McDonnell Douglas 500 accidents

The NTSB database holds 20 accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas 500, recorded between 1992 to 2026. 4 of them were fatal (20%), and 9 people died.

The deadliest year was 1992, with 4 deaths.

Most of these records are from United States, Latvia and Austria.

7 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

1992 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 13 of 20 have coordinates

By decade

1990s 7

2000s 4

2010s 5

2020s 4

Where these happened

United States 13 Latvia 1 Austria 1 New Zealand 1 Canada 1 Switzerland 1

Operators involved

City of Huntington Beach 2 Hoffman Helicopters, Inc. 1 Interparts General Business Inc 1 Glock Ges m.b.h 1 U. S. Department of the Interior 1 PJ Helicopters 1

All 20 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 Sep 1992	McDonnell Douglas 500E N588DB	Niagara Falls, Canada no coordinates	Rainbow Helicopters	Fatal	4
25 Oct 1999	McDonnell Douglas 500N N904PD	San Jose, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
29 Dec 1994	McDonnell Douglas 500 N9128F	Chuuk Island no coordinates	Hoffman Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	2
20 Feb 2022	McDonnell Douglas 500N N521HB	Newport Beach, California, United States	City of Huntington Beach	Fatal	1
14 May 2026	McDonnell Douglas 500 N952SF	Twin Falls, Idaho, United States	Interparts General Business Inc	Minor injuries	-
2 Mar 2023	McDonnell Douglas 500 ZK-IES	Dansey Pass, Livingston, New Zealand no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
18 Dec 2021	McDonnell Douglas 500 HB-ZBM	Unteriberg, Switzerland no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
2 Sep 2016	McDonnell Douglas 500N N5232G	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	City and County of Honolulu	Serious injuries	-
12 Aug 2014	McDonnell Douglas 500N N18GH	Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States	David Hansen	No injuries	-
18 Apr 2014	McDonnell Douglas 500N N522GS	Santa Monica, California, United States	V & A Aviation LLC	No injuries	-
12 Jul 2012	McDonnell Douglas 500 OH-HJR	Kastire, Latvia no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Oct 2011	McDonnell Douglas 500D N61PJ	Colusa, California, United States	PJ Helicopters	Minor injuries	-
16 Oct 2009	McDonnell Douglas 500N N521HB	Los Alamitos, California, United States	City of Huntington Beach	No injuries	-
28 Jul 2005	McDonnell Douglas 500D C-GBUY	Delta Junction, Alaska, United States	U. S. Department of the Interior	No injuries	-
1 Jun 2002	McDonnell Douglas 500 N OE-XGG	Ferlach, Austria	Glock Ges m.b.h	No injuries	-
8 May 2000	McDonnell Douglas 500N N955SD	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1999	McDonnell Douglas 500-E N686F	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
13 Apr 1998	McDonnell Douglas 500E N551CP	Columbus, Ohio, United States	-	No injuries	-
17 Aug 1995	McDonnell Douglas 500 N9213F	Pacific Ocean no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
30 Apr 1992	McDonnell Douglas 500E N97BR	Mount Zion, Kentucky, United States	US Customs Service	No injuries	-