Bell 412 accidents

The NTSB database holds 59 accidents and incidents involving the Bell 412, recorded between 1982 to 2026. 31 of them were fatal (53%), and 123 people died.

The deadliest year was 2008, with 18 deaths.

Most of these records are from United States, Mexico and Indonesia.

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

Records

Fatal

123

Deaths

53%

Share fatal

1982 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 30 of 59 have coordinates

By decade

1980s 3

1990s 12

2000s 20

2010s 13

2020s 11

Where these happened

United States 19 Mexico 12 Indonesia 4 Spain 4 Japan 3 Nigeria 2

Operators involved

Helivan S.a. de C.v. 2 Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. 2 Sun Company Inc. 1 US Department of Interior 1 Lifenet, Inc. 1 Nyaman Air, Indonesia 1

All 59 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 Aug 2011	Bell 412 PK-FUG	Bitung, Indonesia no coordinates	Nyaman Air, Indonesia	Fatal	10
11 Mar 2008	Bell 412EP N417EV	Santa Cruz, Peru	Helinka S.A.C.	Fatal	10
10 Aug 2018	Bell 412EP JA200G	Nakanojo, Japan	-	Fatal	9
5 Mar 2017	Bell 412 JA97NA	Matsumoto, Japan	-	Fatal	9
21 Sep 2005	Bell 412EP XC-PFI	Llano Grande, Mexico no coordinates	Policia Federal Preventiva	Fatal	9
11 Jan 2008	Bell 412HP XC-JCD	Puebla, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	8
15 Aug 1997	Bell 412HP XCPFI	Cuernavaca, Mexico no coordinates	Federico Salazar Vazquez	Fatal	8
29 Jul 2026	Bell 412 LV-KGR	San Agustín, Argentina no coordinates	-	Fatal	7
3 Apr 1999	Bell 412 PKHMV	Santan, Indonesia no coordinates	PT Gatari Hutama Airservices	Fatal	7
6 Dec 2023	Bell 412 8R-AYA	Arau, Guyana no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
4 Apr 1991	Bell 412SP N78S	Merion, Pennsylvania, United States	Sun Company Inc.	Fatal	5
22 Apr 1994	Bell 412/SP N70AM	Bluefield, Virginia, United States	-	Fatal	4
13 Nov 2010	Bell 412EP XA-UNI	Trujillo, Colombia	Asesa	Fatal	3
11 Dec 2006	Bell 412SP N410MA	Hesperia, California, United States	Lifenet, Inc.	Fatal	3
7 Oct 2001	Bell 412HP XA-SPZ	Los Cabos, Mexico	Heliservicio de Campeche S.A.	Fatal	3
22 Sep 2025	Bell 412 XA-BND	Talpa de Allende, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Jun 2023	Bell 412 XA-EHI	Gom, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 Dec 2022	Bell 412EP XA-BNA	Ocean, Mexico	Aeroservicio Especializados S.A. de C.V.	Fatal	2
29 Dec 2021	Bell 412 LV-KAI	Quillen-Neuquen district, Argentina no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
25 Sep 2011	Bell 412SP PK-OVC	Mataram, West Nusa, Indonesia	PT Airfast Indonesia	Fatal	2
7 Aug 2009	Bell 412 XA-HSH	Manzanillo, Mexico no coordinates	Heliservicio Campeche	Fatal	2
27 Nov 2006	Bell 412 I-AIVO	Cafasse, Torino, Italy no coordinates	Air Green s.r.l	Fatal	2
18 Jul 2005	Bell 412 XA-VVD	Ciudad Carmen, Mexico no coordinates	Helivan S.A. de C.V.	Fatal	2
8 Jun 2022	Bell 412 PK-DAR	Timika, Indonesia no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Jul 2012	Bell 412 EC-KSJ	Valencia, Spain no coordinates	INAER Helicopteros	Fatal	1
3 Aug 2007	Bell 412 EP 5N-BIQ	Eket, Nigeria no coordinates	Bristow Helicopter Nigeria Ltd	Fatal	1
2 Jun 2007	Bell 412SP JA-9991	Nakatsugawa, Japan	Toho Air Service Co,. LTD.	Fatal	1
28 Feb 2001	Bell 412SP N412SM	Grand Junction, Colorado, United States	Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	1
13 Aug 2000	Bell 412 N174EH	Cold Springs, Nevada, United States	US Department of Interior	Fatal	1
26 Aug 1991	Bell 412 N3909F	Garden Banks no coordinates	Petroleum Helicopters	Fatal	1
5 Sep 2025	Bell 412 EC-MRK	Guadarranque reservoir, Spain no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Mar 2022	Bell 412 CC-APK	Coelemu, Chile	-	No injuries	-
13 Jan 2022	Bell 412 EC-GSK	Valencia, Spain	-	No injuries	-
11 Jul 2021	Bell 412 EC-MTS	Ejea de los Caballeros, Spain no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
11 Oct 2019	Bell 412 SU-CBX	Port Said City, Egypt	-	No injuries	-
17 Aug 2015	Bell 412 N412LA	Whittier, California, United States	County of Los Angeles Fire Department	Minor injuries	-
15 Oct 2011	Bell 412 YVO126	Santa Rosa, Venezuela	Electrificacion del Caroni, CA (EDELCA)	Serious injuries	-
16 Mar 2011	Bell 412-EP A6-FLV	Zakum Field, United Arab Emirates no coordinates	Falcon Aviation Services	No injuries	-
22 Sep 2010	Bell 412 N412PD	Brooklyn, New York, United States	New York City Police Aviation Unit	Minor injuries	-
1 Jun 2010	Bell 412 XA-HSI	Campeche, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Apr 2010	Bell 412-EP 5N-BFU	Warri, Nigeria	-	Unknown	-
15 Dec 2005	Bell 412 PT-HUV	Macae, Brazil no coordinates	Aeroleo Taxi Aereo	Unknown	-
19 Mar 2005	Bell 412 HK0005	Aguas de Dios, Colombia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Aug 2004	Bell 412 N22347	South Pass 65, United States	-	No injuries	-
23 May 2004	Bell 412 N555BA	San Antonio, Texas, United States	Air Methods Corp.	No injuries	-
3 Aug 2002	Bell 412 N464AC	Rantoul, Illinois, United States	Air Center Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	-
18 Dec 2001	Bell 412EP XC-PUE	Rio Frio, Mexico no coordinates	Government of the State of Puebla	Serious injuries	-
8 Jun 2000	Bell 412 XATPH	San Juanito, Mexico no coordinates	Helivan S.a. de C.v.	Serious injuries	-
26 Feb 2000	Bell 412 N411UT	Karns, Tennessee, United States	-	No injuries	-
9 Jun 1999	Bell 412 N3893S	Eugene Is. 313 no coordinates	-	No injuries	-