Helicopter Accidents

Year 2018 accidents

Year	Version	C/N
2018	206a	678	N607RA : 7 Aug 2018, crashed in field, near Basin City, WA while operated by Northwind Aviation during a morning agricultural spray run. Destroyed by subsequent fire.
2018	206b-3	2711	N2762P : San Juan Aviation LLC; w/o 17jun18 hit powerlines at Douglas County, Cascade Foothills, Orondo, WA
2018	206b-3	2715	C-GIZO : w/o during sling load ops 18 nm NNE Helmet, BC
2018	206b-3	2851	N10CV : Rotary Power Group Inc at San Juan, PR from Nov00; w/o 30jun18 at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. 1 fatality
2018	206b-3	3146	PT-HKY : Mapa Empreendimentos e Participações Ltda; w/o 09may18 crash into sea at Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro. 1 fatality
2018	206b-3	4050	N8052G : El Aero Services Inc at Elko, NV from May89; op for Nevada Department of Wildlife; w/o 18aug18 near Battle Mountain, NV
2018	206b-3	4300	G-OPEN : w/o 30may18 near Aldborough, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. 1 fatality, pilot Barry Dodd CBE, the Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
2018	206b-3	4351	OE-XHF : Hubi-Fly, Austria; w/o hit by wind on landing at Vöslau airfield, Bad Vöslau
2018	206b-3	4688	PR-HBB : Avalon Taxi Aereo Ltda (?); w/o at Joinville, Santa Catarina. 3 fatalities
2018	206l-4	52030	ZS-REG : w/o 28apr18 Polokwane, South Africa
2018	206l-4	52035	HK-4484 : Helifly Colombia; w/o 15apr18 trying to sling load another helicopter at Argelia, Cauca. 1 fatality on the ground
2018	206l-4	52067	N174RL : Rotorcraft Leasing Co Llc at Broussard, LA from Aug16; w/o 13jan18 Gulf of Mexico, 80m SSW Houma, LA
2018	212	30863	N512TA : Trans Aero ,lsd Roberts Aircraft Co; w/o 25aug18 rolled over on helipad during firefighting Donnell fire at Stanislaus Nation Forest, Elk Creek, CA
2018	212	31176	EP-HUA : Iranian Helicopter Services Company ( IOOC ); w/o 17apr18 offshore oil rig Persian Gulf. 4 fatalities
2018	269C / 300	21-1031	N11047 : private; w/o hard landing and rollover at Stinson Municipal Airport, San Antonio, TX
2018	269C / 300	S1194	N3625Z : 16 Aug 2018 destroyed by fire following forced landing 1nm NNW of Hamry Field, ND.
2018	280c	1168	N67RE : private w/o 10may18 near Highway 287 and FM 309, Navarro county, TX
2018	280c	1189	D-HAAR : Germany private; w/o 12jun18 at Berne Wesermarsch, Lower Saxony
2018	280fx	2133	EP-917 : Ejercito from Sep12; w/o 19oct18
2018	369d	100-0830D	N369TH : Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife, op by Mccall Helicopters; w/o 27jan18 during survey at Garfield County, 30 mi W Clarkston, WA. 1 fatality
2018	369d	300676D	C-GWPK : multiple ownerships within Canada. To USA.
2018	369d	49-0491D	ZK-HOJ : Helilink, op for Department of Conservation; w/o 18oct18 near Wanaka. 3 fatalities
2018	369d	610968D	N5187S : Air2 Llc at Timonium, MDfrom Sep18; w/o 02nov18 W of McDougal, Clay County, AR. 1 fatality
2018	369d	89-0559D	N338HW : Heliwild Investments Llc at Austin, TX from May13; w/o 12feb18 at Currant Creek in Wasatch County, UT
2018	369e	0014E	N618SG : Helicopters Unlimited Llc at La Crescenta, CA from Jan15; w/o 01feb18 roll over during landing at East Blue Ridge/Mountain High, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, CA
2018	369hm	61-0209M	N4QX : Vista I Inc at Bowling Green, OH from Apr15; Power lines surveillance, for FirstEnergy; w/o 15jan18 at Troy Township, Wood County, OH. 2 fatalities
2018	407	53046	C-FNAK : Sahtu Helicopters; w/o 19jul18 Forced landing in Mackenzie Mountains, near Nowman Wells, NWT
2018	412ep	36132	JA200G : w/o 10aug18 10am crashed in the mountains of Gunma prefecture. Nine missing
2018	429	57157	B-70QC : pilot recovered control after loss of power. 4 on-board, no fatalities
2018	429	57186	PK-WSX : w/o 20apr18 09:45hs crash and total loss at location of IMIP / Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park at Sulawesi Tengah; 10 person on board were safe some with injuries but 1 people on land was died hit by cracked main rotor blade
2018	430	49123	TC-HYU : Ünver Aviation; w/o 06sep18 into the sea off coast of Bostanci, Istanbul. 1 fatality
2018	47j	3715	N8568F : 15 Jul 2018 crashed while operating close to Franklin Flying Field and destroyed by subsequent fire.
2018	ab206b-3	8563	F-HGJL : Pilot Air; w/o 02may18 Regina, Belizon, French Guiana. 2 fatalities
2018	ab212asw	5176	ANB-0305 : Armada Nacional Bolivariana; w/o during training at Puerto Cabello airport. 2 fatalities including Teniente de Fragata Orianna Sinclair Rincones and pilot Capitán de Corbeta José García Jiménez who died day after in hospital
2018	ab212asw	5212	MM81376 : sea crash during night approach to Nave Borsini 4 rescued 1 death
2018	AH-64DJP Apache	JP002	74502 : w/o at Chiyoda, Kanzaki city, Saga prefecture. 2 fatalities
2018	as332l1	2820	GBP-10020 : Border Police of Georgia; w/o 12jul18 in Kakheti
2018	as350b1	2156	G-PLMH : w/o during fish farm support work impacted a loch at Loch Scadavay, S of Lochmaddy, North Uist, Western Isles. 1 fatality
2018	as350b2	2383	N288CH : Coastal Helicopters from Sep16; w/o 18may18 during take off at Deception Hills, AK, no fatalities
2018	as350b2	2576	I-ISAR : EliCampiglio; w/o 10sep18 during power lines inspection in Verano near Merano, South Tyrol, Italy
2018	as350b2	4149	N127LN : Ascension Wisconsin, /Spirit 2, op by Air Methods; w/o 22:55hs crashed into a heavily wooded area 12m S of base the Howard Young Medical Center, Woodruff, WI. 3 fatalities
2018	as350b2	4997	C-GKDR : Access Helicopters Ltd at Kelowna, BC from May18; w/o 10jul18 during spay near Reward, SK
2018	as350b2	7654	N350LH : Liberty Helicopters, NY; w/o 11mar18 in NYCs East River. 5 fatalities; The pilot in the New York City helicopter crash told investigators that one of the passengers bags may have inadvertently hit the emergency fuel shutoff button, causing the fatal crash
2018	as350b3	3285	N354LA : Trans Aero; w/o 25jul18 during sling load ops 23m NE of Kobuk, AK
2018	as350b3	3467	JA350D : Excel Air Service from Oct16; w/o 07jun18 onEast China Sea, 10 nm SE Agni Airport
2018	as350b3	4170	ZS-RDL : SAPS Air wing; w/o 01jan18 at Cathedral Peak, Drakensberg Mountains
2018	as350b3	4442	ZS-HHI : South Africa; w/o 09apr18 near railway line at Honey Lotus, Balfour
2018	as350b3	4479	HB-ZOJ : Lions Air Skymedia AG from Aug17; w/o 11jun18 during sling load at Surenen Pass, 3nm SW of Seedorf, Uri. 1 fatality
2018	as350b3	4516	SE-JKF : Airlift Helicopter Sweden from Jun08; w/o near Arlanda Airport in Stockholm; 144 total hours; Airlift Helicopter Sweden went bankruptcy on Sep13
2018	as350b3	4541	HB-ZKF : AS350B3+, SE-JKU ntu; Air Zermatt AG from Oct 08; w/o during firefighting bambi bucket training hit power lines near Raron aerodrome
2018	as350b3e	7126	4L-AVK : Kazbegi Helicopters; w/o 19mar18 roll over on landing in snow at Gudauri, Georgia
2018	as350b3e	7446	N910S : w/o 30oct18 7m E Odanah, Ashland county, WI on the Bad River Indian Reservation during pipeline survey. 1 fatality
2018	as350b3e	7704	RA-07272 : Russia; w/o 03oct18 near Vonyshevo, Kostroma Oblast. 4 fatalities
2018	as350b3e	7740	B-7460 : Yunnan Feng Xiang General Aviation; ambulance; w/o 16jun18 10nm W of Kunming City. 3 fatalities
2018	as350d	1207	N36033 : w/o landing at Wolfsberg Flugplatz, Austria
2018	as355f	5028	N372CA : w/o 30oct18 Clinton County, East Beekmantown, NY. 2 fatalities
2018	as355f1	5182	C-FFCE : w/o 27may18 north of Pitt Lake, BC; after landing toppled on its side. wildfire erupted
2018	as355np	5766	HS-PNG : w/o 18jul18 crash near Khon Kaen, Thailand. 4 fatalities
2018	as365n3	6698	KMOI-03 : noted as wreckage
2018	as365n3	6929	VT-PWA : w/o 13jan18 37 nm offshore Mumbai. 7 fatalities
2018	aw109e	11120	PP-MTX : w/o 03nov18 at Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo. 5 fatalities
2018	aw109s	22007	I-EITC : Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica (INEM) op by Babcock; w/o 15dec18 accident in bad weather returning Macedo de Cavaleiros base. 4 fatalities including Spanish doctor; crashed helicopter found thru victims mobile phones geo locations.
2018	aw109s	22174	XA-BON : Servicios Aereos del Altiplano (SAASA); w/o 24dec18 Santa Maria Coronango, Puebla. 5 fatalities including Martha Erika Alonso, governor of Puebla and her husband, senator and former governor Rafael Moreno Valle; video
2018	aw109s	22176	PR-JMB : Bauminas Logística e Transportes Ltda; w/o at Espirito Santo do Dourado, Minas Gerais. 2 fatalities
2018	aw109sp	22358	PT-FPS : w/o 24nov18 crashed near the peak of Itapeva (Pico do Itapeva) into a forest area at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo. 6 fatalities
2018	aw109sp	22380	XA-TZA : Gasera TOMZA, Mexico; w/o 08mar18 crashed on a truck during take-off at San Juan Ixhuatepec, Tlalnepantla
2018	aw119	14529	EC-LQB : operated for Forestal Arauco, Chile; w/o 17jan18 destroyed by Mapuche activists in protest for Pope Francis visit
2018	aw119ke	14730	EC-KZX : operated for Forestal Arauco, Chile; w/o 16jan18 pictured destroyed by Mapuche activists in protest for Pope Francis visit
2018	aw119ke	14742	RA-01908 : Russian from Oct10; Dec15 pictured on sale; w/o 30dec18 at Ulan-Ude, eastern Siberia. 4 fatalities
2018	aw119ke	14754	CC-ACT : operated for Forestal Arauco, Chile; w/o 16jan18 pictured destroyed by Mapuche activists in protest for Pope Francis visit
2018	aw169	69018	G-VSKP : 06dec18 AAIB special bulletin released
2018	bk117b-2	1094	VH-JWB : w/o 17aug18 firefighting at NSW south coast. Pilot killed
2018	105cbs-4	S-752	HP-1924HA : Panama; w/o 15feb18 at Rio Colorado, Ngabe Bugle
2018	Cabri G2	1124	N989HH : D H Helicopter at Sauget, IL from Apr16; Midwest Helicopter Academy; w/o at St. Louis Downtown Airport, Cahokia/St Louis, IL
2018	Cabri G2	1164	G-PERH : w/o at Goodwood Aerodrome, West Sussex
2018	Cavalon	RSUK/CVLN/026	G-CKYV : CAA reg cancelled by Jul 2019
2018	EC120B	1034	LN-OTO : private; w/o 25may18 on landing at Skogn airstrip, Trondelag county, Norway
2018	EC120B	1262	N124ML : w/o 22nov18 39 km NW of La Romana, Dominic Rep. 5 fatalities
2018	EC120B	1473	C-FSII : C. A. R. Leasing at Montreal, QC from Aug17; w/o 19nov18 Ivry-sur-le-Lac, Laurentians
2018	EC120B	1603	VH-WII : Whitsunday Air Services; w/o 21mar18 at sea near Hardy Reef pontoon, off the Whitsunday islands, North Queensland. fully submerged. 2 (of 5) fatalities
2018	ec130b4	7091	N155GC : w/o at Grand Canyon, AZ. 3 of 7 fatalities
2018	ec130b4		S2-AHW : Impress Aviation, Bangladesh; w/o 11oct18 at Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila
2018	ec135p1	0054	N312SA : Bennet Aviation Llc at Elmhurst, IL from Jan 18; Superior Air Ambulance, op by Pentastar Aviation; w/o 07jul18 Roseland Area of South Chicago, IL
2018	ec135p2+	0777	VH-ZGA : Heli-Aust Whitsundays Pty Ltd at Mackay South, QLD from Feb17; Aviator Group / Mackay Helicopters; w/o 30km NW Port Hedland, WA approaching the bulk carrier MV Squireship 3am to pick pilot. 1 fatality
2018	ec135p2+	0808	D-HDRV : w/o during training flight near Speyer after mid-air collision with a Piper PA-28. 2 fatalities
2018	ec135t1	0105	HB-ZIR : Air Glaciers SA from Jan14; /Obelix w/o 24mar18 on route to l’hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard
2018	f-28c	479	N5691Y : J&J Shop Heliair LLC; w/o 07oct18 Bridgeville, Sussex County, DE
2018	h125	8471	N907PL : Chinilna Equipment Llc at Anchorage, AK from 21sep 18; w/o impacted shallow water on a beach in Glacier Bay National Park about 60 m NW Gustavus, Alaska. 3 fatalities; The newly acquired helicopter was on a long distance trip from Airbus Factory at Grand Prairie, Texas on ferry route from JNU to YAK airports.
2018	hb350b2	3114	9N-ALR : Simrik Air; w/o 30jan18 landing at Grande International Hospital, Nepal
2018	hb350b2	4501	PP-MES : /Harpia 05; w/o 10aug18 crashed during landing on football field of a farm in Domingo Martins when hit a soccer crossbar. Was carrying State governor Paulo Hartung. No injuries; pictured
2018	hh-60g	70-1891	92-26466 : Callsign Jolly51 w/o after crash in western Iraq (7 casualties)
2018	ka-32t	9605	HL9419 : w/o 01dec18 at Han river near Gangdong Bridge. 1 fatality
2018	369f	0005F	N530FU : Air 1 Sandpoint Helicopters Inc at Las Vegas, NV from Jul11; w/o hit powerlines in n Williamson County, Texas. 2 fatalities
2018	md600n	RN025	N602BP : FTAV Llc at Mesa, AZ from Feb18; High Line Helicopters; w/o during maintenance of power lines near Smethport, PA. 2 fatalities
2018	mi-17	103M18	417 : BVVS; w/o Krumovo airbase. 2 fatalities
2018	mi-17-1v	170M06	EJC-3380 : Ejercito d/d Apr 97 as EJC-180; w/o 16jan18 near Segovia. 10 fatalities
2018	Mi-171A2	171A02643140101U	514 grey : w/o 03aug18 hard landing at mount Elbrus
2018	mi-171sh		648 : BAF 2012; w/o 03jan18
2018	mi-17v-5	556M01	NAF-558 : 12jan18 aircraft involved in accident was NAF558 a Mil Mi-17V-5 c/n 556M01
2018	mi-17v-5		5Y-DCI : w/o 16aug18 crash landed Boni Forest
2018	mi-26	34001212405	RA-06029 : w/o 28nov18 on take off at Pijma airfield, Nenets Autonomos Region. 1 fatality
2018	mi-35	203361	3361 : w/o at 22nd base Helicopter Air Force Sedlec-Vícenice near Náměsti nad Oslavou
2018	mi-8mtv-1	95893	HK-3864X : ISA Intercolombia op by Vertical de Aviación; w/o 22jun18 set on fire while parked at El Valle, Toledo.
2018	mi-8mtv-1	95952	ER-MHR : W/o with 12 fatalities at 209th Shaheen Corps headquarters
2018	mi-8mtv-1		UP-MI861 : w/o on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan
2018	mi-8t	8548	RA-22330 : Eltsovka; ambulance; w/o 12feb18 42km Alexandrovka , Tomsk region
2018	mi-8t Ulan	9 82 06730	RA-25350 : Polar Airlines / Polyarnyye Avialinii; w/o 01jun18 Petrovka, Omsk District
2018	nh300c	30	ES114 : w/o near Alexandreia Airport
2018	tth	1332	1332 : w/o 17oct18 asg 1er RHC crashed landing aboard Dixmude assault carrier, 130 km off Dunkirk ; to be repaired ?
2018	oh-58a	40186	N942SC : Spalding County Sheriffs Office from Sep05; w/o 29jan18 at Zebulon, Pike County, GA
2018	oh-58a	40935	N303HP : North Carolina State Highway Patrol; w/o 19jun18 on takeoff from training facility in Raleigh, NC
2018	oh-6a	58-0468	N369GK : 19 May 2018, crashed c 6nm NW of Bowie, TX while with La Mansion Aviation
2018	beta	0566	G-JKAT : damaged during heavy landing at Shobdon
2018	beta	3601	G-CTRL : badly damaged during take-off at Nottingham heliport
2018	beta II	3388	ZS-RNW : 43 Air School (Pty) Ltd, South Africa; w/o 13mar18 at Brackendowns, Alberton
2018	beta II	3584	N7526S : Hillsboro Aero Academy; w/o
2018	beta II	3627	N787SH : 29 Jun 2018 crashed on approach to landing. Destroyed
2018	mariner	1923M	N923SM : Boatpix; w/o 02may18 Gulf of Mexico off Panama City Beach, FL
2018	II	11530	N878BC : w/o crashed at Loveland, collision with Beech light aircraft.
2018	II	12125	PR-VIA : Alter Aviation SAE Ltda, ex N215JD; w/o 05may18 during wedding ceremony
2018	II	12180	ZS-MZS : w/o 02jun18 at Lumary farm near Zebula lodge, Limpopo. 2 fatalities
2018	II	12991	PP-WVR : w/o 01apr18 in a farm at Rosário, Maranhão. 4 fatalities
2018	news	10026	PP-HLI : Helisae Helicópteros do Nordeste for Rede Globo de Television from Feb11; Globocop Pernambuco; w/o at Praia de Pina, Recife, PE. 2 fatalities
2018	raven	0762	VH-HGX : PHS from Aug14; w/o 17jan18 near Yulara, close to Uluru, NT
2018	raven	1295	N7530R : 30 Jan 2018, crashed near Newport Beach, CA, shortly after departure from John Wayne-Orange County Airport, while with Spitzer Helicopter, operated by Revolution Aviation. Destroyed.
2018	raven	1504	G-CHKW : private; w/o rolled over at Perth Airport, Perthshire
2018	raven	1633	OM-TTM : struck power lines shortly after take-off from Kanaš, Slovak Republic and destroyed.
2018	raven II	10449	N616HS : 8 Jul 2018 crashed into building shortly after take off from Williamsburg-Jamestown, on an afternoon flight to Stafford Regional Airport
2018	S-61N	61-269	G-ATBJ : CHC Scotia Sep00-May02
2018	s-70a-41		EJC-2166 : w/o 20oct18 asg BAAV 2 during anti-narcotics mission at Argelia, Cauca. 4 fatalities
2018	sa316b	2099	3E-KT : w/o 29jun18 at Plöckenpass-Wolayersee
2018	sa341f	1678	ZU-RLE : noted, with dented tail boom and no fenestron, hangared at Pretoria.
2018	sa341g	1136	YU-HMC : destroyed by fire after crash at private site in Enfield.
2018	se3130	1003	F-AZYQ : Les Anciennes Pales from Sep13; w/o hijacked at Lognes airport to be use in escape of convict Redoine Faïd in the prison of Réau (Seine-et-Marne). Later near Gonesse they fired the cockpit; pictured taken away by police
2018	se3130	1489	TU-HAI : Ivoire Helicoptere; w/o 02feb18 spraying pesticides at Motobé, Ivory Coast
2018	se3130	1841	9A-HAT : Croatia private; w/o 03jul18 at Zlarin Island
2018	mk120	442	759 : w/o 2018, Salalah, Oman
2018	th-55a	0500	N9020M : Skypro Industries Inc; w/o impacted terrain adjacent to the St. John’s River NW Jacksonville Executive Airport at Craig
2018	th-67a	5270	N54331 : w/o 16aug18 11am during maintenance check. One retired officer/ senior pilot is seriously injured; pictured (pic2) (pic3) and video
2018	uh-1d	4406	N111DR : "restricted cat" ; w/o during take off at Olympia Regional Airport
2018	uh-1d	4807	VH-HUE : w/o 17apr18 during firefighting near Snowy Hydro Project at Kosciuszko National Park
2018	uh-1h	10484	ZS-HLP : Working on Fire (WOF); w/o 23oct18 firefighting at Vermaaklikheid, Southern Cape. 1 fatality
2018	uh-1h	9488	N107CH : CAL FIRE contracted Airlift Helicopters Services; w/o 24jul18 asg Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District made forced landing
2018	uh-1h	9856	N658H : Sapphire Aviation at Houston, TX from Feb17; w/o E Raton Municipal Airport, Raton, NM. 5 fatalities
2018	uh-1h	9970	1503 : KAF, UH-1H-II type; w/o 27jun18
2018	uh-60m	70-4591	NA-706 : c/n 70-4591
2018	uh-60m	70-4652	1071 : w/o 16feb18 during VIP inspection flight of earthquake damage in Santiago Jamiltepec, Oaxaca . 4 fatalities plus 14 on the ground