Helicopter Accident Attorneys

Make / Model of Aircraft	Airline Flight	Location	Date	Casualties	Circumstances	Attorney
Aerospatiale AS 350B2	Medical Helicopters / Air Ambulance	Roswell, New Mexico	October, 2001	4	Crashed during training flight. $3.2 million verdict in September 2003 on behalf of family of New Mexico State Police Officer killed in crash. Verdict reversed on appeal June 22, 2005; remanded to State Court. $3.2 million verdict returned in July 2006.	Mike Slack
Aerospatiale AS 350BA	Charter Helicopters	Galveston, Texas	July, 1994	5	In-flight failure of rotor pitch control servo.	Ladd Sanger*
Aerospatiale AS 355F1	Sightseeing Charter Helicopters	Maui, Hawaii	July, 2000	7	Blue Hawaii tour Helicopters crashed in adverse weather conditions.	Ladd Sanger*
Aerospatiale AS 365N2	Corporate Helicopters	Indianapolis, Indiana	May, 1997	2	Passenger hit in head by main rotor after disembarking Helicopters.	Ladd Sanger*
Agusta A109 K2	Medical Helicopters / Air Ambulance	Salt Lake City, Utah	January, 2003	3	Crashed while attempting to pick-up patient in adverse weather conditions.	Mike Slack
Bell 206A	Helicopters	Rio Hondo, Texas	March, 1998	2	Engine compartment fire resulted in separation of the tailboom in flight.	Ladd Sanger*
Bell 206B	News Gathering Helicopters	Grand Prairie, Texas	July, 2007	2	During news gathering flight Helicopters suffered total power loss and crashed during forced autorotation	Ladd Sanger
Bell 206B	Charter Helicopters	North Slope, Alaska	September, 1996	1	Helicopters crashed in low visibility.	Ladd Sanger*
Bell 206B	Charter Helicopters	Elkhorn, Wisconsin	August, 1990	5	Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan died in this crash. Slack & Davis represented his family.	Mike Slack, Mike Davis, Tom Davis
Bell 206B	Media Traffic Helicopters	Walnut Hill, Texas	April, 2002	1	KVIL Radio-branded Helicopters crashed due to improper maintenance and oversight.	Ladd Sanger
Bell 206B	Private Helicopters	Mineral Wells, Texas	January, 2001	1	Aircraft crashed while performing an autorotation.	Ladd Sanger*
Bell 206B	External Load Operations	Huffman, Texas	May, 2005	5	External load cable caught equipment during takeoff.	Ladd Sanger
Bell 206B-3	Charter Helicopters	British Columbia, Canada	February, 1994	5	Operating on visual flight rules, plane crashed into mountain in thick fog and instrument conditions.	Mike Slack, Donna Bowen
Bell 206B-3	Charter Helicopters	Houston, Texas	May, 1991	4	Drive shaft failure and subsequent crash into apartments. Helicopters drive shaft failed due to poor maintenance. Recovery on behalf of our clients is confidential. On-board video equipment recorded crash sequence.	Mike Slack, Donna Bowen
Bell 206B-3	Helicopters Training Flight	Hurst, Texas	December, 2000	2	Training flight landing incident.	Ladd Sanger*
Bell 206L	Charter Helicopters	Anchorage, Alaska	October, 2001	5	Pilot flew too low in falling snow, with low ceilings, whiteout/grayout conditions and flat/glassy water.	Mike Slack
Bell 206L	Medical Helicopters / Air Ambulance	Skidmore (Beeville), Texas	January, 2002	2	Two EMTs suffered serious injuries in crash-F64 landing resulting from engine failure.	Mike Slack
Bell 206L-1	Offshore Helicopters	Cameron, Louisiana	July, 2004	1	Helicopters crashed into Gulf of Mexico.	Ladd Sanger
Bell 206L-1	Medical Helicopters / Air Ambulance	Gentry, Arkansas	February, 2005	1	Patient injured in motor vehicle accident is killed during air ambulance trip to the hospital.	Mark Pierce, Mike Slack
Bell 407	Air Ambulance Flight	Huntsville, Texas	June, 2008	4	Helicopters crashed at night while transporting patient to hospital.	Mike Slack, Ladd Sanger, Mark Pierce
Bell 407	Offshore Helicopters	Gulf of Mexico	February, 2003	5	Helicopters crashed following catastrophic engine failure.	Mike Slack, Ladd Sanger
Bell 407	Search and Rescue Helicopters	Broadus, Texas	March, 2003	5	Helicopters crashed while searching for debris after Columbia Space Shuttle disaster.	Mike Slack
Bell 407	Helicopters Test Flight	Kerrville, Texas	September, 1996	2	Maintenance test flight by a Bell test pilot. Engine failed due to defective wiring harness.	Ladd Sanger*
Bell 407	Medical helicopters	Flagstaff, Arizona	June, 2008	3	Mid-air crash between two medical helicopters	Mike Slack
Bell OH 58-D	U.S. Army Helicopters	Kandahar, Afghanistan	June, 2008	2	Loss of power caused by failure of Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) unit resulted in crash that killed two U.S. service members	Mark Pierce, Ladd Sanger
Bell Shelby 47G	Helicopters Checkride	Ardmore, Oklahoma	May, 2003	2	Throttle control cable broke during checkride with FAA examiner.	Ladd Sanger
Boeing 444 Chinook (CH-47D)	U.S. Army Helicopters	Florence, Texas	April, 1995	5	Incorrect maintenance instructions. Recovery on behalf of clients is confidential.	Mike Slack, Donna Bowen
Eurocopter AS 350BA	Medical Helicopters / Air Ambulance	La Gloria, Texas (near Harlingen)	June, 1998	3	Pilot became lost way en route to accident scene and crashed. Confidential recovery on behalf of clients.	Mike Slack
Eurocopter AS 350BA	Sightseeing Helicopters	Juneau, Alaska	June, 1999	7	Sightseeing tour to cruise ship passenger. Crashed on glacier.	Ladd Sanger
Eurocopter AS 355N	Corporate Helicopters	League City, Texas	May, 2004	4	Forced landing after reported loss of engine power.	Ladd Sanger
Eurocopter AS350-B3	Training Flight	Santa Teresa, New Mexico	May, 2006	2	During manual governor training, the twist grip solenoid overheated causing it to seize in the manual position	Mike Slack, Ladd Sanger, Mark Pierce
Eurocopter AS350-B3	Public Use Law Enforcement	San Elizario, Texas	May, 2007	2	Helicopters crashed during air interdiction flight	Ladd Sanger, Mark Pierce, Mike Slack
Hughes 369D	Power Line Charter / Tour	Columbus, Montana	May, 2007	3	Helicopters's engine failed during power line operations resulting in forced autorotation	Ladd Sanger
Hughes OH-6A	Helicopters Training Flight	Newark, Texas	September, 1998	2	Helicopters crashed during DEA training flight and was consumed by post-crash fire.	Ladd Sanger*
McDonnell Douglas 369FF	Sightseeing Helicopters	Haena, Hawaii	March, 2007	5	Helicopters's tail rotor failed and tailrotor gearbox separated from Helicopters inflight	Ladd Sanger
McDonnell Douglas MD-369E	Power Line Charter / Tour	Bloomfield, New Mexico	May, 2000	2	Helicopters hit power line while maneuvering a ravine.	Ladd Sanger*
MD-500	Power line maintenance	Missouri	March, 2001	1	Worker carried below Helicopters on sling was flown into power lines, resulting in electrocution.	Ladd Sanger*
Robinson R-44	Charter Flight	Sosua, Dominican Republic	October, 2006	4	Helicopters main rotor blade delaminated in flight and severed tailboom	Ladd Sanger
Robinson R-44 Raven II	Private Flight	Fredericksburg, Texas	April, 2006	4	Helicopters struck wire and burned in post crash fire	Ladd Sanger, Mike Slack
Robinson R22 BETA	Charter Helicopters	Houston, Texas	March, 1999	2	Loss of control of Helicopters on Charter photo flight while hovering out of ground effect.	Ladd Sanger*
Schwiezer 269C	Instructional Flight	Denton, Texas	April, 2006	2	Helicopters crash during practice autorotation	Ladd Sanger
Sikorsky 76A++	Offshore Helicopters Transport	Gulf of Mexico	April, 2004	10	Under investigation; overloading suspected.	Mike Slack, Ladd Sanger

* Attorney initially handled claim while at a different law firm.

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