Helicopter Accidents US Navy Sikorsky S-65 H-53

US Navy accidents

List of helicopter accidents by US Navy

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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-65 H-53 Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1968	ch-53a	65-110	153724 : w/o 14feb68 with NATC
1973	ch-53a	65-095	153709 : Crashed at Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River Md, spring of 1973, complete loss. Lost one soul, Crew Chief Marine Sgt Tom Henderson. Navy Pilot, Civilian Test Pilot and Army Crew Chief escaped with non life threatening injuries.
1973	ch-53a	65-136	154873 : This a/c crashed a few days after Marine HMH-463 YH-11 went down in North Vietnam waters sweeping mines. Both crashes were a result of tail rotor pitch link failures. This crash resulted in all 53's being grounded and new more robust pitch links being installed. Neither crash caused fatalities
1980	RH-53D	65-359	158686 : USN HM-16; w/o 24apr80 during rescue attempt Operation Eagle Claw
1980	RH-53D	65-366	158693 : Apr80 as Dash -4 at Desert One for Operation Eagle Claw
1980	RH-53D	65-367	158744 : USN HM-16; w/o 24apr80 during rescue attempt Operation Eagle Claw
1980	RH-53D	65-373	158750 : USN; HM-16 w/o 24apr80 during rescue attempt Operation Eagle Claw
1980	RH-53D	65-376	158753 : Final call sign was Bluebird 2 on Iranian rescue attempt. Last crew was: Maj Dehoust (USMC), Capt McGuire (USMC), SSgt Lewis (USMC), Sgt Harold (USMC), and AT2 Husman (USN). Lost 2nd stage hydraulic system enroute to Desert 1. Helicopter was destroyed by Iranians at Desert One
1980	RH-53D	65-381	158758 : USN HM-16; w/o 24apr80 during rescue attempt Operation Eagle Claw
1980	RH-53D	65-384	158761 : USN; HM-16 w/o 24apr80 during rescue attempt Operation Eagle Claw
1991	RH-53D	65-364	158691 : crashed in mountains during a routine training flight one year after I retired from HM-19...I was part of this BUNOs crew!
1991	RH-53D	65-370	158747 : w/o 12apr91 HM-18 /NW-605
1992	RH-53D	65-360	158687 : pictured (pic1) as HM-16 /GC-631 onboard USS Inchon. Written-off 9 years later with 7 souls lost.

13 C/N found.