The string of tragic events in the helicopter world continued today with an R22 crash in Spokane, Washington. The pilot was the sole occupant of the Robinson aircraft when it crashed into someone’s backyard east of Felts Field. Articles were reporting that it was a student at the controls and that it was registered to [...]
A Careflite Bell 222U crashed at approximately 2:15 p.m. today in Texas, near Midlothian. The aircraft came down at the intersection of Highway 67 and Wyatt Road due to unknown circumstances. The flight is being described as a maintenance flight with a pilot and mechanic as the sole occupants. Both lost their lives in the [...]
Two officers were injured on Sunday in what is being described as a training accident in one of their Jet Rangers. The sequence of events released so far are that the aircraft was at approximately 500 feet when something went wrong. It came down hard enough that the main rotor severed the tail boom of [...]
