Helicopter

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    Lakewood Traffic Interrupted by Chopper Street Landing

    What: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s patrol Air-24-American Euro Copter
    Where: Lakewood California
    When: Oct 21, 2012 8:50 p.m.
    Why: The flight crew heard a loud noise from the helicopter and made an emergency street landing at Del Amo Boulevard and Paramount.

    After making a safe landing and determining that a bird had struck the fuselage above the pilot canopy, they returned to the helicopter and flew back for repairs.

    Lakewood Sheriff Deputies handled traffic until the helicopter left the scene.

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    Bucks County Chopper Crash


    What: Helicopter
    Where: Bucks County, Tinicum Township
    When: October 17 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: Pilot Cpl. Douglas Ward Brigham died in a crash when his helicopter went down in the woods and caught fire shortly after takeoff. Residents of the area heard an explosion. The helicopter impacted in woods off River Road in Erwinna, across the Delaware River from Frenchtown, N.J.Brigham had been flying for 25 years. He was a licensed pilot, instructor and volunteer rescuer. He had taken off from the private helipad at his house.

    Tinicum Township Department of Emergency Management, and Patient Airlift Services responded to the scene.

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    Krasavia Chopper Kills 1, 10 injured

    What: Krasavia Mi-8 helicopter
    Where: Krasnoyarsk Russia
    When: Oct 17, 2012 8:00 a.m.
    Who: 1 fatality, 10 injured
    Why: A Krasavia helicopter with four crew transporting eight passengers to an oil field crashed on landing at Evenkiysky at 8:00 a.m

    There was one fatality and three serious injuries, eight minor injuries. The destination was identified as the Yurupchen-5 oil field.

    The tail rotor of the chopper struck something or was damaged by the main rotor, and it fell on its side.

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    Indian Army Helicopter Crashes in Goa

    What: Indian army Aerospatiale SA-315B Alouette III en route from Mumbai to Bangalore
    Where: Goa
    When: October 15, 2012
    Who: 3 aboard
    Why: During the approach to landing at the air base, one of the rotor blades broke off, initiating a fire.

    Three aboard the flight died at the scene. Two of those aboard were officers.

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    Pocono Helicopter Crash Investigation Underway


    What: ACS Helicopter LLC Bell 407 helicopter
    Where: Mount Pocono
    When: Oct 11, 2012
    Who: Two fatalities, one injury
    Why: The Tuesday wreck piloted by a full time American Airlines pilot (part time with ACS Helicopter LLC) was discovered at 2:30 a.m. wednesday. The helicopter encountered bad weather as it passed through northern Monroe County. Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport is not equipped for receiving distress calls.

    The helicopter was found on its right side, leaking fluids, with broken rotor and tail.

    Fatalities of the crash were Pilot William Ellsworth, 52, of Califon, N.J., and passenger Tighe Sullivan, 51, of Darien, Conn.

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    Pintail Lodge Helicopter Crashes in Louisiana

    What: Pintail Lodge Inc.Bell 206B JetRanger
    Where: Lyons Point, Crowly, LA
    When: Oct 10, 2102
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: A helicopter out of Texas was flying low over a Crowly Louisiana field when it made contact with a KSIG radio guidewire.

    The helicopter subsequently crashed in the field. Local residents who heard the impact described a thud.

    The pilot was identified as Hugh Clifton Kelley, 66, of Beaumont.

    See Video Below
    KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend

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    Helicopter Crashes in Indonesia with 27 aboard


    What: Nyaman Air Mil Mi-8MTV
    Where: Tembagapura, Mimika, Papua Indonesia
    When: Oct 9, 2012
    Who: 27 aboard
    Why: The chopper made a hard landing near mile 66. Twenty four or five passengers (18 Indonesians and seven citizens of other countries) and three crew survived the landing, though the helicopter sustained damage.

    There were no fatalities, but the number of those aboard has been reported from 27 to 29 with either 2 or 3 crew, and 24 or 25 passengers.

    US PT Freeport Indonesia evacuated the passengers who were hospitalized briefly with minor injuries.

    A Russian news report said that two of the pilots were Russians.

    Right after takeoff, the flight lost altitude and struck a tree.

    Ministry of Transportation Republic of Indonesia

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    Firefighter Huey Crashes, Pilot Walks away

    What: Columbia Basin Helicopters Bell UH1H Huey
    Where: west of Shady Cove
    When: Oct 7, 2012
    Who: pilot
    Why: The firefighting copter began losing pressure after dropping water on a grass fire, then crashed west of Shady Cove in an area of rough terrain. He was on the way to Grants Pass.

    Pilot Cody Seeger walked away.

    A Brim Aviation helicopter located the wreckage and airlifted the pilot out.

    Investigators had to bulldoze a trail for ATV to reach the scene, but the Huey wreckage will probably be airlifted out.

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    Texas Helicopter Crash Investigated by FAA

    What: ROBINSON R-44 Astro
    Where: Lake Nocona, Montague county
    When: Sept 30, 2012
    Who: 3 injured
    Why: Three men were injured when the helicopter #8341W flown by Darren Fenoglio crashed into Lake Nocona. Lake Nocona is 10 miles from Nocona Texas.

    The pilot and both passengers, Josh Walterscheid, and Derrick Morse were injured.

    The FAA is investigating, and will be recovering the helicopter.

    On Sunday, lake area residents assisted in recovering the passengers from the lake. Dr. Kabisch in his kayak was the first emergency responder. Toby Howard also assisted with a pontoon, taking the injured to the beach at Boone Park where more emergency responders were assembled.

    Fenoglio, Walterscheid and Morse, were taken to Nocona General Hospital.

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    CareFlite Crashes in Eastland En Route to Pick Up Patient


    What: CareFlite Agusta 109 medical helicopter
    Where: County Road 309 Eastland, Texas
    When: Oct 1, 2012
    Who: three injured
    Why: A CareFlite medical helicopter crashed in Texas, injuring pilot Scott Wallace, 58, of Fort Worth; medic Teresa Campbell, 53, of Granbury, and Rhett Drahen, 34, of Frisco. The injuries were minor to moderate. All three were conscious and talking after the crash. The crash site was six miles from Eastland Municipal Airport where the injured patient was waiting.

    The pilot was en route to pick up a patient but needed to divert to another airport due to weather. The helicopter crashed three miles south of Eastland.

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    Foz de Iguazu Helicopter Accident


    What: Helisul Taxi Aéreo Bell 206B JetRanger
    Where: Foz do Iguaçu Brazil
    When: Sept 25, 2012
    Who: 4 aboard
    Why: Taking off from the entrance of the National Park of Iguaçu,Foz do Iguaçu in western Paraná, the helicopter had a problem at the helipad and fell from a height of five feet.

    The company that owns the helicopter is a concessionaire of the National Paraque selling air tours over the Iguazu Falls.

    The four aboard the helicopter were wounded. The chopper was described as badly damaged. Three men and one woman were rushed to Hospital Costa Cavalcanti and to City hospital. There was one crewman aboard. The three passengers were tourists.

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    Helicopter Down at Mammoth


    What: Asplundh BELL 206B HELICOPTER helicopter crash
    Where: Pole lake road southeast of Mammoth Lakes, near Deer Springs Road
    When: Sept 19, 2012, 12:30
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: Two Asplundh employees were working on power lines and crashed near the lake causing a small fire. They were taken to Mammoth Airport and ambulanced to Mammoth Hospital. They suffered minor injuries.

    According to the FAA preliminary report, the rotorcraft tail rot0r struck the ground and crashed 12 miles from Mammoth lakes California.

    Mono County Sheriff’s Department, Mammoth Lakes Fire Department, Long Valley Fire Department, Cal Fire, U.S. Forest Service, and Mono County Paramedics responded to the scene.

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    Falling Chopper amended to Hard Landing in Brazil

    What: Golden Fly Taxi Aereo Robinson R-22 Beta II
    Where: km 17 of the highway Ayrton Senna, in Guarulhos City, Brazil
    When: Sept 24, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: A Robinson 22 helicopter used by “Golden Fly” for training flights made ??a forced landing on September 24. Although at first the Fire Department reported that the plane fell, the report was corrected to be listed as a hard landing. The Fire Department responded with four vehicles and the Military Police (MP) sent a chopper. The two crew members aboard suffered no injuries.

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    Helicopter Crash in S. Africa injures Three

    What: AST Africa Trading 348 CC Robinson R44 Raven II
    Where: Germiston South Africa
    When: Sept 19, 2012
    Who: 3 injured, no fatalities
    Why: The helicopter crashed for unknown reasons in a field near Rand Airport. The pilot was airlifted to Milpark Hospital with chest injuries. A ER24 Advanced Life Support paramedic escorted a woman with a broken leg to Union hospital in the SAPS medevac; and a man was driven by ambulance to Union hospital.

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    One Fatality in Mexican Lake while Tourism Video Filming Underway, No Academy Actors Involved.

    What: Gobierno del Edo de Michoacan Bell 407
    Where: lago Zirahuén Mexico
    When: Sept 18, 2012
    Who: 5 aboard, 1 fatality
    Why: The Helicopter was filming a promotional tourism video when it crashed in Lake Zirahuen. Four aboard were injured. There was one fatality.

    The aircraft became entangled with a tension wire, used as ziplining.

    Despite the rumor, no members of the cast of “The Academy’ television show were aboard. The rumor appeared apparently after tweets immediately following the accident.

    The injured were reported as Enrique Barragán, Carlos Vela, Pablo Gabriel Angulo and Luis Fernando Gutiérrez. Daniel Martinez was initially reported as missing, then later as a fatality.

    THe helicopter is owned by the State of Michoacan.

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    Chopper Lake Crash 911 Call Released

    What: K-VA-T & W-L Aviation LLC Bell 407 en route to Bristol Motor Speedway
    Where: South Holston Lake, Washington County Park, VA
    When: AUG 24 2012 20:30 Local time
    Who: 1 fatality
    Why: 911 call of the Saturday 25 August 2012 crash in South Holston Lake late Friday 24 August 2012.

    Video below

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    Kenya Crash Investigation in Spotlight

    What: Kenya Police Air Wing Eurocopter AS 350B3e Ecureuil
    Where: Ngong Hills, near Nairobi Kenya
    When: June 10, 2012 8:30 a.m.
    Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities
    Why: Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed in a helicopter crash on June 10, 2012. Clatus MacOwenga had been appointed in the investigation, and the appointment was backdated to January 5 to fill a legal gap for the period when no chief accidents investigator was in office. MacOwenga apparently was running an investigation separate from that of the President Kibaki’s public inquiry.

    Martin Lunani is now the lead investigator, appointed for a period of three years : August 18 to August 17, 2015. The demotion occurred prior to Mr Macowenga submitting a report. Macowenga will now report to Mr Lunani.

    The end of the investigations is scheduled to be October.

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    Firefighting Helicopter Crashes in Portugal

    What: Empresa de meios aereos Kamov Ka-32A11BC
    Where: Lagoa de Vale de Figueiras, Portugal
    When: Sept 3, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard
    Why: While filling a bucket during a firefighting expedition, a Air Media Company (EMA) chopper in Lagoa de Vale de Figueiras, Portugal went down.

    The two aboard were injured. There were no fatalities. The two firefighters have been hospitalized.

    The helicopter had been engaged in fighting the fire in Ourém which has been raging for 24 yours.

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    Robinson Chopper Crashes in Valouse

    What: Robinson R-44 en route from Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) to Le Luc
    Where: Valouse
    When: Sept 3, 2012
    Who: 2 aboard, 2 fatalities
    Why: The private helicopter was in France over the Drôme when the blades stopped and it fell. One witness said there was no explosion when it broke up in the air.

    When the accident occurred, a father and teenaged son were aboard, headed to Le Luc where the father ran a construction company.

    Twenty firefighters, fifteen police and helicopter EMS responded to the scene as well as two Air Base Orange helicopters.
    mobilized.

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    Helicopter Crash in Angola

    What: Angola National Police Aérospatiale/Eurocopter AS-350B3 Ecureuil
    Where: Dundo City Angola
    When: Sept 1, 2012, 06.30 pm
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: An Angolan National Police helicopter crashed killing captain chief-inspector Tiago Casimiro, his assistant, João Adelino João Brandão, and Provincial Electoral Commission employees Lourenço Mussenoho and Maria Augusta João. Investigators have been sent to Lunda Norte Province.

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    Chopper Rolls Head over Heels in India

    What: Bell 206 Chopper
    Where: Godhra, Gujarat, India
    When: August 28, 2012
    Who: 5 aboard, 2 injured, 0 fatalities
    Why: On landing, the helicopter crashed and rolled. The pilot and one passenger were extricated from the chopper and rushed to the hospital. One of the passengers was Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu who was scheduled to speak at Godhra Science College.

    As can be seen in the video below , the chopper rolls end over end on landing.

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    Emergency Landing in Hollywood


    What: KTLA EUROCOPTER AS350 helicopter
    Where: Hollywood Boulevard and Franklin Avenue.
    When: August 28, 2012 1:00 pm
    Who: pilot and passenger
    Why: When the helicopter started giving off blue and white smoke, the first to see it was the pilot of another helicopter.

    KTLA pilot Tim Lynn declared an emergency, then made a forced landing in a parking lot of the senior center at Hollywood Boulevard and Franklin Avenue.

    The incident was witnessed by SKY2 pilot Dan Catalano (who taught Lynn to fly heicopters.)

    The smoke came from an oil leak. Some newspapers report two aboard the helicopter but the FAA entry only reports the presence of the pilot.

    See Video Below

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    California Crop Duster Crashes in Orchard

    What: DEL RIO AVIATION INC Arrow Falcon UH-58C crop-duster helicopter
    Where: Escalon, about 70 miles southeast of Sacramento, CA
    When: August 27, 2012
    Who: 1 aboard
    Why: 8 a.m. Monday a cropduster crashed in an orchard. According to his son, the 71-year-old pilot, Bill Cavanaugh, has 20,000 hours of flying.

    Cavanaugh sustained injuries and was hospitalized at San Joaquin General Hospital.

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    Final Report on Helicopter Crash

    What: DAVCRON PTY LTD Bell 206
    Where: South Turramurra near the Canoon Rd netball courts
    When: July 20121
    Who: 2 fatalities
    Why: The pilot had picked his passenger to take him to Sydney Adventist Hospital apparently without checking weather reports which resulted in the Bell helicopter crashing in a cliff. Inclement weather and hazardous conditions in Lane Cove National Park led to the decision to call off the recovery operation on July 22, 2012, the same inclement conditions which caused the accident. Businessman Bruce Campbell, 65, and freelance pilot Colin Greenwood died in the crash at the foot of 15m cliff in Lane Cove National Park.

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    4 Die in Russian Chopper Crash

    What: Kazakhstan Mil Mi-17
    Where: Astana
    When: August 22, 2012, 8:00 a.m.
    Who: 4 aboard, 4 fatalities
    Why: The helicopter was on a training flight when it crashed. All four crew died in the accident. Kazakhstan’s Minister of defense announced that they selected a committee to investigate and “The causes of helicopter crash will be defined by the end of the commission’s work. Given the evidence, the Akmola garrison military prosecutor opened a criminal case on the grounds of an offense under article 392 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (violation of safety and training.”

    Representatives of the Main Directorate of Flight Safety and state aircraft, the Ministry of Defense, and the Prosecutor’s Office are working at the scene in the military investigation of the Interior Ministry.