A Sikorsky S58 crashed while lifting an air conditioning unit onto a roof on Sunday. The incident occurred at around 9:40 a.m. at the Ratheon building on El Segundo Boulevard. A witness stated that he thought the line got caught on something. The helicopter swayed a few times and then went down. There was a [...]
Earlier today a Cougar S-92 helicopter took off with oil rig workers from the Henry Goodrich stationed off Newfoundland. When they got to an altitude of about 150 meters the pilot elected to turn back and land due to a high amount of vibration. They were able to successfully land back on the rig and [...]
The NTSB stated today that Carson Helicopters has admitted to not only stating incorrect weights but also “copy and pasting” inaccurate performance numbers into flight manuals. This came to light as the result of the investigation into the fatal crash of an S61N that killed nine people in 2008. Because of Carson’s falsified documents, the [...]
An Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk made a precautionary landing at the Alfred University in New York earlier today. Shortly after 12′o’clock, one of the turbines experienced a mechanical issue and the pilots elected to land on property owned by the university. None of the four on board were injured and the landing was executed [...]
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department SH-3H made an emergency landing shortly after 12:40 p.m. today. The Sikorsky Sea King had two pilots and two mechanics on board when they had mechanical problems with one of the engines. They notified the Fire Department of their situation and dumped fuel on an RV park, hitting one [...]
Vertolety Rossii (Russian Helicopter) made an interesting announcement recently in Moscow. They plan to spend $1 billion on researching what they are calling a fifth-generation helicopter. What are the requirements? It must be radar invisible, have extended range (no specifics on what that means,) be equipped with an intellectual arms system, be able to combat [...]
