Helicopter Accidents


















Eurocopter Super Puma/Cougar accidents

List of helicopter accidents

YearVersionC/N
unknown as532m1 2378 SG 274 : pictured (pic1) during an exercise de-brief
1996 as332l1 2308 NO LN-OBP : Helikopter Service; 18jan96 ditched on North Sea 200 km SW Egersund; to aviation technical school Sola, Norway
1997 as332l1 2344 NO LN-OPG : Helikopter Service; w/o 08sep97 crash at sea 100nm WNW Bronnoysund, Norway. 12 fatalities
1997 as332l2 2455 TH H9-3/39 : RTAF; w/o 19sep97, 14 killed, 7 injured
2000 as532m 2491 SA 9907 : RSauAF; 99 Sqd; w/o 19nov00
2001 as332l1 2439 JP JA6787 : NAS; w/o 21may01 mid-air collision. Collided with Cessna 172 JA4201 over Kuwana Mie Prefecture, Japan. 2 fatalities
2005 as332l1 2405 MY 9M-STT : w/o 16aug05 in Sarawak Waters. 13 Crew, no fatalities; incident on 20Jan07 was referring to another PUMA.
2005 as332l2 2632 MY 9M-SPA : MHS Aviation; w/o 05nov05 ditched in the South China Sea during thunderstorm and high winds 200 metres from Tapis B platform. 1 of 21 fatality
2005 as532ul 2515 ES HU.21L-57 : ET-657 BHELMA II; w/o 16aug05 Afghanistan
2005 as532ul 2530 ES HU.21L-59 : ET-659; w/o 16aug05 near Herat, Afghanistan
2006 as332l2 2576 RO : Sold to Eurocopter and re-furbished. Apparently to Romania as a SAR aircraft
2007 as532ul 2485 ES HU.21-54 : ET-654; ex HT.21-54 HU.21L-54; FAMET BHELMA II; w/o 29jan07 crash while flying along with ET-651 at termino municipal de Sesma (Navarra) 3 fatalities
2008 as332l2 2570 BR PP-MUM : BHS; w/o 26feb08 crash into ocean due tail rotor failure after departing Petrobras oil platform P-18, 4 fatalities (of 20)
2008 as332l2 2609 CN B-7960 : CITIC; w/o 11jun08
2009 as332l2 2612 UK G-REDL : Wreckage recovered (as cabin, tail section and rotor head) from crash site to Air Accident Investigation Branch at Farnborough, to begin analysis for Accident Report 2/2011.
2009 as532ul 2318 FR 2318 : ALAT. 2318/CGP 17jan09 crash from Foudre landing ship off the coast of Gabon. 8 of 10 on board killed.
2009 ec225lp 2690 UK G-REDU : Aircraft used as trainer at Cranfield University, UK by Dec19
2011 as532ul 2559 CH T-341 : w/o at Maderanertal, Canton of Uri at 2300 m of altitude. Crew rescued safe by REGA after 4 hours; pictured
2011 ec225lp 2656 JP 01022 : w/o March 2011 submerged during the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan; Replacement ordered in March 2012 and to be delivered by Feb15
2012 as532al 2800 AL FA-630 : Albanian Armed Forces f/f Dec11 at Marignane, France; w/o before delivery at La Palud-sur-Verdon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. 6 fatalities
2012 ec225lp 2679 UK G-CHCN : ditched in the North Sea, 32 miles south of Shetland, off Fair Isle. 19 rescued; canc Aug13
2013 as332l2 2582 UK G-WNSB : w/o ditched in North Sea 2nm W off Sumburgh, Shetland Isles, on route from Borgsten Dolphin rig. 4 (from 18) fatalities
2014 as532ac 2487 VE 0562 : w/o 20jun14 after a controlled crash land in Elorza
2015 as332l1 2413 JP JA6741 : Shin Nihon Helicopter, test serial F-WQEA; w/o 06mar15 hit a power line near Kihoku, Mie Prefecture. 2 fatalities
2015 as532al 2738 ES HU.27-02 : Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME) at Bétera; w/o 10sep15 pictured (pic2) (pic3) rolled over during training mission at Requena (LERE), Regio Valenciana
2015 ec725 MX 1009 : FAM Mar13; w/o 01may15 shot down in Jalisco. 3 fatalities
2016 as532ul 2545 CH T-338 : w/o cduring takeoff from a mountain landing site. Hit power line. 2 fatalities; pictured (pic2)
2016 ec225lp 2721 NO LN-OJF : 23sep16 Statoil’s Report published
2018 as332l1 2820 GE GBP-10020 : Border Police of Georgia; w/o 12jul18 in Kakheti
2021 as332l1 2481 GA TR-KCX : w/o Minkébé, Ogooué Ivindo, Province, Gabon, no fatalities
2021 as332l2 2614 ES EC-NBT : One day later, the forest fire burned the helicopter before it could be salvaged, pictured (pic4)
2022 as332l1 9007 US N950SG : w/o 19mar22 responding to a road accident departed Huntington Hospital Heliport and impacted wooded terrain in the Angeles National Forest, CA near San Gabriel Dam during landing attempt north of Azusa. 6 injured
2023 ec225lp 2708 UA 54 blue : w/o 18jan23 Kyiv, Ukraine;;Aircraft crashed during takeoff from Kyiv. All 9 onboard fatally injured, plus at least 8 on the ground. Aircraft was operated by the Ukraine State Emergency Services

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