Cases involving individuals who have been injured in crashes and collisions involving helicopters. A Helicopter Accident is an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the helicopter with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, in which a person is fatally or seriously injured, the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure and/or the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.
Richwoods is an unincorporated community in northern Washington County, Missouri, United States. It is located just off Route 47 about fifteen miles west of De Soto and nineteen miles south of St. Clair. It is the home of former kidnapping victim Shawn Hornbeck.