Year 2023 accidents
List of helicopter accidentsFilter:
Aerospatiale | Gazelle | 1 |
Airbus | AS350 | 2 |
Airbus | H145D2 / EC145T2 | 1 |
Bell | 204 | 2 |
Bell | 206 | 1 |
Bell | 212 | 2 |
Bell | 407 | 3 |
Bell | 412 | 1 |
Bell | 429 | 1 |
Bell | 505 Jet Ranger X | 1 |
Bell | APT 70 | 1 |
Boeing | CH-47F Chinook | 1 |
Dornier | UH-1D | 1 |
Enstrom | 280 | 1 |
Eurocopter | AS350 Ecureuil | 8 |
Eurocopter | AS355 Ecureuil 2 | 1 |
Eurocopter | EC135 | 3 |
Eurocopter | Super Puma/Cougar | 1 |
Guimbal | Cabri G2 | 4 |
HeliSport | CH-7 | 1 |
Hughes | 369 / 500 / H-6 | 1 |
Kaman | K-MAX | 1 |
Kawasaki | bk117 | 1 |
McDonnell Douglas | md500 | 1 |
McDonnell Douglas | MD520N | 1 |
NH Industries | NH90 | 1 |
Robinson | R22 | 1 |
Robinson | R66 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-70 H-60 | 1 |
Westland | Sea King | 1 |
Year | Version | C/N | |
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2023 | 204b | 2038 | VH-EQW : w/o 20sep23 during firefighting collided with a dam and sunk 7 m Aratula, QLD. no fatalities |
2023 | 206b-3 | 4027 | C-07 : w/o 11may23 substantially damaged after a crash at Cuatro Diablos. |
2023 | 212 | 30809 | A6-ALD : w/o 08sep23 crashed in Dubai |
2023 | 280fx | 2167 | F-HPUX : w/o 01dec23 crashed onto the central reservation of Madrid's ring road, while en route from the IFEMA conference centre, where it had been attending European Rotors 2023 to the Spanish Air Force base at Cuatro Vientos. |
2023 | 369d | 101-1106D | H-39 : w/o 24feb23 Mariano Moreno. no fatalities. data |
2023 | 407 | 53822 | P2-HSN : Heli Solutions Ltd, Papua New Guinea;
w/o 22sep23 during charter flight from Sengapi Airstrip to Gebrau Airstrip, Madang. 6 on board, no fatalities |
2023 | 407 | 54127 | N451PH : w/o 23may23 tail rotor touch ground during autorotation training at Abbeville Chris Crusta Memorial Airport, Abbeville, LA. no fatalities |
2023 | 407gxp | 54704 | N14Z : w/o 24mar23 Lakeview, CA. 2 fatalities |
2023 | 412ep | 36669 | XA-EHI : Heliservicio, lsd from PHI, for PEMEX;
w/o 21jun23 crashed in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Ciudad del Carmen. 2 fatalities |
2023 | 429 | 57071 | N462NB : w/o 15mar23 stolen at Sacramento Executive Airport, CA and impacted the airport tarmac rolling on its side |
2023 | 505 | 65158 | VN-8650 : w/o 05apr23 crashed at Ha Long bay, Quang Ninh, Vietnam around 1708 local time |
2023 | APT 70 | 002 | N314AL : w/o 14mar23 accident at Mineral Wells, TX |
2023 | as350b2 | 7601 | N606HD : w/o 19dec23 Hammonton, NJ. Crashed into the Wharton State Forest. Two occupants, two fatalities |
2023 | as350b3 | 3436 | I-DAST : Belricetto di Lugo (Ravenna). Emilia-Romagna region flooding ops the heli from Eliossola (Altair Group) crashed during repairs of the powerline. no fatalities |
2023 | as350b3e | 7263 | C-FNZZ : op by Topflight Elite Training and Charters;
w/o 17jan23 during a practice autorotation at Penticton Airport, BC. no fatalities |
2023 | as350b3e | 7309 | HB-ZPB : w/o 04jul23 Colle Gnifetti, Monte Rosa massif, VS. no fatalities |
2023 | as350b3e | 7324 | 9N-AJZ : w/o 05may23 carrying cargo to Upper Arun Hydropower project in Siprung, Bhotkhola, Sankhuwasabha. 1 of 5 fatality |
2023 | as355n | 5741 | EC-JMK : w/o 05mar23 Robledo de Chavela |
2023 | bk117b-2 | 1109 | ZK-HHJ : w/o 19sep23 during search and rescue crashed into Mt Pirongia, south-west of Hamilton. no fatalities |
2023 | Cabri G2 | 1035 | VH-ICV : w/o 21sep23 during training flight at Bankstown Airport |
2023 | Cabri G2 | 1083 | TC-HFC : Can Klinik air ambulance;
w/o 16sep23 landing at Hotel near Afyonkarahisar. no fatalities. |
2023 | Cabri G2 | 2002 | F-WVSR : w/o 07jun23 VSR700 prototype crashed into the water at the end of its sea trials campaign taking place out of Brittany, aboard the VN Partisan |
2023 | Cabri G2 | MT-109 : National Emergency Management Agency;
w/o 10may23 during training flight | |
2023 | ch-135 | 32006 | EJC-4227 : w/o 19mar23 tail rotor failure at Quibdó area, Chocó. 4 fatalities |
2023 | ch-147f | M.2060 | 147310 : w/o 20jun23 crashed in the Ottawa River near Garrison Petawawa, ON during a night training flight. 2of4 fatalities |
2023 | CH7 Kompress | I-5681 | I-5681 : w/o 1 casualty |
2023 | ec130b4 | 3845 | VH-XH9 : while approaching Seaworld Heliport VH-XH9 cut tail of departing EC130 VH-XKQ. Managed to made emergency landing with severe damage to cockpit section. 5 of 6 pob received minor injuries by glass debris |
2023 | ec130b4 | 4639 | VH-XKQ : w/o 02jan23 in mid air collision with VH-XH9 at the Gold Coast. 4 fatalities |
2023 | ec135p2+ | 1073 | N558MT : w/o 09mar23 in route from Murphy Medical Center, NC (5NC4) to Mission Hospitals Heliport (NC95) |
2023 | ec135t1 | 0139 | N109BC : w/o 28aug23 BcSO firefighter took inflight fire shortly after take-off . 1 of 3 fatalities onboard plus 1 on the ground |
2023 | ec135t2 | 0397 | JA37NH : w/o 02mar23 during aerial photography |
2023 | ec225lp | 2708 | 54 blue : w/o 18jan23 Kyiv, Ukraine;;Aircraft crashed during takeoff from Kyiv. All 9 onboard fatally injured, plus at least 8 on the ground. Aircraft was operated by the Ukraine State Emergency Services |
2023 | h130 | 7993 | N231SH : w/o 02apr23 crashed near Chelsea, 0.5 m E of Forest Lakes, Shelby County, AL. 2 of 3 fatalities |
2023 | h130 | 8160 | A5-BHT : Drukair Helicopter Services;
w/o 03mar23 near Wachey, Bhutan |
2023 | h145m | 20286 | 06 : w/o 21jun23 near Pakova, Šibenik-Knin, Croatia. wirestrike probably hit zipline or powerlines. 3 fatalities |
2023 | hb350b2 | 3972 | PR-HRC : w/o 03may23 Helicopter had a fatal accident, killing 2 people - pilot and passenger. Crashed on ground minutes after takeoff, Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil |
2023 | k-max | A94-0011 | N202WM : op by HeliQwest International (?);
w/o 24jan23 during log external load flight near Sweet Home, OR. no fatalities |
2023 | md500e | 0367E | R-501 : w/o 07sep23 during training ditched into Lake Balaton, off Balatonszéplak. no fatalities. Helicopter was pulled out |
2023 | md520n | LN052 | HB-XYP : w/o 24feb23 Hüfifirn, Uri |
2023 | mrh90 | A40-040 : w/o 28jul23 after crashing into water in the Whitsundays in Queensland during a nocturnal training mission. All four crew members onboard are believed to have died on impact. | |
2023 | beta II | 4862 | VH-CQH : helicopter made a hard landing on the runway at Wagga Wagga Airport and post impact fire caused further damage but was quickly extinguished. |
2023 | r66 | 0831 | RA-07372 : crashed on take-off and overturned at Konakovo. |
2023 | sa341g | 1584 | N150SF : w/o 05nov23 crashed on take-off at Anglia Motel in Holbeach, Spalding, UK. Blades hit a pole whilst attempting to take off. Wreckage removed by road 08nov23 |
2023 | mk45 | wa 802 | 4515 : w/o 04sep23 just after take off from PNS Akram the tail section collapsed and the helicopter went into a spiral and hit the ground. 3 fatalities |
2023 | UH-1B | 558 | VH-EQW : w/o after crashing into a dam during firefighting ops in Tarome, Queensland, ATSB lists op as Rockhampton based Stirling Helicopters Pty Ltd. Pilot was uninjured. |
2023 | UH-1D | 8001 | CC-CPT : CONAF gov op by Helicopteros del Pacífico Ltda;
w/o 03feb23 firefighting at Galvarino, La Araucania. 2 fatalities |
2023 | uh-60a | 70-895 | 85-24416 : w/o 15feb23 entered uncontrollable spin and impacted ground on highway 53 in Harvest, Alabama. 2 onboard died |
47 C/N found.