The rotorcraft accidents and incidents listed below occurred between Jan. 1 and Mar. 31, 2020. The accident details shown below are preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. All information was obtained through the official websites listed below, where you can learn more details about each event. Australia – Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB): bit.ly/ATSBpub Britain – Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB): bit.ly/AAIBUK Canada – Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSBC): bit.ly/TSBofCanada New Zealand – Transport Accident Investigation Commission of New Zealand (TAIC): bit.ly/NewZealandTAIC United States – National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB): bit.ly/NTSBrep January 2020 Sud Aviation SE 3130 Alouette II Mokelumne Hill, CA, USA Jan. 4, 2020 | NTSB WPR20CA059 Injuries unknown | Flight type unknown No description available. Hughes OH-6A Preston, GA, USA Jan. 8, 2020 | NTSB ERA20LA071 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Aerial observation flight Helicopter impacted terrain after loss of power. Garlick UH-1H Boydtown, NSW, Australia Jan. 9, 2020 | ATSB AO-2020-003 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Firefighting flight Helicopter lost power for undetermined reasons and impacted water. Robinson R66 Mechanicsburg, PA, USA Jan. 9, 2020 | NTSB ERA20FA074 0 injuries, 2 fatalities | Personal flight Helicopter impacted terrain during night flight for undetermined reasons. Bell 407 Lautaro, Chile Jan. 13, 2020 | NTSB ENG20WA014 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Commercial flight No description available. Bell 206L-4 Lac Saint-Jean, QC, Canada Jan. 22, 2020 | TSBC A20Q0015 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Search-and-rescue flight Helicopter impacted frozen lake during search-and-rescue mission. Bell 407 Minot, ND, USA Jan. 22, 2020 | NTSB CEN20LA068 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Air medical flight Helicopter impacted helipad perimeter fence while landing. Robinson R22 Charlotte, TX, USA Jan. 24, 2020 | NTSB CEN20LA066 1 injury, 0 fatalities | Aerial mustering / personal flight Helicopter hit power line during aerial mustering operation. Sikorsky S-76 Calabasas, CA, USA Jan. 26, 2020 | NTSB DCA20MA059 0 injuries, 9 fatalities | Air taxi flight Helicopter impacted hilly terrain. February 2020 Airbus AS350 B3 Bulga, NSW, Australia Feb. 5, 2020 | ATSB AO-2020-013 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Aerial work flight Rescue hoist failed for undetermined reasons. Bell 407 Laishevo, TA, Russia Feb. 7, 2020 | NTSB ANC20WA019 2 injuries, 1 fatality | Flight type unknown No description available. Robinson R44 Marfa, TX, USA Feb. 14, 2020 | NTSB CEN20CA085 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Aerial mustering flight Helicopter impacted ground after striking wire fence. Schweizer 269C Ormond Beach, FL, USA Feb. 17, 2020 | NTSB ERA20CA104 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | General aviation flight Helicopter’s right skid impacted ground, and the aircraft rolled onto its right side. Aérospatiale AS350 Tampa, FL, USA Feb. 18, 2020 | NTSB ERA20CA106 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | General aviation flight Helicopter departed taxiway after landing and came to rest in drainage ditch. Bell OH-58A Calexico, CA, USA Feb. 18, 2020 | NTSB WPR20CA092 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Agricultural flight Helicopter lost lift for undetermined reasons. Robinson R44 Talkeetna, AK, USA Feb. 20, 2020 | NTSB ANC20CA023 Injuries unknown | Air taxi flight No description available. Innovator Mosquito Air North Manchester, IN, USA Feb. 23, 2020 | NTSB CEN20FA098 0 injuries, 1 fatality | Personal flight Helicopter impacted terrain for unknown reasons. Robinson R44 Astrakhan, Russia Feb. 28, 2020 | NTSB ANC20WA031 0 injuries, 1 fatality | Flight type unknown No description available. March 2020 Bell 206 Clark, MO, USA Mar. 4, 2020 | NTSB CEN20LA113 0 injuries, 0 fatalities | Air ambulance flight Helicopter impacted terrain during forced landing after in-flight loss of engine power. Eurocopter EC130 Kalapana, HI, USA Mar. 5, 2020 | NTSB ANC20LA028 2 injuries, 0 fatalities | Sightseeing flight Helicopter lost control, impacted terrain, and rolled over during precautionary landing. Bell 206 Konstantinovsky Cape, Russia Mar. 23, 2020 | NTSB ANC20WA035 1 injury, 1 fatality | Flight type unknown No description available. Bell 206 Chicureo, Chile Mar. 24, 2020 | NTSB ERA20WA137 0 injuries, 1 fatality | Flight type unknown No description available. Hi, I'm ROTOR Staff
