Canadian Armed Forces accidents
List of helicopter accidents by Canadian Armed Forces Filter:
| AgustaWestland | EH101 | 2 |
| Bell | 204 | 1 |
| Bell | 205 | 1 |
| Bell | 206 | 16 |
| Bell | 212 | 12 |
| Bell | 412 | 3 |
| Boeing | 414 - H-47D Chinook | 2 |
| Boeing | CH-47F Chinook | 1 |
| Boeing-Vertol | 107-ii | 3 |
| Boeing-Vertol | CH-47 Chinook | 2 |
| Hiller | 360 | 1 |
| Sikorsky | S-61 H-3 | 11 |
| Sikorsky | S-92 | 1 |
| Year | Version | C/N | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 204b | 2067 | C-GSHK : Heli Lift dd 2003. w/o 24sep06 crash and fire near Saskatchewan, Canada |
| 1998 | ch-113 | 305 | 11305 : xfer CAF, reserialled 11305, 1968; conv to SARCUP std, unk; suffered in-flight engine fire and crashed near Marsoui, Que, 02Oct98.  |
| 1992 | ch-113a | 4005 | 11311 : xfer CAF, reserialled as 11311, 1968; conv SARCUP std unk; Serving with No. 442 Squadron at CFB Comox, BC, when crashed on 30Apr92. Was hoisting stranded hikers when engine failed at high altitude causing crash at 5,000 ft level in mountains near Bella Coola, Vancouver Island. One fatality. |
| 1974 | ch-113a | 4007 | 11313 : 11313 crashed near NAMAO, ALBERTA during night maneuvers on March 19, 1974 (Not in BC as noted). The crew of three, Capt. Ronald Raymond Fleming (36), Captain Ronald George Davidson (31) and MCpl Malcom Ross Caton (29) all perished in the crash. An investigation revealed the mishap resulted from internal rotor blade spar erosion and cracking resulting in about three metres of one of the forward blades detaching in flight. This resulted in a catastrophic mid-air breakup of the aircraft. |
| 1976 | ch-118 | 3219 | 118107 : RCAF 107. w/o 02jan76 |
| 2003 | ch-124 | 61-179 | 12401 : restored and repainted in original RCN colours as 4001, by Nov 2021, still at Shearwater Aviation Museum. |
| 1987 | ch-124 | 61-234 | 12409 : reported fuselage only still in use by Dec 2018 as G I at Borden, |
| 1989 | ch-124 | 61-249 | 12411 : CH-124A. Crashed 19 Sep 1989 into the Atlantic off Bermuda. Recovered and became ground instruction airframe at CFB Shearwater. |
| 1973 | ch-124 | 61-284 | 12418 : CAF; ex 4018; w/o 26Apr73 |
| 1972 | ch-124 | 61-286 | 12420 : I was part of the rescue crew that pulled the surviver from the water. Is there anyone else out there Chester Kingston |
| 2000 | ch-124 | 61-288 | 12422 : CAF; ex 4022; w/o 23Jun00 |
| 1993 | ch-124 | 61-289 | 12423 : Oct13 pictured at NADEP Pensacola, FL |
| 1994 | ch-124 | 61-324 | 12425 : CAF; ex 4025; w/o 28Apr94 |
| 1972 | ch-124 | 61-340 | 12432 : CAF; ex 4032; w/o 15Nov72 |
| 2006 | ch-124 | 61-381 | 12438 : CAF; ex 4038; w/o 02Feb06 |
| 1991 | ch-124 | 61-382 | 12439 : CAF; ex 4039; w/o 04aug91 |
| 1977 | ch-135 | 32001 | 135101 : BuNo 70-15650. AETE. w/o 06apr77 |
| 2023 | ch-135 | 32006 |  EJC-4227 : w/o 19mar23 tail rotor failure at Quibdó area, Chocó. 4 fatalities |
| 2002 | ch-135 | 32007 | EJC-225 : Av.Ej CN-22. BAHEL/DOS. ex Canada 135107. w/o 01aug02 |
| 1991 | ch-135 | 32015 | 135115 : crashed near Burks Falls, Ontario: CP Lt Wellman Killed, Plt Gord Wytsma FE Mike Douglas survived |
| 1972 | ch-135 | 32018 | 135118 : BuNo 70-15667. 430 sqd. w/o 10jun72 |
| 1988 | ch-135 | 32019 | 135119 : w/o 28jan88 Cat A crash near Timmons, Ontario.
Investigation revealed that the tail rotor yoke failed and one tail rotor blade broke off in flight.
4 souls on board perished |
| 1973 | ch-135 | 32022 | 135122 : BuNo 70-15671. 422 sqd. w/o 21jun73 |
| 1989 | ch-135 | 32028 | 135128 : BuNo 70-15677. MFO. w/o 09dec89 |
| 2003 | ch-135 | 32029 | EJC-223 : Av.Ej CN-27. BAHEL/DOS. ex Canada 135129. w/o 01dec03 |
| 2013 | ch-135 | 32034 | EJC-4214 : w/o 16oct13 crashed at Maicao in La Guajira Department, near Venezuela border presumably due strong winds. no fatalities |
| 2002 | ch-135 | 32035 | PNC-5008 : Policia N-09. ex N78790. ex canada 135135. w/o 18jan02 |
| 1972 | ch-135 | 32038 | 135138 : BuNo 70-15687. 427 sqd. w/o 14feb72 |
| 1995 | ch-136 | 44013 | 136213 : BuNo 71-20878. 400 sqd w/o 16jun95 |
| 1994 | ch-136 | 44014 | 136214 : BuNo 71-20879. 400 sqd w/o 17mar94 |
| 1990 | ch-136 | 44015 | 136215 : BuNo 71-20880. 411 sqd w/o 04jul90 |
| 1976 | ch-136 | 44035 | 136235 : BuNo 71-20900. 444 sqd w/o 16may76 |
| 1993 | ch-136 | 44040 | 136240 : BuNo 71-20905. 403 sqd w/o 05feb93 |
| 1988 | ch-136 | 44042 | 136242 : BuNo 71-20907. 408 sqd w/o 07jul88 |
| 1978 | ch-136 | 44044 | 136244 : dumped as /775C at CFB Borden |
| 1979 | ch-136 | 44046 | 136246 : BuNo 71-20911. 430 sqd w/o 18jul79 |
| 1994 | ch-136 | 44056 | 136256 : BuNo 71-20921. 3 CFFTS w/o 05may94 |
| 1985 | ch-136 | 44058 | 136258 : The free-wheeling outer race was outside the manufacturer’s specification for roundness. This, over time eventually, resulted in slippage of the spraggs, the end result being the shearing of the stub shaft. This effectively disconnected the engine from the drive train with no indication to the crew of the actual problem and resulted in an out of control condition from which they could not recover. |
| 1977 | ch-136 | 44065 | 136265 : BuNo 71-20930. 422 sqd w/o 17feb77 |
| 1978 | ch-136 | 44066 | 136266 : BuNo 71-20931. 408 sqd w/o 28jan78 |
| 1974 | ch-136 | 44067 | 136267 : BuNo 71-20932. 408 sqd w/o 09may74 |
| 1984 | ch-136 | 44068 | 136268 : BuNo 71-20933. 408 sqd w/o 16nov84 |
| 2014 | ch-136 | 44070 | VH-OSQ : private Australia from Nov08;
w/o at Coffs Harbour airport, New South Wales |
| 2002 | ch-139 | 3358 | C-FTHN : ex Canada 139308. w/o 02jul02 |
| 2002 | ch-146 | 46420 | 146420 : CAF; w/o 18jul02 444 sqd crash north of CFB Goose Bay after loss of tail rotor. 2 killed and 2 injured |
| 1996 | ch-146 | 46421 | 146421 : 444 sqd. w/o 15nov96 |
| 2009 | ch-146 | 46434 | 146434 : w/o 06jul09 collision with barrier, near Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. 3 fatalities of 6 |
| 1974 | ch-147 | b-718 | 147001 : CH-47C G-001. BuNo 74-22058. w/o 18oct74 prior delivery. Replaced by 147009 |
| 1982 | ch-147 | b-723 | 147002 : CH-47C G-002. BuNo 74-22059. w/o 17aug82 Rankin Inlet, NWT |
| 2023 | ch-147f | M.2060 | 147310 : w/o 20jun23 crashed in the Ottawa River near Garrison Petawawa, ON during a night training flight. 2of4 fatalities |
| 2020 | ch-148 | 92-5022 | 148822 : recovery operation by EDT Hercules concluded |
| 2022 | ch-149 | 50071 | 149903 : w/o 10mar22 crashed at Gander Intl Airport. 2 of 6 injured |
| 2006 | ch-149 | 50134 | 149914 : CSH14/511014; w/o 13jul06, crashed into the sea of Nova Scotia. 3 fatalities |
| 2010 | ch-47d | M.3085 | 147202 : ex BuNo 84-24181. CAF d/d 2009 in Afghanistan; w/o 05aug10 brought down by enemy small arms fire and immediately burst into flames upon landing 20 km SW of Kandahar city |
| 2011 | ch-47d | M.3155 | 147205 : currently sitting on the ramp at CFB Petawawa pretty much in the same state as when it crashed. The nose art will be removed for a museum, but the future of the airframe is yet to be determined |
| 1979 | uh-12e | 2176 |  G-BBLD : wreck with Alpha Aerotech at Chilbolton by Mar 1990 |
56 C/N found.
