US Navy accidents
List of helicopter accidents by US Navy Filter:
| Bell | 204 | 29 |
| Bell | 206 | 20 |
| Bell | 212 | 7 |
| Bell | 61 | 2 |
| Boeing-Vertol | 107M H-46 Sea Knight | 30 |
| Gyrodyne | DSN / QH-50 DASH | 6 |
| Hiller | 360 | 1 |
| Kaman | Seasprite | 92 |
| McDonnell Douglas | md500 | 1 |
| Northrop-Grumman | MQ-8A/B Fire Scout | 1 |
| Piasecki | PV-18 | 42 |
| Piasecki | PV-3 | 1 |
| Sikorsky | S-51 / R-5 / H-5 | 1 |
| Sikorsky | S-55 H-19 | 28 |
| Sikorsky | S-56 H-37 | 1 |
| Sikorsky | S-58 H-34 | 127 |
| Sikorsky | S-61 H-3 | 125 |
| Sikorsky | S-65 H-53 | 13 |
| Sikorsky | S-70 H-60 | 49 |
| Sikorsky | S-80 H-53E | 11 |
Sikorsky S-70 H-60 Accidents
| Year | Version | C/N | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | sh-60b | 70-387 | 162097 : USN; JA-42/VX-1 w/o 23feb85 ditched North of Bermuda |
| 1986 | sh-60b | 70-382 | 162092 : I was the rescue swimmer who responded to the crash in an SH-3G. Crewman refused to be hoisted on help. Pilot stuck the tail rotor in the water showing off for the families. Sad day! |
| 1986 | sh-60b | 70-400 | 162110 : USN; HSL-42 w/o 26jun86 |
| 1988 | sh-60b | 70-463 | 162978 : USN; HSL-44 w/o 19jan88 |
| 1989 | sh-60b | 70-403 | 162113 : Mediterranean. Details of the crash from the DANFS website;;
A SH-60B Seahawk (BuNo 162113), of embarked HSL-42, Detachment 3, fell into the Mediterranean during landing qualifications in heavy seas and zero visibility, while USS BOONE (FFG 28) made for the Persian Gulf (2 August 1989). The ship rescued all three crewmen. |
| 1989 | sh-60b | 70-592 | 163236 : USN; HSL-45 w/o 20-30jun89 |
| 1990 | sh-60b | 70-451 | 162343 : Was aboard the crommelin that fateful day. remember being woke up by another sailor on board saying that our attached helo ocean Lord 25 had crashed. we conducted SAR |
| 1990 | sh-60b | 70-465 | 162979 : USN; HSL-47 w/o 1990 |
| 1990 | sh-60b | 70-470 | 162983 : On display at NAS North Island until repl by 165112 |
| 1991 | sh-60b | 70-430 | 162138 : Single engine failure followed by ditch at sea on takeoff from USS Halyburton (FFG-40) Crew: LT Tony Stainbrook, LT Don Johnson, AW3 Scott Allee. All survived and rescued via the ship's motor whale boat. |
| 1991 | sh-60f | 164090 : USN; HS-4 w/o 06aug91 | |
| 1993 | sh-60f | 70-1805 | 164616 : w/o 06apr93 before delivery to US Navy |
| 1993 | sh-60f | 164096 : crashed while doing FCF... AW1 or 2 Robert Lee died due to entanglement in FCF equipment entanglement. | |
| 1994 | sh-60f | 164093 : USN; NK-610/HS-4 w/o 03sep94 ditched off South Korea | |
| 1995 | sh-60f | 70-1800 | 164611 : USN; NF-617/HS-14 w/o 15mar95 |
| 1996 | hh-60h | 70-2278 | 164844 : w/o in Persian Gulf with HS-15 |
| 1997 | hh-60h | 70-2288 | 165255 : USN; w/o 13mar97 HS-3 /AJ-615 ditch off North Carolina. 4 fatalities |
| 1997 | sh-60b | 70-1939 | 164856 : USN; HQ-475/HSL-46 w/o 08jan97 |
| 1997 | sh-60b | 163598 : Red Stinger 110 with Det 5. Four souls survive loss of tail rotor authority upon takeoff of USS Rentz (FFG-46) off coast of Kuwait. | |
| 1998 | hh-60h | 70-2265 | 165154 : USN; from SH-60F; JA-51/VX-1 w/o 26sep98 |
| 1998 | sh-60b | 70-369 | 161558 : w/o 06mar98 with HSL-47, crashed near Crestline Monument Peak in California due to icing. The five occupants LT Mackey, LT Lee, LTJG Hillegas, LTJG Koontz and AW3 Daniel Garber were killed |
| 1998 | sh-60b | 70-398 | 162108 : USN; HSL-48 w/o 08aug98 |
| 1998 | sh-60f | 70-1587 | 164102 : USN HS-7 /AC-615; w/o 29 crashed at NAS Fallon, Nevada. 1 fatality |
| 1999 | sh-60b | 163246 : USN; HLS-43 w/o 23mar99 ditched in Arabian Sea | |
| 2002 | sh-60b | 70-1794 | 164463 : USN; HSL-43 USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) w/o 06sep02 Arabian Gulf 80 miles of Bushehr, Iran while inspecting Syrian-flagged vessel. 1 civilian TV cameraman killed |
| 2002 | sh-60b | 70-610 | 163247 : USN; HSL-49 w/o 04may02 ditched off San Diego, California |
| 2002 | sh-60b | 70-615 | 163593 : One crew member missing. Two deceased recovered |
| 2004 | hh-60h | 163794 : USN; HS-15 w/o 07oct04 crashed at Camp Areifjan, Kuwait | |
| 2004 | sh-60b | 70-396 | 162106 : pictured (pic1) 162106 coded 426 of HSL-42 visiting AUTEC, Andros Island  |
| 2005 | sh-60b | 70-2271 | 165110 : I hot-seated the aircraft to the doomed crew. They were conducting night DLQs to USS Cape St George (CG-71) in a low light night. Aircraft crashed after pilots got Vertigo. All three crew killed |
| 2005 | sh-60b | 70-473 | 162986 : USN; HSL-48 USS De Wert (FFG-45) w/o 13dec05 crashed off west coast of Colombia during antidrug mission. 3 crew missing |
| 2005 | sh-60f | 70-656 | 164085 : USN; NE-613/HS-2 w/o 10jan05 Banda Aceh, Sumatra during tsunami relief. 6 injured |
| 2007 | hh-60h | 70-1952 | 165114 : USN; from SH-60F; NE-6/HS-2 w/o 10nov07 ditched 100 mi off San Diego, CA |
| 2007 | hh-60h | 163783 : w/o 10aug07 HCS-4 /NW-202 near Baghdad, Iraq | |
| 2007 | mh-60s | 165773 : Pilot died, couldnt get out. Water in lungs, air in bottle, broken shoulder, trapped by avionics. | |
| 2007 | mh-60s | 166310 : USN; HSC-23 USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) w/o 26jan07 crashed 50m off California | |
| 2007 | sh-60f | 70-1801 | 164612 : w/o 07may07 HS-7 /AC-612 struck power lines on night training exercise NAS Fallon, 5 fatalities |
| 2009 | hh-60h | 165117 : 20May09 Stricken from US Navy list | |
| 2009 | mh-60s | 166363 : 06Apr09 Stricken from US Navy list | |
| 2010 | mh-60s | 167850 : received aircraft in fall of 2009. During log run in training mission in West Virginia, impacted mountain due to weather & possible overload of passengers. No fatalities. 2 Minor injuries. Aircraft recovered. | |
| 2011 | mh-60s | 70-3092 | 167826 : USN; w/o 21dec11 crashed in mountain at Toiyohe National Forest |
| 2012 | mh-60r | 166591 : USN; w/o as HSM-75 /NH-710 at NAS North Island, CA | |
| 2013 | mh-60s | 167837 : USN; HSC-12 /NE-3;
w/o crashed near the Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan | |
| 2013 | mh-60s | 167895 : w/o asg HSC-6, crashed onto flight deck of DDG on Red Sea | |
| 2014 | hh-60h | 70-2290 | 165257 : w/o , asg HSC-85, Main rotor blades impacted canyon wall |
| 2014 | mh-60s | 167879 : w/o 02sep14 HSC-6, impacted ground during buttonhook maneuver at Dixie Valley Shore | |
| 2016 | mh-60s | 165750 : w/o 14jun16 asg HSC-2 crashed into James River, Chesapeake Bay during SAR training | |
| 2017 | mh-60r | 166549 : HSM-78 /NE-706; w/o 26apr17 on initial takeoff 24m E Guam USS Dewey (DDG 105). | |
| 2020 | mh-60s | 167832 : wreckage recovered from 19,075 feet ~ 5814 meters |
49 C/N found.
