FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY (April 8, 2018) – Warrant Officer James Casadona, 28-years-old and pilot in the brigade, and Chief Warrant Officer Ryan Connolly, and instructor pilot in the brigade were tragically killed in a helicopter crash in a local training area at Fort Campbell on Friday night. (map) At 9:50 p.m., two soldiers from the…
EAST RIVER, NEW YORK (March 11, 2018) – Carla Vallejos Blanco, 28, was one of five victims from a deadly helicopter crash on Sunday afternoon. Around 7 p.m., the five passengers boarded the ill-fated helicopter bound for a photo shoot. Our sources indicate that the pilot may have reported engine failure via a mayday call…
EAST RIVER, NEW YORK (March 10, 2018) – Trevor Cadigan was identified as one among five victims who was killed in a fatal helicopter crash in New York’s East River. (map) The Liberty Helicopter was carrying six passengers, including the pilot, when it crashed into the East River on Sunday evening. The passengers were on…
EAST RIVER, NEW YORK (March 11, 2018) – Tristan was one among four of the passengers who was killed that fateful day the chopper crashed. (map) Tragedy fell on the five passengers boarded the Liberty helicopter Sunday evening. The Eurocopter AS350 was a private charter, bound for a photo shoot that was intended to be…
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA (January 30, 2017) – Three people were killed and two were injured when a Robinson 44 helicopter crashed into a house on Shearwater Place in Newport Beach on Tuesday, according to a local news source. (map) The helicopter, which had been subleased to Revolution Aviation, was carrying four people when it crashed…
HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI (December 2, 2017) – Richard House was identified as one of the two people killed in a gyrocopter crash near the Eagles Ridge airport on Saturday, according to a local news source. (map) Richard House and Wayne House were both on board an experimental gyrocopter aircraft when it took off from the Eagles…
HERNANDO, MISSISSIPPI (December 2, 2017) – Wayne House has been identified as one of the two men killed in a gyrocopter crash in DeSoto County on Saturday, according to a local news source. (map) The crash happened on Saturday evening just after 6:00 pm. An experimental gyrocopter type aircraft with two people on board took…
TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA (November 30, 2017) – A Robinson R-44 helicopter crashed outside the Truckee-Tahoe airport on Thursday afternoon, according to a local news source. (map) The accident happened when a helicopter, registered to Tumbleweed Leasing out of Salt Lake City, crashed at the east side of the field around 3:40 pm with two people on…
DEWITT, ARKANSAS (November 19, 2017) – Jim Spruiell was identified as one of the three people killed in a helicopter crash in Arkansas on Sunday evening, according to a local news source. (map) The accident happened on Sunday night, as the Bell 407 GXP was on its way from Pine Bluff to Dewitt with three…
“Investigation Ongoing” SULPHUR, LA (November 8, 2017) – Travis Chiokai has been identified as one of the men who died in a helicopter accident Tuesday, according to a local news source. Mr. Chiokai, originally from California, was a contractor working on electrical lines in Calcasieu Parish from a helicopter when his safety harness rubbed against…
