206, May 4, 2019, Oxnard, California The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s inability to maintain control of…Rotor DailyApril 5, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson 44, Jul. 2, 2020, Welsh, Louisiana The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be a partial loss of engine power while…Rotor DailyMarch 22, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: MBB BK 117, Jul. 4, 2020, Wooster, Ohio The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be the entanglement of construction fencing into the…Rotor DailyMarch 22, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents FAA AIN: 16-Mar-22, Eurocopter AS350, Valdez, Alaska Aircraft conducting heli-ski operations making an approach toward the skiers impacted the snow and rolled.Rotor DailyMarch 21, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents FAA AIN: 17-Mar-22, Hughes 500, Adair, Iowa While conducting power-line maintenance, aircraft experienced engine issues, landed hard, right skid collapsed, and rolled onto right side.Rotor DailyMarch 21, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R44, Aug. 27, 2021, Camp Verde, Arizona The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be inadequate preflight performance calculations which resulted in…Rotor DailyFebruary 23, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents FAA AIN: 11-Feb-22, Bell 407, Fallon, Nevada Aircraft incurred a tail strike, then landed on a hangar roof and fell through.Rotor DailyFebruary 15, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Enstrom F-28A, Jul. 28, 2021, Mountain Home, Idaho The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot's improper fuel planning and in-flight…Rotor DailyFebruary 14, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R44, Jul. 31, 2021, Randolph, Wisconsin The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from…Rotor DailyFebruary 14, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB Final Report: Bell Helicopter Textron 206L-1, Aug. 27, 2021, Glide, Oregon The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from…Rotor DailyFebruary 11, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB Final Report: Robinson R44 II, Aug. 20, 2021, Gonzales, Louisiana The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s inadvertent collision with a tree…Rotor DailyFebruary 11, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB final report: Robinson R44, Aug. 4, 2021, Waukon, Iowa The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be the pilot’s failure to maintain adequate clearance…Rotor DailyFebruary 7, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB Final Report: Robinson R44 II, Aug. 20, 2021, New Roads, Louisiana The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be a loss of engine power for reasons…Rotor DailyFebruary 4, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB Final Report: Bell 407, Sep. 25, 2021, Patterson, Louisiana The NTSB reports the probable cause of the incident was the failure to maintain adequate clearance from a…Rotor DailyFebruary 3, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents Texas helicopter crash leaves 1 dead, 3 hurt (NBC DFW) - One person is dead and three more are injured after a Bell 206B helicopter crashed…Rotor DailyJanuary 3, 2022
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents FAA AIN: 14-Dec-21, Bell 407, LaPlace, Louisiana Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.Rotor DailyDecember 20, 2021
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents NTSB Preliminary Report: 28-Nov-2021, Bell 206B, Perry, Oklahoma On Nov. 28, 2021, a Bell 206B helicopter was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near…Rotor DailyDecember 7, 2021
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents FAA AIN: 23-Nov-21, RotorWay International Exec 162F, Scio, Oregon Aircraft tail rotor was struck by something and flipped over on takeoff.Rotor DailyNovember 24, 2021
ROTOR DailyAccidents & Incidents FAA AIN: 22-Nov-21, Leonardo S.p.A. AW169, Bastrop, Texas Aircraft struck a bird on departure from hospital helipad, damaging windscreen and beam.Rotor DailyNovember 24, 2021