Helicopter Accident Digest

Date/Location

Aircraft/Reg.

Narrative

Casualties

Comments

1 Oct

Manchar Lake

PAKISTAN

United Nations-operated Mil Mi-8MTV-1

Reg:RA25455

Helicopter crash- landed while delivering food to a flood-ravaged area.

12 Minor

Helicopter sustained unknown damage.

4 Oct

Tindal

AUSTRALIA

Robinson R22 Beta

Reg:VH-THI

Helicopter was mustering cattle at low level, when it crashed into a gutter.

1 Fatal

Helicopter sustained substantial damage.

5 Oct

Banks Peninsula

NEW ZEALAND

Mountain View Helicopters-operated Robinson R22 Beta

Reg: ZK-IIL

Helicopter crashed among trees on a ridge as the result of a mechanical failure

1 Serious

Helicopter sustained substantial damage.

6 Oct

Berchtesgaden

GERMANY

HTM Helicopter Travel Munich-operated Aérospatiale AS 350 B3 Ecureuil

Reg: OE-XOH

Helicopter crashed during logging operation.

1 Minor

Helicopter was destroyed.

Date/Location

Aircraft/Reg.

Narrative

Casualties

Comments

3 Oct

Osaka

JAPAN

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force operated Fuji-Bell UH-1H (205B)

Reg:41720

Helicopter was on a post maintenance test flight when it crashed.

4 Minor

Helicopter was destroyed.

3 Oct

General Díaz

PARAGUAY

Paraguayan Air Force-operated Bell UH-1H

Reg: No data

During initial climbing the helicopter collided with a bird and went down.

8 Minor

Helicopter was destroyed.

6 Oct

East Tajikistan

TAJIKISTAN

Tajik National Guard-operated Mil Mi-8

Reg: No data

Helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances.

28 Fatal

Helicopter was destroyed.