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Helicopter Crash in Schoemanskloof Kills Lion Sands Game Resort CEO
A privately owned Robinson R-44 with four aboard crashed in the vicinity of Schoemanskloof outside Nelspruit in South Africa. The flight had taken off from Johannesburg and was en route to White river when it crashed in heavy mist. No one aboard survived. The fatalities were listed as Nick More, Pierre de Villiers, Lance... »
Four Killed in Helicopter Crash in New South Wales
On March 21, 2013 at about 1215 Eastern daylight-saving time, a Bankstown Heliport Robinson R44 on a private flight from Bankstown to Bulli Tops, New South Wales with four aboard suffered a terrain collision near Panorama House in Bulli Tops near Wollongong in NSW. Emergency services arrived on the scene around 1:43 pm. After... »
Robinson, Cessna, Spitfire, Airbus, Piper and Homebuilt Crashes
On March 17, 2013: The aircraft and pilot were hijacked at gun point. The Quebec Helicoptor’s Robinson R44 made an illegal flight and crashed in Quebec Canada while en route from Mot-Tremblant to Saint Jerome. Hijacker took the chopper to St. Jerome, where two escapees attached to cables, and were taken to Mont-Tremblant. The... »
Emergency landing Lake Rotorua New Zealand
On Feb 24, 2013, a Volcanic Air Safaris Ltd Robinson R44 Raven II made an emergency upright landing on skids near the end of Bennetts Rd, Koutu, not long after lifting off from Lake Rotorua New Zealand. The female pilot and three passengers escaped the helicopter 60 metres from the shore in knee deep... »
Helicopter Crash Kills Paraguayan Candidate, General and Hero
On Feb 2, 2013, a Robinson R44 with four aboard was en route on the campaign trail from Concepcion to Asuncion when it crashed in bad weather, south of Concepcion Paraguay near Puerto Antequera, in the Chaco region. The pilot’s last message was at 9 p.m. local time, when he said that they were... »
Heli Rolls in Connecticut, No Injuries
On Jan 17, 2012, a Northeast Helicopters Flight Services LLC Robinson R22 landed in Ellington, Connecticut and rolled on its side. The student pilot and the teacher aboard were uninjured. It was described as a hard landing at 360 Somers Road adjacent to the airport in Ellington at 12:45 pm. There was a minor... »
German Helicopter Crash Kills Pilot on the Autobahn
On Jan 10, 2013, a Robinson R44 Astro en route from Augsburg to Bretzfeld got caught up in a 380 kilovolts high voltage power transmission line and crashed on the Autobahn 6 in Southwestern Germany. The helicopter was flying below radar. Pieces of the helicopter hit a truck, but the driver was not seriously... »
Sao Paulo Chopper Training Flight Crash
Dec 16 2012-An instructor and student of Rangel Escola de Avião Civil were injured during a training flight in a Robinson R-22 when it crashed at 19:30 near the Guarapiranga Dam in Sao Paulo Brazil. The hard landing was close to 15796 M’Boi Mirim road in the Garden Angela, in jungle terrain and destroyed... »
Three Survive Helicopter Ditched in AZ Lake
What: Sky Blue Helicopters Robinson R44 Helicopter Where: Theodore Roosevelt Lake in Gila County When: Dec 7 2012 Who: 3 aboard Why: Two men and one woman were aboard a helicopter on a sightseeing tour when it crashed in Theodore Roosevelt Lake in Gila County. The water where the helicopter crashed was 60 feet... »
Robinson Crashed in Mudgee Australia
What: Robinson 44 helicopter Where: Mudgee Australia When: Dec 9, 2012 Who: 1 fatality Why: A 48 year old man on an agricultural flight was flying a Robinson helicopter and crashed in steep and rugged bushland at Grattai in New South Wales. Emergency services responded to the scene at 11:00 a.m. The pilot is... »
