Year 1961 accidents
List of helicopter accidentsFilter:
Aerospatiale | Alouette II | 5 |
Agusta | AB47 | 2 |
Boeing-Vertol | 107-ii | 1 |
Bristol | Type 171 Sycamore | 7 |
Gyrodyne | DSN / QH-50 DASH | 1 |
Hiller | 360 | 1 |
Piasecki | H-21 | 1 |
Piasecki | PV-18 | 4 |
Saunders Roe | Saro P.531 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-55 H-19 | 4 |
Sikorsky | S-58 H-34 | 22 |
Sikorsky | S-60 | 1 |
Sud Aviation | S-58 | 9 |
Westland | dragonfly | 1 |
Westland | Scout | 1 |
Westland | Wessex | 4 |
Westland | Westminster | 1 |
Westland | Whirlwind | 20 |
Year | Version | C/N | |
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1961 | 107-ii | 1 | N6671D : BV-107/II-1 prototype, c/n 1, reg N6671D, ff 24Oct60; retained by Boeing Vertol for civilian FAA certification trials; 219 total flight hours when suffered hard landing and burned, 11Nov61; w/o 27Nov61; airframe presumed scrapped. |
1961 | ab47g-2 | 222 | AS+389 : w/o 24.01.61 collision with AS+390 |
1961 | ab47g-2 | 223 | AS+390 : w/o 24.01.61 Collision with AS+389 |
1961 | ch-126 | 58-161 | 9631 : del RCAF as H-34A 9631, 03Nov55; xfer 448 Sqn; fitted out with VIP interior circa 1957; xfer 111 Communications Unit, 1957; transported Princess Margaret during 1958 Canadian Tour; w/o 17Apr61, [also reported w/o 26Jun61]. |
1961 | hr.3 | wa/h/053 | WG722 : Eglinton Stn Flt/918-GN by Oct 1958; 705Sq/530 by Sep 1960, w/o after forced landing near Helston 24 May 1961. |
1961 | qh-50a | DS-1007 | 001007 : Gyrodyne DNS-1 c/n DS-1007, ff?; del USN as DNS-1 001007 Nov60; having served for only 2 months, this aircraft was lost during OPTEVFOR evaluations aboard the USS HAZELWOOD (DD-531) at Key West, Florida on 27Feb61. |
1961 | h-21b | B-129 | 53-4379 : USAF H-21B;
w/o Jul61 during search mission in mountains NW of Denver, CO. Totally destroyed by impact. 55-4218 is preserved as this at the Lowry Heritage Museum/Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. |
1961 | ch-25a | 021 | 147589 : xfer to USN 29apr58;
w/o 24may61 |
1961 | ch-25a | 030 | 147584 : xfer to USN 28apr58;
w/o 6sep61 |
1961 | ch-25a | 032 | 147598 : xfer to USN 24apr58;
w/o 12sep61 |
1961 | ch-25a | 034 | 147599 : xfer to USN 24apr58;
w/o 11dec61 |
1961 | H-34A | SA.17 | SA.17 : Sikorsky H-34A c/n 58-567; del as components to Sud Aviation, c/n SA.17, 15May57; del France Armee de lAir as SA.17, 15May57; to Helisa 58 to test sand filters, unk; accident 23May60; destroyed by fire, 27Aug61. |
1961 | H-34A | SA.28 | SA.28 : Sikorsky H-34A c/n 58-693; del as components to Sud Aviation, c/n SA.28, 02Oct57; del France Armee de lAir as SA.28, 02Oct57; w/o accident 15Jul61. |
1961 | H-34A | SA.31 | SA.31 : Sikorsky H-34A c/n 58-729; del as components to Sud Aviation, c/n SA.31, 15Nov57; del France Armee de lAir as SA.31, 15Nov57; [coded 37.F.1?, unk]; coded GV, unk; w/o accident 20Apr61. |
1961 | H-34A | SA.61 | SA.61 : Sud Aviation, H-34A, c/n SA.61; del France Armee de l'Air as SA.61, unk; w/o 24Nov61. |
1961 | H-34A | SA.77 | SA.77 : Sud Aviation, H-34A, c/n SA.77; del France Armee de l'Air as SA.71, unk; xfer EH 2/58, unk; w/o 04Mar61. |
1961 | H-34A | SA.82 | SA.82 : Sud Aviation, H-34A, c/n SA.82; del France Armee de l'Air as SA.82, unk; w/o 07Aug61. |
1961 | H-34A | SA.87 | SA.87 : Sud Aviation, H-34A, c/n SA.87; del France Armee de l'Air as SA.87, unk; xfer EH 1/58, 58-LR, unk; w/o 10Mar61. |
1961 | H-34A | SA.94 | SA.94 : Sud Aviation, H-34A, c/n SA.94; del France Armee de l'Air as SA.94, unk; xfer EH 1/58, 58-LI, unk; w/o 30Jun61. |
1961 | h-34a | 58-398 | SKY.398 : Sikorsky H-34A c/n 58-398; del France Armee de lAir as SKY.398, 08Jan57; w/o accident 18Sep61. |
1961 | h-34g.i | 58-583 | AS+342 : Sikorsky H-34G.I, c/n 58-532, ff?; del W. Ger Luftwaffe as AS+342, 24Jul57, w/o 19Jan61. |
1961 | h-34g.i | 58-854 | PB+??? : w/o 18feb61 |
1961 | HO4S-1 | 55-009 | 5509 : USCG; ex 125509; w/o 29jun61 MA all killed |
1961 | HO4S-2 | 55-320 | 55320 : HO4S-2; RCN d/d 19dec52; 1955 conv to HO4S-3; w/o 10jul61 ditched off the South Carolina coast. Crew recued by USS Van Vooris (DE 1028) |
1961 | HO4S-3 | 55-746 | 1310 : w/o 25apr61 |
1961 | HO4S-3 | 55-886 | 55886 : HO4S-3; RCN d/d 25aug55; w/o 22sep61 crashed into trees near Aspen Cove, Newfoundland while ferrying fire fighters |
1961 | hss-1 | 58-203 | 140138 : From Flight Logbook of Ltjg Phillip W. Wolfe, pilot, HS-2: "DITCHED AT SEA DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE" Flight was a routine ferry mission to an aircraft carrier at sea. Engine shutdown at altitude. Autorotate to suface. Aircraft lost. 2 pilots, 1 crew chief, 1 pax (Navy doctor) safely rescued. |
1961 | hss-1 | 58-445 | 445 : w/o 17jan61 |
1961 | hss-1 | 58-611 | 0407 : Sikorsky HSS-1, c/n 58-611, ff?; del Argentina Navy as 0407, 15Oct57; coded 2-HT-10; officially placed in service as 2-HP-1, 19Dec58; recoded 2-HP-406, crashed during rescue flight, 05Jun59; repaired & recoded 2-H-10, 1960; recoded 2-HT-21, unk; destroyed in pre-flight fire, 25Apr61. |
1961 | hss-1 | 58-874 | 145672 : w/o 18apr61 at NAWS China Lake. HSS-1N type |
1961 | hss-1 | SA.131 | SA.131 : Sud Aviation HSS-1 c/n SA.131, ff?; del France Aeronavale as SA.131, 131, unk; xfer 32F, unk; w/o 06Jun61. |
1961 | hss-1n | 58-1374 | 139 : Map BuNo 149132. w/o Moray Firth 25oct61 |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-1176 | 148063 : Sikorsky HUS-1, cn 58-1176, ff:? del USMC as HUS-1, 148063, unk; redesig UH-34D, Oct62; xfer US Army as 55-5247, unk; xfer Air America as H-G, umnk; w/o Laos, 30May61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-459 | H-D : xfer Air America as H-D, 20Dec60; lost in Laos 22Jan61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-489 | H-C : xfer Air America as H-C, 20Dec60; lost in Laos, 21Oct61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-490 | H-H : xfer Air America as H-H, 29Mar61; lost in Laos, 27Jul61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-492 | H-I : xfer Air America as H-I, 29Mar61; lost in Laos, 19Apr61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-517 | H-K : xfer Air America as H-K, 29Mar61; lost in Laos 15May61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-713 | H-P : xfer Air America as H-P, 29Mar61; lost in Laos, 09Aug61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-731 | H-Q : xfer Air America as H-Q, 29Mar61; lost in Laos, 05Apr61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-770 | H-W : xfer Air America as H-W, 25May61; w/o in Laos, 18Jun61. |
1961 | hus-1 | 58-837 | H-U : xfer Air America as H-U, 29Mar61; lost in Thailand, 03Oct61. |
1961 | hus-1a | 58-511 | 144656 : Sikorsky HUS-1A, cn 58-511, ff:1957; del US Navy as HUS-1A, 144656, 25Jun57; xfer USMC, HMX-1 for testing, unk; xfer HU-1 at NAAS Ream Field, CA, unk; w/o 27Jun61 |
1961 | s-58b | 58-470 | CF-LWC : Okanagan Helicopters; w/o 03apr61 went missing between Hopedale and Goose Bay with the pilot and six passengers on board. After the long search
was called off and quite a while later a local Inuit trapper noticed a coloured item just below the surface of a lake. This was the S-58, it had
had a sudden engine failure and had gone in with no survivors |
1961 | s-58c | 58-363 | OO-SHK : Sikorsky S-58C, c/n 58-363, ff?; del to Sabena NV at the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. plant, Bridgeport, CT, 10Oct56?; del to Sabena NV, Brussels, 24Oct56?; arrived at Brussel-Melsbroek, 07Nov56?; registered OO-SHK, Sabena NV, Brussels, 26Nov56?; w/o in service 05May61. |
1961 | S-60 | 60-001 | N807 : being restored by the Connecticut Air and Space Center in Stratford, CT |
1961 | Saro P.531 | s2/5267 | XN333 : to Arbroath (A2519) by May 1962; Lee by Jan 1964; Middle Wallop fire dump. |
1961 | ah.1 | S2/8440 | XP188 : w/o 19may61 |
1961 | se3130 | 1254 | 02105 : 1254/C102 Hkp2 type, Marinen 2HD /105;
w/o 31aug61 |
1961 | se3130 | 1423 | A07 : Belgian Army c/n 1423/C196; 09jun61 w/o |
1961 | se3130 | 1446 | PJ-333 : PA-139; w/o 28.05.1961 |
1961 | se3130 | 1447 | PJ-331 : w/o 14.04.1961 Heuberg/Stetten |
1961 | se3130 | 1574 | PG-133 : w/o 12.07.1961 Kassel |
1961 | Sycamore 4 | 13146 | XD654 : Ditched alongside RN HMS Hermes while operating from HMAS Sydney near the Cocos Islands and w/o 4 March 1961. |
1961 | Sycamore 4 | 13224 | XE322 : w/o 20 Mar 1961, crashed in river in Malaya after aborted take off, while with 110 Sq |
1961 | Sycamore 4 | 13245 | XG500 : Tail rotor failure on landing 14 Dec 1961, a/c abandoned in place nr Bender LZ, Somalia while with 225 Squadron. |
1961 | Sycamore 4 | 13375 | XG521 : w/o 13 Oct 1961, crashed at RAF Aldergrove, while serving with 118 Squadron (replaced temporarily by XG544). |
1961 | Sycamore 4 | 13376 | XG522 : w/o 4 Apr 1961, crashed in Pahang State, Peninsular Malaysia, while attempting jungle take off, with 110 Sq. |
1961 | mk.52 | 13458 | AS+319 : 17 Mar 1961 w/o during flight between Celle and Faßberg, crashed nr Hermannsburg. |
1961 | mk.52 | 13467 | SC+210 : ex WGAF, to SNS / SC+210; w/o 25 May 1961 |
1961 | uh-12b | 546 | XB517 : w/o 01jun61 |
1961 | has.1 | wa 16 | XM835 : to Arbroath (A2516) from c , still Jul 1968 and scrapped 1970. |
1961 | has.1 | wa 20 | XM839 : 700Sq(H)Sq/512 by Mar 1961, ditched and sank off Falmouth 22 Sep 1961, recovered to Lee for AIU. soc Oct 1961. Fleetlands dump by Aug 1965. |
1961 | has.1 | wa 35 | XM876 : ditched in N Atlantic during night exercise while temporarily embarked on USS Essex (CVS-9), with 819 Sq/321 on 27 Nov 1961. |
1961 | has.1 | wa 36 | XM915 : 700Sq(H) Sq IFTU/512 by Oct 1961 briefly, 819 Sq/321 by Oct 1961. Ditched and sank 10 Oct 1961. |
1961 | Westminster | wa1 | G-APLE : remains dumped in quarry at Charlton Mackrell. |
1961 | har.1 | wa 7 | XA867 : to Protector Flt/940 by Aug 1961, until crashed and w/o, on Greenwich Island 14 Dec 1961. |
1961 | har.2 | wa 96 | XJ725 : Westland Whirlwind HAR.2, c/n WA96, ff:19Dec55; del Royal Air Force as XJ723, 03Jan56; w/o 11Oct61. |
1961 | har.2 | wa108 | XJ762 : On load to de Havilland to be re-engined with single prototype Gnome H.1000 and ff as such during Mar 1959. |
1961 | har.2 | wa111 | XJ765 : JEHU/8 by 1956, JHU/8 by Oct 1956, Suez assault 6 Nov 1956 |
1961 | har.2 | wa152 | XL113 : Westland Whirlwind HAR.2, c/n WA152, ff: 16Nov56; del Royal Air Force as XL113, 10Dec56; w/o 05Aug61. |
1961 | har3 | wa 67 | XG572 : wreck to a Bedhampton scrap merchant c Mar 1975, until c Jun 1975 |
1961 | har3 | wa 73 | XG578 : crashed at Trenance Farm, nr Mullion. |
1961 | har3 | wa 75 | XG580 : Westland Whirlwind HAR.3, c/n WA75, ff: 24Oct55; del Royal Navy FAA as XG580, 02Nov55; w/o 27Apr61. |
1961 | has7 | wa216 | XL854 : Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA216, ff: 17Apr58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XL854, 30Apr58; w/o 05Sep61. |
1961 | has7 | wa223 | XL873 : Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA223, ff: 23May58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XL873, 03Jun58; w/o 31Jul61. |
1961 | has7 | wa226 | XL876 : Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA226, ff: 26Jun58; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XL876, 03Jul58; w/o 20Mar61. |
1961 | has7 | wa229 | XL879 : wreckage to RNEC Manadon. Burnt during at an Open Day. |
1961 | has7 | wa261 | XM683 : Jan 1960 to 848 Sq / T-B at Sembawang; ditched off HMS Bulwark while operating off Borneo 26 May 1961 |
1961 | has7 | wa272 | XN260 : Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA272, ff: 24Aug59; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XN260, 21Sep59; w/o 01May61. |
1961 | has7 | wa281 | XN301 : Jan 1960 to 848 Sq / M-B; 21 Nov 1961 ditched off HMS Bulwark during a formation landing, whilst in Hong Kong Harbour |
1961 | has7 | wa283 | XN303 : HAS.7 824Sq /333-R Feb 1960, replacing XL849 on unit strength; /333-C from Apr 1961 until ditched and sank off Malta while operating from HMS Centaur on 20 Apr 1961. |
1961 | has7 | wa292 | XN312 : 814Sq/281-H by Apr 1960. Ditched and sank during approach to HMS Hermes, S of Hong Kong on 3 Feb 1961 |
1961 | has7 | wa303 | XN357 : HAS.7 May 1960 to 719 Sq / 626, until ditched and sank c 12nm ESE of Torr Head, NI on 7 Feb 1961 |
1961 | has7 | wa313 | XN383 : Westland Whirlwind HAS.7, c/n WA313, ff: 10Jun60; del Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as XN383, 27Jun60; w/o 16Jan61. |
1961 | srs.1 | wa 32 | LN-ORL : del Hvalfangstselskapet Globus Norway as LN-ORL, 1954?; w/o 01Jan61. |
86 C/N found.