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The pilot reported that he completed a preflight inspection, then departed on a local personal flight. During the flight, he contacted and invited three people for a local sightseeing flight. He estimated the weights of each passenger and believed the helicopter would be under the maximum gross weight for the passenger flight. The pilot loaded the heaviest passenger up front and the other two in the rear seats. During takeoff, as he applied throttle and collective the helicopter became light on its skids and all engine indications were normal. Immediately after the helicopter became airborne, it pitched nose down and accelerated forward. Despite subsequent control inputs, the pilot was unable to arrest the helicopter’s forward motion and descent, which resulted in the main rotor blade and right skid contacting the ground. The helicopter came to rest on its right side, and the main rotor blades, fuselage, and tailboom were substantially damaged during the accident sequence.
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The pilot reported that before departing for a local flight, he repositioned the helicopter to the fuel station. While preparing to refuel, the pilot discovered the fueling hose was too short to reach the helicopter. The pilot instructed the passenger to exit the helicopter so he could reposition it closer to the fuel pump. After lifting into a low hover, the helicopter turned, and the main rotor blades struck a tree. The helicopter then impacted a second tree. The pilot maneuvered the helicopter away from the fuel station, landed hard, and the helicopter rolled onto its side. The helicopter sustained substantial damage to the tailboom and main rotor blades.
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02
2026
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FAA Accident Report: MCMINNVILLE, OR
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02
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During a low-altitude aerial herbicide application along an electrical transmission right-of-way, the helicopter struck power lines. Following the wire strike, the helicopter impacted terrain and sustained substantial damage to the tailboom, main rotor, and fuselage. The pilot was seriously injured.
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The Hellenic Air Force has placed a firm order for three KC-390 Millennium aircraft from Brazilian
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As operators look for efficient ways to connect smaller regional destinations directly, one aircraft
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The FAA adopted a new airworthiness directive (AD) requiring operators of affected Diamond aircraft
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Marignane, France, 03 November 2026 – The new VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) variant of Airbus Helicopters’ tactical uncrewed aerial system U010 Aliaca has been officially qualified by the French Armament General Directorate (DGA). This qualification follows an exhaustive test campaign conducted on land and at sea throughout May and June 2026 in close collaboration with the French Navy. This major milestone officially clears this UAS to enter service under the SMDM (Système de Mini-Drones embarqués pour la Marine) contract, with the first two systems delivered to the French Navy in September.
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Greenwood Village, CO, Nov. 2, 2026 – Air Methods, the nation’s leading emergency air medical service provider, announced Dr. Ira Blumen as the inaugural winner of the newly-created Roy Morgan Legacy Award. The announcement was made on Oct. 27 during a celebration luncheon at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in Fort Worth, TX. Blumen serves as the medical director for the University of Chicago Aeromedical Network (UCAN).
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MESA, Ariz., November, 2026. MD Helicopters, LLC (MDH) has appointed Rotor Partners Ltd, an aviation consultancy, as its authorized representative for Africa. Rotor Partners will lead MDH sales efforts with civil and military operators across the region.
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5X5 Aviation Insurance announced on Nov. 2 that it will give a 5% premium reduction for pilots who
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GA-ASI announced the opening of a new Remote Split Operation facility in North Dakota to remotely
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The Pilatus PC-12 set the bar for the single-engine turboprop market upon its introduction in 1994.
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SNC decided to not bid for the U.S. Navy’s UJTS program, leaving the Textron/Leonardo team with the
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The arrival of the first HH-60W marks the start of the transition from the UH-1N in support of the
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The NTSB said this week it is examining whether part of the Learjet 60 that crashed into a
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Back in the day when I was chief pilot for a Midwestern telecommunications company, my official job
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The Royal International Air Tattoo will leave RAF Fairford after decades at the Gloucestershire
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NASA has announced its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, described as a
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Avi-Go reported 69,320 business-aviation flights worldwide during the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1, up
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A wave of false bomb threats has triggered flight diversions, emergency procedures and fighter jet
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2026
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DUBLIN, — NOVEMBER 5, 2026 — The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), the global leader in helicopter leasing, today announced a transaction with Omni Helicopters International ("Omni"), comprising the purchase-and-leaseback of three new Leonardo AW189 helicopters, the lease extension of one AW139 helicopter and the lease of two Sikorsky S-92 SAR helicopters.
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Chinese state media recently featured the WZ-7 alongside other PLA reconnaissance drones, describing
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Wheels Up has signed a definitive agreement with Embraer Executive Aircraft for six factory-new
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Bombardier's third-quarter results showed revenue of $2.4 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $382 million
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Around half the size of an F-35, and powered by an afterburning GE F110 engine with thrust vectoring
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The Oct. 7 trial saw the release of an inert Meteor test asset from an F-35B’s internal weapons bay,
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Operating in the North Atlantic, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier launched Nyan one-way attack drones
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Atlantic Aviation operates 108 FBOs across North America, and it's looking for places to expand that
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Gulfstream delivered 40 aircraft in the third quarter, 35 of them large-cabin and five mid-cabin,
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