Robinson R44 accidents

The NTSB database holds 692 accidents and incidents involving the Robinson R44, recorded between 1993 to 2026. 222 of them were fatal (32%), and 443 people died.

The deadliest year was 2018, with 28 deaths.

Most of these records are from United States, Brazil and Australia.

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

692

Records

222

Fatal

443

Deaths

32%

Share fatal

1993 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 577 of 692 have coordinates

By decade

1990s 1

2000s 123

2010s 316

2020s 252

Where these happened

United States 462 Brazil 31 Australia 30 Russia 25 South Africa 16 Canada 14

Operators involved

MF Helicopters LLC. 7 Pollux Aviation Ltd 6 Back Nine Aerial LLC 3 Upper Limit Aviation 3 Helicopter Air Alaska, LLC 3 Timberview Helicopters 2

All 692 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Oct 2012	Robinson R44 II N474FA	Blanco, Texas, United States	Veracity Aviation, LLC	Fatal	3
30 Aug 2011	Robinson R44 PP-CLE	Sao Sebastiao, Brazil	Seisa Clerman EMP. Imobiliarios Ltd.	Fatal	3
19 Feb 2009	Robinson R44 HP-AM3	Tocumen, Panama	Motta International	Fatal	3
10 Feb 2009	Robinson R44 HA-MIX	Budaors, Hungary no coordinates	BHS Hungary	Fatal	3
5 Nov 2007	Robinson R44 N8356C	Jamestown, Tennessee, United States	Fly-N-Dollar	Fatal	3
13 Aug 2006	Robinson R44 II N168PT	Warrenton, Oregon, United States	-	Fatal	3
2 Jan 2006	Robinson R44 N442DH	Grand Ridge, Florida, United States	-	Fatal	3
24 Sep 2005	Robinson R44 N9158U	Drummond, Wisconsin, United States	-	Fatal	3
24 Dec 2004	Robinson R44 JA44RH	Saga, Japan no coordinates	S.G.C Saga Koukuu Company	Fatal	3
11 Sep 2004	Robinson R44 SE-JHJ	Vattlefjall, Sweden	HM-Jansson Akeri AB	Fatal	3
27 Jun 2004	Robinson R44 N441MG	Barnesville, Georgia, United States	-	Fatal	3
25 Jun 2003	Robinson R44 II N7512P	Coleta, Illinois, United States	-	Fatal	3
31 Jul 1993	Robinson R44 N445RH	El Monte, California, United States no coordinates	Benjamin F. Venti, SR.	Fatal	3
23 Mar 2026	Robinson R44 N478AT	Boynton Beach, Florida, United States	Palm Beach Helicopters	Fatal	2
7 Jan 2026	Robinson R44 RA-04389	Bardymsky Municipal District, Russia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
29 Nov 2025	Robinson R44 F-HEAT	Malawa, Poland	-	Fatal	2
27 Feb 2025	Robinson R44 N144SG	Uvalde, Texas, United States	Holt Helicopters Inc	Fatal	2
19 Jun 2024	Robinson R44 II N323TT	Bluestem, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
26 Mar 2023	Robinson R44 II N441PD	Port Allen, Louisiana, United States	Baton Rouge Police Department	Fatal	2
7 Mar 2023	Robinson R44 N494SH	Port O'Connor, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Feb 2023	Robinson R44 RA-04340	Checkhov, Russia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
9 Feb 2023	Robinson R44 PR-PLF	Vargem Alta, Brazil no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
22 Nov 2022	Robinson R44 N7094J	Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	Total Traffic & Weather Network	Fatal	2
29 Sep 2022	Robinson R44 TG-UMG	Joyabaj, Guatemala no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
28 Jul 2022	Robinson R44 HC-CLZ	Off shore, Ecuador no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
25 Mar 2022	Robinson R44 N514CD	Rowlett, Texas, United States	Sky Helicopters Inc	Fatal	2
6 Jan 2022	Robinson R44 F-HARY	63 Puy-de-Dome, France no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
19 Jul 2021	Robinson R44 II N4529J	Point Harbor, North Carolina, United States	-	Fatal	2
6 Jan 2021	Robinson R44 PR-WVW	Vila Velha, ES, Brazil	-	Fatal	2
10 Dec 2020	Robinson R44 N7085Z	Colorado City, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
2 Dec 2020	Robinson R44 VH-HGU	Tallong, Australia	-	Fatal	2
15 Oct 2020	Robinson R44 PR-ESK	Passa Tres, Rio Claro, Brazil no coordinates	Kiko Genario Ferreira De Melo	Fatal	2
4 Jul 2020	Robinson R44 VH-NBY	Broome Aerodrome, Australia	-	Fatal	2
31 Mar 2020	Robinson R44 II N107EH	Audubon, Iowa, United States	Ride the Sky Helicopters	Fatal	2
23 Oct 2019	Robinson R44 N225JM	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Airwork Las Vegas	Fatal	2
10 Jul 2019	Robinson R44 C-FJLH	Mt Tremblank, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 May 2019	Robinson R44 N744TW	Alpine, Utah, United States	-	Fatal	2
17 Feb 2019	Robinson R44 LN-ORH	Roeldal, Norway	-	Fatal	2
1 Oct 2018	Robinson R44 RA-05758	Bodaybo, Russia no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Jul 2018	Robinson R44 SP-MAP	Domecko, Poland	-	Fatal	2
1 May 2018	Robinson R44 II ZS-MZS	Mabula, South Africa no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
28 Feb 2018	Robinson R44 II ZS-HKZ	Ogies, South Africa	-	Fatal	2
23 Jan 2018	Robinson R44 PP-HLI	Recife, Brazil no coordinates	Helisae Serv. Aereo Especializado Ltda	Fatal	2
5 Dec 2017	Robinson R44 RA-04308	Dubovaya Balka, Russia	Barkol Airlines	Fatal	2
17 Oct 2017	Robinson R44 N820DF	Molokai, Hawaii, United States	Mauna Loa Helicopters	Fatal	2
19 May 2017	Robinson R44 ZS-HFF	Heilbron, South Africa no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Jan 2017	Robinson R44 XA-CSJ	Salinas Victoria, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
30 Oct 2016	Robinson R44 ZK-HTH	Kamo, New Zealand, New Zealand no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
9 Sep 2015	Robinson R44 C-GZFX	Foleyet, Canada	Apex Helicopters Inc.	Fatal	2
19 Feb 2015	Robinson R44 II ZK-IPY	Queenstown, New Zealand, New Zealand	-	Fatal	2