The rotorcraft accidents and incidents listed below occurred from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020. The accident details shown are preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. All information was obtained through the official websites included below, where you can learn more details about each event. Australia – Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) United States – National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) October 2020 Enstrom 480 Woodstock, CT, USA Oct. 10, 2020 | NTSB ERA21LA016 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Personal flight No description available. Bell 206 Zephyrhills, FL, USA Oct. 16, 2020 | NTSB ERA21LA023 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Personal flight Helicopter sustained substantial damage during attempted autorotative landing following pilot-reported low-rotor RPM aural alarm. Robinson R44 Pahrump, NV, USA Oct. 16, 2020 | NTSB WPR21LA021 2 injuries, 0 fatalities | Business flight No description available. Robinson R22 Winder, GA, USA Oct. 18, 2020 | NTSB ERA21LA024 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Personal flight Helicopter impacted terrain, sustaining substantial damage, after pilot suspected a loss of power. Robinson R44 II Washington, WI, USA Oct. 18, 2020 | NTSB CEN21LA021 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Personal flight No description available. Bell 206 Point Lookout, NY, USA Oct. 21, 2020 | NTSB ERA21LA028 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Personal flight Helicopter settled into shallow water, sustaining substantial damage, after pilot reported entering IMC and a loss of yaw control. Eurocopter AS350 B3 Silver City, NM, USA Oct. 26, 2020 | NTSB WPR21LA027 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Positioning flight No description available. Hughes 369 Honolulu, HI, USA Oct. 27, 2020 | NTSB ANC21LA003 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | External-load flight During external-load operations, pilot reported helicopter lost power made impact with trees during attempted emergency landing. November 2020 Agusta A109 Los Angeles, CA, USA Nov. 6, 2020 | NTSB WPR21LA039 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Organ transport flight During a steep approach to an elevated helipad, helicopter entered an uncontrollable right yaw, made impact with helipad, and rolled onto its left side. Schweizer 269C Rhame, ND, USA Nov. 7, 2020 | NTSB CEN21LA081 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | General aviation flight No description available. Bell 206 Raleigh, NC, USA Nov. 8, 2020 | NTSB ERA21LA040 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | General aviation flight No description available. Aérospatiale AS355 Hammonton, NJ, USA Nov. 14, 2020 | NTSB ERA21LA043 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Business flight No description available. Robinson R44 Austell, GA, USA Nov. 18, 2020 | NTSB ERA21LA046 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Instructional flight No description available. December 2020 Robinson R44 Marulan South, New South Wales, Australia Dec. 2, 2020 | ATSB AO-2020-061 0 injuries, 2 fatalities | Training flight Helicopter made impact with terrain and was destroyed in postcrash fire. Robinson R44 II Marietta, TX, USA Dec. 5, 2020 | NTSB CEN21LA077 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Personal flight No description available. Robinson R44 Colorado City, TX, USA Dec. 10, 2020 | NTSB CEN21LA084 0 injuries, 2 fatalities | Business flight Helicopter crashed for unknown reasons, leaving a 400-yard debris field. Robinson R44 Morris, IL, USA Dec. 20, 2020 | NTSB CEN21LA095 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Personal flight No description available. Robinson R44 Clare, South Australia, Australia Dec. 22, 2020 | ATSB AO-2020-064 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Agricultural flight During attempted landing after aerial application flight, helicopter collided with vehicle and sustained substantial damage. Hughes 369D Tuckers Crossing, MS, USA Dec. 29, 2020 | NTSB CEN21LA102 0 injuries, 1 fatality | External-load flight While conducting aerial tree trimming with suspended saw, pilot attempted emergency landing, but helicopter made impact with trees and terrain and was consumed by postcrash fire. Hi, I'm ROTOR Staff
