Around 1:30 a.m. this morning an AH-64D out of Fort Drum crashed near Pikes Peak in Colorado. The helicopter was doing high altitude mountain training in preparation for deployment to Afghanistan. The two pilots on board suffered non life-threatening injuries and were taken to Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs. As with most military incidents there [...]
While performing the pre-flight inspection on one of the two Oklahoma PD helicopters Saturday, a bullet hole was found. It is believed that while it was patrolling on Friday night it was hit with a round of unknown caliber near the rear rotor assembly. The pilots at the time didn’t notice it and there was [...]
An EADS EC-130, rented from Heli Holland Airservice, crashed yesterday killing three of the five on board. The two that lived were injured to an unknown extent. The helicopter was being used to film a promotional piece for the upcoming Tour De France and was flying near a large group of cyclists when a witness [...]
A CH-47 Chinook has been stranded for over a week on one of Colorado’s highest peaks. While attempting to rescue a hiker one of the helicopter’s rotors made contact with the mountain. The pilot was able to bring it down without any injuries in what was described as a precautionary landing by some, hard landing [...]
Earlier today the SkyFOX / Channel 7 helicopter was filming the M-59 in Macomb County when there were two loud bangs followed by a loss of power. The pilot was able to auto in to a field four miles west of the Selfridge Air National Guard base. Nobody on board was injured and they caught [...]
A Hughes 500 had to make a forced landing today near Hollister, California. There were four on board including two children when they smelled smoke around 2:15 p.m. They were at 1,000 feet at the time and began looking for a place to land. They found an open field near Cienega Road and Airline Highway. [...]
