Engine failure,UH1H at night, after landing at a remote airfield in Vietnam, siezed at idle during cooldown. The bad guys assaulted the field later. Never flew with pintle-mount 60s again.
Engine failure/compressor stall, AS355F1, in flight, autorelight effective, after the right yaw and ran normally to landing. Stator vane failure, fell off but twisted 90 in the taper and stuck- no damage to any other compressor components.
Engine condition lever, after landing, AS355F1. Felt really stupid looking at that thing in my hand, attached to the ceiling by the start button wires.
Rotor brake lever failure, AS355F1, same as above.
Transmission suspension bar bearing failures (3 occurrences, 2 at once) in AS355F1. The old style stainless steel tubes that were pinched closed around the bearings, spread at the compression, mount bolt and hardware and hole in tubes kept everything together until I landed. There was a distinct "thunk", like someone hitting a cast iron skillet with a ball peen hammer, and cabin dropped about an inch.
Tail rotor spider bearing failure, climbout, AS355F1, flew back to an airport and run-on landing. It's hard to keep your feet on the floor even when you know the pedals don't do anything.
Hmmm... there seems to ba a pattern with the AS355F1, and I haven't even mentioned the junk electricals.
Drive train failure, H269B, in cruise, lower pulley bearing, forced landing in pasture successful.
Throttle cable broke, 206 B, flight position, uneventful for the pilot, just wouldn't go to idle. Remainder of day off.