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US US Marine Corps accidents

List of helicopter accidents by US Marine Corps

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Bell 204 132
Bell 209 AH-1 Cobra 65
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Kaman Seasprite 3
Sikorsky S-52 H-18 HO5S 10
Sikorsky S-55 H-19 44
Sikorsky S-56 H-37 12
Sikorsky S-58 H-34 245
Sikorsky S-61 H-3 1
Sikorsky S-65 H-53 79
Sikorsky S-70 H-60 1
Sikorsky S-80 H-53E 30


Bell 209 AH-1 Cobra Accidents


YearVersionC/N
1969 ah-1g 20614 US 157213 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15080; to USMC; VMO-2 w/o 12nov69
1969 ah-1g 20704 US 157222 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15170; to USMC; VMO-2 w/o 19sep69
1970 ah-1g 20606 US 157210 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15072; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 18feb70
1970 ah-1g 20607 US 157211 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15073; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 14dec70
1970 ah-1g 20724 US 157223 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15190; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 11mar70
1970 ah-1g 20732 US 157225 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15198; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 26feb70
1970 ah-1g 20747 US 157227 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15213; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 25mar70
1970 ah-1g 20755 US 157229 : Midair over Marble Mt
1970 ah-1g US 157231 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-17045; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 25mar70
1975 ah-1j 26024 US 157780 : USMC; w/o 30dec75
1975 ah-1j 26026 US 157782 : USMC; w/o 05nov75
1975 ah-1j 26036 US 157792 : This aircraft was assigned to HMH-462 when it crashed at sea during Operation Frequent Wind (The evacuation of Saigon, South Vietnam). The official cause was fuel starvation. Both pilots escaped
1975 ah-1j 26046 US 157802 : USMC; w/o 29sep75
1976 ah-1j 26010 US 157766 : USMC; w/o 16oct76
1976 ah-1j 26035 US 157791 : USMC; w/o 25jun76
1976 ah-1j 26053 US 159213 : SN-03 was assigned to HMA-169 when it crashed at NAS North Island, CA. Both pilots were ok. I heard the cause was a failed walking beam
1979 ah-1t US 160746 : Crashed in Greece. Pilot/Co-pilot did not survive
1979 ah-1t US 160808 : does the AH-1 cockpit section on display marked "808" at the USN museum Pensacola have anything to do with this aircraft?
1979 ah-1t US 160823 : USMC; HMA-269 w/o 24aug79
1980 ah-1j 26038 US 157794 : USMC; w/o 21jan80
1980 ah-1j 26057 US 159217 : USMC; w/o 05mar80
1980 ah-1j 26075 US 160110 : USMC; conv AH-1T unk; w/o 14oct80
1981 ah-1j 26071 US 160106 : USMC; conv AH-1T unk; w/o 18sep81
1981 ah-1j 26079 US 160114 : Crash landed at the mountain Runden, near Surnadal, Norway during exercise Teamwork 80 asg HMLA-269 on USS Saipan. Personnel survived, but ended up in hospital. Helicopter was salvaged and later buried at Ørlanded AFB. The engines were sent to the RNoAF Technical School at Kjevik pic
1981 ah-1t 26086 US 160748 : I have the data plate from the airframe after the crash; Manufacturer S/N 26086; Contract Number DAAJ01-77-C-0481; Accepted 4-78; Aircraft Identification Plate No. 00098
1982 ah-1j 26020 US 157776 : USMC; w/o 02mar82
1983 ah-1j 26077 US 160112 : hit by ground fire, AAA while supporting US Army units
1983 ah-1t 26092 US 160802 : USMC; HMM-165 w/o 27sep83
1983 ah-1t US 160812 : hit by ground fire, AAA while supporting US Army units
1984 ah-1j 26030 US 157786 : USMC; w/o 11mar84
1985 ah-1g 20579 US 157208 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15045; to USMC; Back to Army; conv AH-1S; w/o 11mar85
1985 ah-1j 26074 US 160109 : Exercise off Sardinia: Controlled flight into terrain (water) CFIT. Night amphibious assault from USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) (Wx: 3K ft overcast, moonless night) Dash 3 in flight of 4 AH-1T, pilot in front seat at controls, lost SA due to limited flight instrumentation and and visual cues impacted water. Back seat pilot survived.
1986 ah-1t US 160797 : USMC; w/o 14nov86 SN-00/HMLA-169
1989 ah-1t US 160807 : This a/c sits at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea about 10 miles off the coast of Spain
1989 ah-1w 26209 US 162540 : USMC; HMLA-169 w/o 20jun89
1991 ah-1j 26021 US 157777 : USMC; HMA-773 w/o 03jun91
1991 ah-1j 26037 US 157793 : USMC; w/o 1991 with HMA-775 during Desert Storm. 2 fatalities
1991 ah-1w 26243 US 162574 : USMC; w/o 19jun91
1993 ah-1j 26076 US 160111 : USMC; conv 26938 AH-1W unk; w/o 16aug93
1993 ah-1t 26910 US 160813 : USMC; conv AH-1W; HMLA-269 w/o 07sep93
1993 ah-1t 26915 US 160826 : USMC; conv AH-1W; w/o as HMLA-269 /HF-11, mid-air collision at twentynine palms, CA
1993 ah-1w 26289 US 164590 : USMC; HMA-775 w/o 08sep93
1996 ah-1t 26927 US 161022 : Info is wrong. 161022 crashed in 1996 enroute from bell helicopter over Georgia. She was my aircraft in Bosnia in 1993. Mishap investigator for this mishap was Doug Hardison, he is a colonel now. I was a mishap investigator also...
1996 ah-1w 26252 US 163927 : USMC; conv c/n 29136; HMLA-269 w/o 01mar96
1997 ah-1w 26254 US 163929 : USMC in 1994 /TV-22 HMLA-167; w/o 23may97
1997 ah-1w 26342 US 165318 : Dash 2 during night recovery to LPD during marginal weather. Dash 1/ship lost contact with dash 2 as they attempted to remain in formation; acft impacted water in ONSLOW OPAREA, less than 5 miles off Camp Lejeune
1999 ah-1t 26911 US 160747 : AH-1W type HMM-365./YM-22 Flypast Portsmouth harbour
1999 ah-1t 26940 US 160818 : USMC; conv AH-1W c/n 29105; HMLA-267 w/o 30jul99
2000 ah-1w 26255 US 163930 : Yes, the Cobra impacted the ground in Jordan, injuring the pilot and was later reclaimed and spent the majority of or the rest of the cruise on the USS Bataan, LHD-5, of which I was deployed as an H-53 Crew Chief.
2002 ah-1w 26214 US 162545 : w/o HMLA-167 crashed during training 10m NW of MCAS Cherry Point, NC. Both crew severely injured; SOC 29jun02
2003 ah-1t 26906 US 161020 : as HMLA-267 /UV-47 crashed in Iraq during the 2003 push to Baghdad, killing Captains Benjamin Sammis and Travis Ford
2003 ah-1w 26288 US 164589 : USMC; HMLA-775 w/o 22jan03 in mid air collision with AH-1W 165327 near Zapata, Texas about 9:30 pm during night drug-Interdiction mission with Joint Task Force Six, a military/law enforcement drug interdiction team. 4 reservists killed
2003 ah-1w 26351 US 165327 : USMC; HMLA-775 w/o 22jan03 in collision with AH-1W 164589
2004 ah-1w 26204 US 162535 : USMC; HMLA-367 w/o 23jan04
2004 ah-1w 26264 US 163939 : USMC; conv c/n 29118; w/o 24jun04
2004 ah-1w 26272 US 163947 : USMC; HMLA-775 w/o 30mar04 mid air collision with 164595 near Al Taqaddum, Iraq
2004 ah-1w 26294 US 164595 : USMC; conv c/n 29146; HMLA-775 w/o 30mar04 mid air collision with 163947 near Al Taqaddum, Iraq
2005 ah-1w 26345 US 165321 : USMC; HMLA-369 /SM-36 w/o 02nov05
2006 ah-1w 26290 US 164591 : USMC; conv c/n 29148; HMLA-169 w/o 27may06
2007 ah-1w 26212 US 162543 : USMC; conv c/n 29170; HMM-264 w/o 25may07
2009 ah-1t 26941 US 160824 : conv to AH-1W; HMM-166 w/o 05may09
2009 ah-1w 26295 US 164596 : USMC; conv c/n 29154; HMLA-469 w/o 29oct09 collided with US Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules 15m E of San Clemente Island. 9 fatalities
2009 ah-1w 26357 US 165333 : 26oct09 stricken from the US Navy List
2011 ah-1w 26344 US 165320 : Not shot down. It crashed as a result of a malfunctioning ground mat material on take off. The mobi matting was loose and the aircraft forward skid snagged it, resulting in a Class A mishap and the loss of one Marine aviator.
2012 ah-1j 26072 US 160107 : w/o collided with UH-1Y Buno 168039 near MCAS Yuma, AZ

    65 C/N found.


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