Helicopter Accidents

US Navy accidents

Boeing-Vertol 107M H-46 Sea Knight Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1966	UH-46A	2026	150965 : 1966, as a young sailor in HC-1, I had the opportunity to work on and fly in old number 60. We installed 150 gallon F-4 Aux tanks on this bird and did all the flight testing at Ream Field. I think we got the MUC out of this endeavor. Was on Det. on the Sacramento when we received word of the crash.
1967	UH-46A	2112	152490 : Sank off Duc Pho, RVN, after losing engine, landed in the sea, took on water, rolled over, destroyed rotors. All 4 crew rescued by other Det 102 helo
1969	UH-46A	2038	150967 : BV-107M, c/n 2038, ff?; del USN 30Sep64 as UH-46A 150967; units xfers unk; xfer HC-6, Det 5 HW??; w/o 11Sep69, Norfolk, VA.
1969	UH-46A	2137	152494 : w/o 08apr69 HC-7 Det 102, vertrep, aboard USS Mars (AFS-1) night flight to USS Ranger (CV-61). Crew of four and three passengers, No. 2 engine explodes, dump load, BLACK, hit water hard, set off 3.5 G impact switch. Roll to right, blades break off. USS Radford (DD-446) launches whaleboat, HC-7 DET 110
1969	UH-46D	2236	153407 : BV-107M, c/n 2236, ff?; del USN 27Dec66 as UH-46D 153407; unit xfers unk; xfer HC-6, Det 97, HW?? unk; w/o 16Jun69.
1970	UH-46D	2248	153409 : BV-107M, c/n 2248, ff?; del USN 31Jan67 as UH-46D 153409; unit xfers unk; last unit HC-8 Det 3, BR51, USS Detroit (AOE-4); w/o 21Feb91 during Desert Storm.
1970	UH-46D	2259	153410 : 1965/66 pictured as VH-61 with HC-7 at NAS Atsugi, Japan during a SAR mission for a missing P-3 Orion at Shikoku Island
1971	UH-46A	2118	: apparently sheis being chopped up and her skin is being sold as key chains
1974	CH-46A	2035	150950 : w/o 01mar78 HC-16 /BF-410 90m E Jacksonville, FL
1974	CH-46D	2230	153340 : ; xfer HC-3, Det 109, SA-??, 19Jan71; w/o 10Jul74.
1975	CH-46D	2176	152554 : I was the plane captain of this aircraft while it was with HC-6. This plane was the most reliable in the squadron. It went several years past its due date for Paint and Repair (PAR) while serving on the USS Detroit (VERTREP) in the Med. We also took this plane on a detachment to Gitmo.
1980	CH-46A	2165	152543 : pictured at NAS Whidbey Island located on Ault Field near Oak Harbor, WA.
1980	CH-46D	2285	153387 : I was aboard the USS Constellation (CV-64) and getting out of the Navy on 04aug80. Flew onto the Wichita via H-46 early that day for later transfer to Diego Garcia. Pretty sure I flew in on the same helicopter that went down; as the other H-46 was down for maintenance. Participated in the search and rescue efforts and remembered one survivor that had been in water close to 24 hours
1981	CH-46D	2386	154035 : Was on deck that night...had just given up the LSE duties to my backup when the accident happened. Rest in peace my brothers.
1982	CH-46A	2131	152511 : USN, HC-16 /BF-?, unk; w/o 13May82 ivo NAS Pensacola, FL
1983	CH-46A	2127	152508 : II was a crew member on this flight and it was US Navy not Marine Cops. There were 4 crew members and I think seven passengers of which there was one fatality. We were making a single engine approach to the flight deck of the USS Santa Barbara (AE-28) when the second engine failed just before landing.
1984	CH-46A	2164	152542 : xfer HC-3 28Dec70; xfer MARTD Norfolk, HMM-774, 18Feb71; xfer NARF Norfolk 12Oct72; xfer Boeing Vertol Morton PA 12Feb73; redesig HH-46A 25Sep73; xfer NAS Pensacola 13Oct73; xfer HCT-16, BF402, 01Nov74; w/o 12Jul84
1985	CH-46D	2187	152565 : IWO JIMA (LPH-2) mishap confirmed. Pilot-in-Command (PIC) had been hot dogging all day. On last lift of retrograde PIC insisted that all VERTREP nets and pendants be strung together resulting in high hover with few visual cues to hold a stable hover. Acft drifted into yard arm and killed sailor on signal bridge. As previously stated fell onto AH-1T of HMM-261 and into forward gun tub.
1986	CH-46D	2197	152575 : Confirmed: Pallets of milk were weighed in kilos but crew thought it was lbs. Aircraft was over weight when attempting to land aboard the America. I personally talked to the crew following the accident as I was in their sister squadron, HC-6 and deployed to the “Med” at the same time.
1987	CH-46A	2061	151913 : I think this may be the flight on a sight seeing trip in the PI flying down the Snake river with passenger's on board. The Helo rounded a bend and flew into a cable slam dunking the aircraft killing all on board. The Crew Chief was one of my instrucrers and good friend, Doug Groll. To Doug and all on board Rip. AECS AW NAC Garrity (Ret)
1987	CH-46A	2139	152518 : asg HC-5 /RB-12, unk; w/o 22oct87 video ditched in North Arabian Gulf off USNS Spica (T-AFS-9) when one engine failed during Vert Reo with USS Ranger. All crew rescued, helo sank.
1987	CH-46A	2162	152540 : HC-11, Det 5 /VR-55; w/o 27Aug87
1991	UH-46A	2051	150968 : wreck recovered by USS Salvor (ARS-52) from a depth approx 17,250 feet ( 5,257m ) which was a world record at that time
1993	CH-46A	2076	151926 : w/o 24aug93 asg HC-5 Det 5 aboard the USS White Plains (AFS-4); crashed in the desert between Jebel Ali and Fujairah, UAE killing all 4 crew members
1994	CH-46A	2157	152535 : asg USS Tarawa (LHA-1) HC-11 Det 4 rescue 6 civilian merchant sailors, Gulf of Oman; 1994 Last I saw, it was in pieces at the airport in Mombasa Kenya
1996	CH-46D	2177	152555 : US Navy; xfer HC-6 23Oct70; further unit xfers unk; xfer HC-6, HW17, unk; w/o 14Aug96.
1996	CH-46D	2428	154821 : HC-3 30Dec69; FAWPRA Atsugi 17; HC-3 02Jun72; FAWPRA Atsugi 12Feb74; HC-3 07Oct74
1997	UH-46A	2052	151902 : BV-107M, c/n 2052, ff?; del USN 30Jan65 as UH-46A 151902; xfer NAS Memphis unk; admin SOC 27Sep71; xfer NARF unk; conv HH-46D unk; xfer HC-5, Det 3, RB-16, unk; w/o 19Apr97.
1998	CH-46A	2091	151941 : I was Detachment Chief, AECS AW NAC Garrity (RET)
2002	CH-46D	2353	154002 : US Navy; 1989 CH-46D type HC-6./HW-10