Bell 222 accidents

The NTSB database holds 51 accidents and incidents involving the Bell 222, recorded between 1977 to 2026. 10 of them were fatal (20%), and 27 people died.

The deadliest year was 1998, with 7 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (1 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Venezuela and Dominican Republic.

18 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

20%

Share fatal

1977 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 33 of 51 have coordinates

By decade

1970s 1

1980s 22

1990s 10

2000s 11

2010s 5

2020s 2

Where these happened

United States 44 Venezuela 1 Dominican Republic 1 Solomon Islands 1 Jamaica 1 Ethiopia 1

Operators involved

Air Logistics 2 California Shock-Trauma Air Rescue 2 Pumpkin Air, Inc. 1 McMahon Helicopters Services 1 Galaxy Aviation 1 Rocky Mountain Helicopters 1

All 51 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
16 Oct 2008	Bell 222 N992AA	Aurora, Illinois, United States	Air Angels Inc	Fatal	4
12 Jan 1998	Bell 222UT N222UH	Sandy, Utah, United States	Air Methods	Fatal	4
7 Sep 2002	Bell 222U N417MA	Nipton, California, United States	Mercy Air Service Inc	Fatal	3
21 Aug 1998	Bell 222 N30SV	Spencer, Iowa, United States	-	Fatal	3
23 Sep 1986	Bell 222UT N251CC	Galax, Virginia, United States	Rocky Mountain Helicopters	Fatal	3
16 Apr 1982	Bell 222 N2152J	Hinton, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Galaxy Aviation	Fatal	3
2 Jun 2010	Bell 222 N515MK	Midlothian, Texas, United States	CareFlite	Fatal	2
15 Apr 1987	Bell 222 N1074T	Ben Wheeler, Texas, United States	University of Southern ALA.	Fatal	2
24 Oct 1985	Bell 222UT N3194M	East Cameron no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 Sep 1982	Bell 222 N2772H	New York, New York, United States no coordinates	Omniflight Airways, Inc.	Fatal	1
17 Apr 2026	Bell 222 H4-HSA	Munda, Solomon Islands no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Oct 2025	Bell 222 N222EX	Huntington Beach, California, United States	-	Serious injuries	-
26 Apr 2019	Bell 222 ET--AVF	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia no coordinates	Trans Nation Airways PLC	No injuries	-
30 Mar 2019	Bell 222 N222ML	Montgomery, New York, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
6 May 2010	Bell 222 YV2223	La Cava Colonia Tovar, Venezuela, Venezuela no coordinates	Balgres, C.A.	Unknown	-
9 Apr 2010	Bell 222U N222UT	Santa Maria, California, United States	California Shock-Trauma Air Rescue	No injuries	-
8 Apr 2009	Bell 222B N309CH	Gulf of Mexico, Texas, United States	Central Helicopter Service Inc	No injuries	-
13 Mar 2009	Bell 222 N222LL	Milliken, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
28 Nov 2007	Bell 222 UT N222LF	Casper, Wyoming, United States	-	No injuries	-
19 Feb 2006	Bell 222B N306CH	Gulf of Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
28 Sep 2004	Bell 222U N222UT	Santa Rosa, California, United States	California Shock-Trauma Air Rescue	No injuries	-
14 Jul 2004	Bell 222U N277LF	Louie Lake, Idaho, United States	CJ Systems Aviation Group, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Jul 2003	Bell 222 N29KH	Salinas, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
6 Apr 2001	Bell 222UT N222LF	Alcova, Wyoming, United States	Corporate Jets, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Apr 2000	Bell 222U N225LL	St. Paul, Minnesota, United States	-	No injuries	-
16 May 1999	Bell 222UT N781SA	Rockton, Illinois, United States	-	No injuries	-
4 Oct 1998	Bell 222 N213ML	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
30 Jul 1998	Bell 222B N911RA	Tranquility, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
21 Jun 1995	Bell 222UT N274SM	Des Moines, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
28 Jun 1992	Bell 222UT N222UH	Scipio, Utah, United States	Air Methods Corporation	No injuries	-
7 Jun 1992	Bell 222 N5007L	Mariposa, California, United States	Rogers Helicopters, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
14 May 1990	Bell 222-UT HI462	Lavega, Dominican Republic no coordinates	Delta Commercial	Unknown	-
30 Jan 1990	Bell 222 N828WA	Middleville, Michigan, United States	McMahon Helicopters Services	No injuries	-
23 Mar 1989	Bell 222 N5008Q	Leadville, Colorado, United States	-	No injuries	-
7 Aug 1988	Bell 222UT N3190K	Cameron, Louisiana, United States	Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 May 1988	Bell 222UT H-18	Kingston, Jamaica no coordinates	Jamaica Defense Force	Unknown	-
20 Apr 1987	Bell 222U N222HX	Oxford, Mississippi, United States	Memphis Medical Center	No injuries	-
21 Jul 1986	Bell 222UT N222DU	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States	Pumpkin Air, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
25 Apr 1986	Bell 222B N660DD	Chicago, Illinois, United States	Omniflight	Minor injuries	-
26 Jan 1986	Bell 222UT N3177G	La Habra, California, United States	Air Transport System, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
17 Oct 1985	Bell 222A N5013H	Charenton, Louisiana, United States	-	No injuries	-
31 May 1985	Bell 222U N3180K	Milford, Virginia, United States	Aircraft Management Service	No injuries	-
20 Oct 1984	Bell 222 N38929	Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Offshore Logistics	Minor injuries	-
1 Sep 1984	Bell 222 N22299	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
3 Jul 1984	Bell 222UT N222PV	E Brake Blk 397 no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Jun 1984	Bell 222 N222LH	Salem, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Life Guard of America, Inc.	No injuries	-
10 Dec 1983	Bell 222U N3177G	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Bell Helicopter Textron	No injuries	-
11 Jan 1983	Bell 222 N23021	Houston, Texas, United States	Executive Airlink	No injuries	-
9 Apr 1981	Bell 222 N38929	Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Air Logistics	No injuries	-
21 Jan 1981	Bell 222 N5754B	Patterson, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Air Logistics	No injuries	-