A cow will live another day after it had a run-in with a helicopter on a property in far north Queensland but the chopper was destroyed.

A man was flying a Robinson R22 Beta mustering helicopter on a Coen cattle station on Sunday when the rails under the aircraft accidentally hooked onto a cow's horns.

The mustering helicopter crashed and burned after its pilot allegedly struck a cow while herding cattle. Credit:Coen Police Station

The helicopter lost balance and crashed onto the Peninsula Development Road, just south of Coen, about 2.40pm.

The pilot, a 35-year-old man, walked away from the crash uninjured before the helicopter erupted into flames.