Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA N501HL accident near Dayton, Oregon, October 29, 2026
Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, registration N501HL, operated by Helicopter Logging LLC, was involved in an accident near Dayton, Oregon on October 29, 2026. 2 aircraft were involved. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as fatal, with 3 people on board. Case WPR27FA025 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 18 minutes of the flight after departing the McMinnville Muni area (KMMV), reaching a maximum of 1,200 ft. The last recorded position was at 21:09 UTC, at 875 ft and 113 knots, climbing at 64 feet per minute, about 2 km from McMinnville Muni (KMMV).
The nearest weather report, from KMMV (2 km away), showed wind 310° at 5 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 1,400 ft, weather: -RA (MVFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Robinson R22 BETA registered in United States (Mode S A63E61).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- October 29, 2026
- Location
- Dayton, Oregon
- Aircraft
- Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, Airbus Helicopters AS350B3
- Registration
- N501HL, N704RH
- Operator
- Helicopter Logging LLC
- Injuries
- Fatal (3 on board)
- NTSB case
- WPR27FA025 (In work)
- Departure area
- McMinnville Muni (KMMV)
- Nearest airport
- McMinnville Muni (KMMV)
- Recorded flight
- 18 min, max 1,200 ft
- Last recorded position
- 21:09 UTC, 875 ft, 113 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
News coverage
- Highway 233 closed west of Dayton because of aircraft crash, ODOT says (KMTR)
- No survivors in helicopter midair collision in Oregon (WKEF)
- 3 killed in helicopter collision that shut down part of an Oregon highway (NBC News)
- Three killed after helicopters collide in midair near Oregon airport (USA Today)
- Three killed as training and maintenance helicopters collide near Oregon airport (Aviation24.be)
- Everything we know about the Oregon helicopter crash that killed 3 (Statesman Journal)
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Sources: NTSB case WPR27FA025; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.