Engine Power Loss Results in Helicopter Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Summons v. Air Methods & American Eurocopter An AS 350 helicopter that had just undergone maintenance suffered a complete power loss in the engine only six minutes into the flight on July 28, 2010. The pilot attempted an autorotation into a densely populated area of Tucson, Arizona. The pilot…

Helicopter Crash in Andes Mountains of Peru

Case Title: Helinka-Evergreen Air Crash On March 11, 2008, a Bell 412B helicopter, N417EV, crashed in the Andes Mountains of Peru. Both pilots and all eight passengers on board were killed. The helicopter was operated by Rio Tinto, a copper mining company, and was transporting passengers from their La Granja copper…

Forced Landing Injuries Results in Helicopter Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Lamberson v. Bell Helicopters Textron, Inc. et al. On July 30, 2007, a Bell 206B helicopter, N4YJ, was damaged during a forced landing after it lost engine power. The pilot and one of the passengers were not injured, but a second passenger was seriously injured. The helicopter left Dallas…

Helicopter Tour Crash in Kauai, Hawaii

Case Title: Torres v. McDonnell Douglas On March 11, 2007, a McDonnell Douglas 369FF helicopter, N911VC, crashed in the town of Haena on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. The helicopter was operated by Smoky Mountain Helicopters and doing business as Inter-Island Helicopters, Inc. giving sightseeing tours of Kauai. One passenger was…

Helicopter Crash Due to Main Rotor Blade Delaminating

Case Title: Rosario Pementel v. Helidosa Helicopteros Dominicanos S.A. and Robinson On October 11, 2006, a Robinson R44 helicopter, HI-803CT (Dominican Republic registration), crashed after losing control near Mano Negra in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. The two pilots and both passengers were killed in the crash. The passengers were in the…

Multiple Passengers Injured after Cessna Takes on Ice and Crashes

Case Title: Fargo Citation Crash On November 30, 2018, a Cessna 550 was landing at Hector International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota, when it crashed on the right side of the runway. Nine passengers on board were injured. During the landing procedure, the plane began to take on ice, then the…

Blocked Pitot Tubes Results in International Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Jacomo dos Santos Elias v. Air France, Thales Group and Airbus On June 1, 2009, an Airbus A330 flight AF 447 flying for Air France took off from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bound for Charles-de-Gaulle Airport in Paris. About two hours into the flight, the plane stalled and crashed…

Broken Fan Blade Results in Commercial Airplane Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 On April 17, 2018, a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines, N772SW, experienced engine failure after departing from New York’s LaGuardia airport. As a result of the engine failure, the crew began an emergency descent and diverted to Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania. One passenger…

Loss of Hydraulic Pressure Results in Helicopter Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: Strothman v. Airbus Helicopters On March 18, 2014, an Airbus Helicopter AS350 B2 with registration number N250FB crashed in Seattle, Washington, killing the pilot and one passenger and injuring people on the ground. The helicopter was owned by and registered to Helicopters, Inc. and had been contracted by Seattle…