Aerospatiale SA330 Puma accidents
List of helicopter accidentsYear | Version | C/N | |
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unknown | sa330b | 1159 | 1159 : ALAT w/o unk |
unknown | sa330c | 1022 | 122 : shot down by 20mm friendly fire at Cela in Angola. Four fatalities and one badly injured survivor |
unknown | sa330f | 1124 | PK-PHY : Pelita airservice; ex F-WIEM; conv to SA330G; w/o unk |
unknown | sa330f | 1226 | FAE-226 : FAE d/d 1974; test serial F-WKQD; w/o unk |
unknown | sa330h | 1328 | H260 : Ejercito; w/o date unk; used to repair H-251 |
unknown | sa330h | 1396 | 155 : SAAF. w/o |
1971 | sa330c | 1014 | 7T-WUC : Algerian airforce; w/o 19nov71 |
1971 | sa330c | 1026 | 7T-WUD : Algerian airforce; w/o 01apr71 |
1971 | sa330c | 1035 | 9507 : sabotaged by communist militias in Portugal, after being received from France. It was kept in an Hangar at Tancos AFB3 |
1972 | sa330f | 1112 | PK-PHX : Pelita airservice; ex F-WRQQ; w/o 1972 |
1973 | sa330b | 1117 | 1117 : ALAT f/f dec73 w/o 06dec73 |
1973 | sa330c | 1050 | 9510 : Damaged at Cantina de Oliveira, Mozambique due to fuel problems while transporting troops |
1974 | sa330b | 1031 | 1031 : ALAT; w/o 22oct74 |
1974 | sa330e | 1068 | XW203 : Also allocated Fairey series c/n F.9750. ff 23 Mar 1971, dd 5 Apr 1971. Lost control and crashed nr N. Whitchurch and w/o 15 Nov 1974 while with 33 Squadron |
1974 | sa330f | 1147 | 5N-AKE : ex PH-ACF; 5N-AKE w/o 19apr74 |
1974 | sa330f | 1207 | D-HAXB : BGS; w/o 23mar74 fire on ground Lubeck |
1975 | sa330c | 1245 | Z.19-2 : EdA, test serial EC-STI; w/o 09jun75 803Esc at Zaragoza. 5 fatalities |
1976 | sa330b | 1034 | 1034 : ALAT; w/o 12feb76 |
1976 | sa330b | 1137 | 1137 : ALAT w/o 24may76 |
1976 | sa330b | 1151 | 1151 : ALAT w/o 18dec76 |
1976 | sa330e | 1191 | XW230 : w/o 28 crash in Belize, 1563Flt |
1976 | sa330f | 1187 | PK-PDW : Pelita air service;
1975 pictured during a oil prospecting project in West Iran. Notice old Pelita badge on heli door. The Iranian Long Period Array (ILPA), a local seismic network consisted of seven stations, was also installed in this period;
w/o 02feb76 at Bobonaro, East Timor |
1976 | sa330h | 1294 | TN-231 : Zaire airforce d/d May75; w/o 11mar76 |
1977 | sa330g | 1377 | F-ODFM : Heli Union d/d March 1977; w/o 21may77 |
1978 | sa330b | 1221 | 1221 : ALAT w/o 20oct78 |
1978 | sa330b | 1432 | 1432 : ALAT w/o 01aug78 |
1978 | sa330c | 1293 | TR-KCD : Sorry this is not the one w/o 20feb78. This TR-KCD was a VIP Puma in the presidential guard destroyed few weeks earlier on ground fire. TR-KCF was the one lost this day |
1978 | sa330c | 1329 | TR-KCF : w/o 20feb78 disappeared during a flight with gabonese colonel Djoue Dabany (Bongo brother in law) and a french crew on board |
1978 | sa330e | 1080 | XW205 : All 3 crew members were killed on the January 30, 1978 during Exercise Article Express |
1978 | sa330f | 1168 | PK-PDX : Pelita Air Service; w/o 1978 |
1978 | sa330f | 1303 | 559 : Kuwait air force; w/o 1978 |
1978 | sa330j | 1463 | N49496 : private Memphis, TN; w/o 07may78 |
1979 | sa330e | 1183 | XW228 : 27 Dec 1979, while on a Forward Deployment flight from New Sarum (Salisbury / Manyame) to Kotwa, struck telegraph wires in Mtoko, Rhodesia while with 33 Sq and w/o. |
1979 | sa330f | 1202 | H254 : Ejercito; w/o 22mar75, repaired; w/o 22feb79 |
1979 | sa330h | 1215 | H256 : w/o 22nov79 ? |
1979 | sa330j | 1487 | F-GBDI : Heli Union w/o 11May79 |
1979 | sa330j | 1575 | TPH-02 : FAM w/o 22may79 |
1979 | sa330l | 1445 | 164 : Shot down by ground fire during Operation Uric over Mozambique killing all on board |
1980 | sa330c | 1249 | L92401 : Tunisian airforce 33sqd w/o 30mar80 |
1980 | sa330f | 1007 | F-BINS : ex F-WRPH,F-OCNS; conv SA.330G, SA.330J; w/o 1980 |
1980 | sa330h | 1345 | 6W-SHJ : Senegal airforce; w/o 1980 |
1980 | sa330h | 1413 | 158 : SAAF w/o 02aug80 |
1980 | sa330h | 1460 | MAAW-H03 : Aerospatiale SA330H Puma, cn 1480, ff:?; del Malawi Army Air Wing as MAAW-H03, unk; w/o Mzuzu, 26apr80. |
1980 | sa330j | 1481 | 9M-SSC : Bristow; ex G-BFJX; w/o 16dec80 |
1981 | sa330f | 1308 | 560 : Kuwait air force; w/o 10jun81 |
1981 | sa330h | 1380 | 6W-SHK : Senegal airforce d/d 1977; w/o 1981 |
1981 | sa330l | 1433 | 174 : 29sep81 crashed at Oshakati during a brown out, 6 people on board were killed, the pilot survived. I was researching the three medical staff killed on this casevac flight for a Ops medic / Doctor Book |
1982 | sa330g | 1258 | PK-PDU : w/o 28may82 |
1982 | sa330g | 1314 | F-BXLE : w/o 1982; ex LN-ORT |
1982 | sa330j | 1517 | G-BJWS : Bristow d/d 10oct82; ex F-GCJI; w/o 10oct82 burnt during training at Aberdeen, 2 onboard killed |
1982 | sa330l | 1446 | 163 : SAAF; w/o 08feb82 |
1982 | sa330l | 1456 | 168 : SAAF; w/o 05jan82 |
1982 | sa330l | 1539 | AE-500 : w/o 23may82 destroyed on ground at Port Howard |
1982 | sa330l | 1540 | AE-501 : w/o 26may82 destroyed on ground at Mount Kent |
1982 | sa330l | 1550 | AE-503 : w/o 23may82 destroyed near Port Horward |
1982 | sa330l | 1551 | AE-504 : Nose inspection cover pictured (pic2) currenly preserved at the Army aviation museum at Buenos Aires |
1982 | sa330l | 1554 | AE-505 : 9may82 shot down by SAM Sea Dart HMS Coventry during rescue of fishing boat Narwall survivors. (1Lt Buschiazzo, Lt Fiorito & Sgt Dimotta killed) |
1982 | sa330l | 1560 | AE-508 : 30may82 shot down near Mount Kent by SAS s SAM Stinger (6 GNA spec ops killed, 8 wounded) |
1983 | sa330b | 1108 | 1108 : ALAT 3RHC w/o 25sep83 |
1983 | sa330f | 1338 | 117 : UAEAF; w/o 1983 |
1983 | sa330h | 1336 | 6W-SHI : Senegal airforce; w/o 21mar83 |
1984 | sa330c | 1016 | 121 : SAAF. ex F-WMHB. w/o 14aug84 |
1985 | sa330b | 1220 | 1220 : ALAT w/o 21nov85 |
1985 | sa330j | 1484 | 9M-SSG : Bristow; ex G-BFJY; w/o 13dec85 |
1986 | sa330b | 1346 | 1346 : VIP configuration and paint scheme, named arc de Triomphe until Sep 1986 |
1986 | sa330c | 1001 | 9501 : To OGMA storage by 1987. |
1986 | sa330f | 1138 | F-GDFI : ex I-EHPB; conv SA.330J; w/o 05may86 |
1986 | sa330j | 1526 | VH-WOA : Mayne-Bristow Australia; w/o 29dec86 impacted at sea at 20km NW destination Karratha, WA after departure of North Rankin A Gas Production Platform. 2 fatalities, 15 survived |
1987 | sa330b | 1115 | 1115 : ALAT w/o 27jan87 |
1987 | sa330b | 1362 | 1362 : AdlA; w/o 04apr87 |
1987 | sa330j | 1395 | PT-HTM : Heliavia; w/o 27oct87 |
1987 | sa330j | 1588 | N3596N : PHI d/d 1979; w/o 21dec87 at oil rig near Eugene Island, Gulf of Mexico; 15 fatalities |
1988 | sa330f | 1193 | PK-PDV : Pelita air service; w/o 15dec88 |
1988 | sa330j | 1402 | N47307 : PHI d/d 1977; w/o 14jul88 at Gulf of Mexico, 1 fatality |
1988 | sa330j | 1581 | I-ARLY : Eli Alpi d/d jul88; w/o 30nov88 at Champoluc, Aosta Valley |
1989 | sa330b | 1354 | 1354 : w/o 20aug89 |
1989 | sa330b | 1518 | 1518 : ALAT w/o 26aug89 |
1989 | sa330c | 1230 | HT.19-1 : EdA 402-01. EC-STH. Escuadron 402. w/o 02mar89 |
1989 | sa330g | 1323 | 5V-MAK : w/o 03apr89 crashed in Dakar |
1989 | sa330j | 1529 | H-3303 : TNI-AU 8Sku; w/o 29dec89 |
1989 | sa330j | 1618 | HB-XUB : w/o 11sep89 crashed during an external load mission. The helicopter was operated over its limits which caused both engines to catch fire. Swiss AAIB report 1444 contains details. However, the report is not available on the AAIB interntet site, since the pilot was a well recognized professional. |
1990 | sa330b | 1210 | 1210 : ALAT w/o 13jun90 |
1990 | sa330f | 1133 | I-EHPA : ex F-WXQI, F-BXQI; conv SA.330; Elitos; w/o 25no90 |
1990 | sa330f | 1274 | 551 : Kuwait air force; 32 sqd; conv SA.330L; 2007 France |
1990 | sa330f | 1276 | 552 : Kuwait air force; 32 sqd; w/o 1990 |
1990 | sa330f | 1279 | 553 : Kuwait air force; 2002 32 Sqd |
1991 | sa330e | 1125 | XW215 : RAF Puma HC.1; 230sqn/R w/o 24jun91 ditched at sea. Parts used in ZE449 |
1991 | sa330e | 1659 | ZA941 : Lost control and crashed into trees during post maintenance flight |
1991 | sa330j | 1508 | VH-WOF : Bristow Australia; ex G-BFJY; temp as VR-BIG; w/o 12may91 |
1993 | sa330f | 1315 | 561 : Kuwait air force; w/o 1993 |
1993 | sa330l | 1265 | G03 : w/o 15dec93 at Lyon France when returning Puma crews to Belgium |
1993 | sa330l | 1544 | AE-502 : Ejercito; pictured at Campo de Mayo;
w/o 12nov93 at Olavarria, Buenos Aires province |
1995 | sa330b | 1131 | 1131 : ALAT w/o 28jun95 |
1995 | sa330l | 1349 | RAN-18 : Nepal; w/o 14aug95 |
1996 | sa330j | 1612 | H-3311 : TNI-AU; w/o 04jun96 |
1996 | sa330l | 1559 | AE-507 : Ejercito; 1995 pictured during Army Day;
w/o 08oct96 at Campo de Polo, Palermo Buenos Aires while carrying Argentine & Peruvian officials, 10 killed |
1997 | sa330e | 1170 | XW225 : to Beckingham Range, following spares recovery |
1997 | sa330j | 1608 | HB-XVI : Heli-TV d/d 20jan1990; 18jul90 crash at Cavigliano due rear rotor fail; repaired; 02jul92 injured person on ground at Locarno ; w/o 05sep97 at Val di Trodo, rear gear box failure, 2 fatalities |
2000 | sa330l | 1587 | PA-11 : w/o ditch ocean during evacuation of shipping boat Fueguino 200 miles off coast, was rescue days later; salvage spare parts cannibalized; tail preserved at Prefectura Museum, pictured (pic2) |
2001 | sa330e | 1048 | XW200 : 33 Sq by Oct 1999 |
2002 | sa330e | 1209 | XW234 : Sunk as Dive attrraction in ex gravel pit. Scuba Dream, nr North Cave, E Yorks. Still present Oct 2017. |
2002 | sa330j | 1627 | ZS-RNJ : Starlite from May02; Jul02 with FAASA in Spain; w/o 23nov02 crashed on deck of stranded italian trowler Jolly Rubino at Richards Bay, off Cape Lucia, South Africa |
2003 | sa330b | 1259 | 1259 : ALAT w/o 04jul03 |
2004 | sa330e | 1152 | XW221 : RAF Puma HC1. 33 sqd w/o 19jul04 near Basra, Iraq |
2006 | sa330b | 1247 | 1247 : ALAT BRV w/o 18apr06 |
2006 | sa330j | 1496 | D-HAXM : w/o 25jan06 at Golo, Sudan |
2006 | sa330j | 1567 | HD.19-06 : HT.19-6. escuadron 801. w/o 05feb06 |
2006 | sa330j | 1604 | ZS-RNM : w/o near Chinari, Kashmir, Pakistan during humanitarian aid for red cross after October 2005 earthquake |
2006 | sa330l | 1322 | 03 : Romanian Air Force w/o 26oct2006 |
2006 | sa330l | 1645 | E-457 : Ejercito; w/o 27may06 |
2007 | sa330e | 1139 | XW218 : to Shawbury store 5 Mar 2008; wreck still present at Shawbury May 2009, still Dec 2015 |
2007 | sa330e | 1622 | ZA934 : RAF Puma HC.1 ZA934/BZ 33sqd w/o 08aug07 near Catterick, UK |
2007 | sa330e | 1650 | ZA938 : w/o Iraq |
2009 | sa330l | 1591 | ZE449 : 8 Apr 2014 By road from Shawbury to Whittington Barracks, Lichfield. |
2011 | sa330e | 1106 | XW211 : w/o following emergency landing on 5 Jul 2011. Returning to RAF Benson from AAC Middle Wallop as Vortex 344 while with 33 Sq. |
2011 | sa330h | 1324 | JA330T : Tohoku Air Service from Mar97;
w/o 11mar11 Sendai |
2015 | sa330e | 1185 | XW229 : w/o at NATO Resolute Support mission HQ in Kabul, Afghanistan. 5 fatalities |
2015 | sa330j | 1545 | EI-SAI : EULEX security mission in Kosovo, op by Starlite;
w/o Priština airport, Kosovo |
2016 | sa330l | 1527 | UN-135 : MINUSTAH Haiti |
2022 | sa330l | 1628 | 1628 : crashed, 8 casualties |
120 C/N found.