Year 1973 accidents
List of helicopter accidentsFilter:
Aerospatiale | Alouette II | 3 |
Aerospatiale | Alouette III | 3 |
Aerospatiale | Gazelle | 1 |
Aerospatiale | SA330 Puma | 2 |
Agusta | AB205 | 6 |
Agusta | AB47 | 1 |
Bell | 204 | 5 |
Bell | 206 | 6 |
Bell | 209 AH-1 Cobra | 1 |
Bell | 212 | 3 |
Bell | 47 | 3 |
Boeing-Vertol | 107M H-46 Sea Knight | 6 |
Boeing-Vertol | CH-47 Chinook | 1 |
Bristol | Type 171 Sycamore | 1 |
Dornier | UH-1D | 4 |
Fairchild-Hiller | FH-1100 | 1 |
Kaman | Seasprite | 3 |
Kawasaki | kv 107-ii | 1 |
Mitsubishi | S-55 | 1 |
Mitsubishi | S-62J | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-58 H-34 | 8 |
Sikorsky | S-61 H-3 | 8 |
Sikorsky | S-62 HH-52 | 4 |
Sikorsky | S-65 H-53 | 10 |
Sikorsky | S-69 XH-59 | 1 |
Sud Aviation | S-58 | 1 |
Westland | Scout | 1 |
Westland | Sioux | 7 |
Westland | Wasp | 3 |
Westland | Whirlwind | 3 |
Year | Version | C/N | |
---|---|---|---|
1973 | 206a | 302 | VH-UHJ : Helicopter Utilities/Airfast Services Jun69, ex N4789R; w/o 09apr73 ditched off Masthead Island, near Gladstone, Qld |
1973 | 206a | 550 | N8162J : Bell 206A cn550, ff:?; reg Bell Helicopters as N8162J, unk; del US as N8162J, unk; w/o during auto rotation hard landing, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 28Jul73 |
1973 | 206a | 599 | N7065J : Bell 206A cn599, ff:?; reg Bell Helicopters as N7065J, unk; del US as N7065J, unk; conv 206B-2, unk; w/o when buzzard jammed between transmission and swash plate, cyclic control tube broken. Aircraft suffered hard lndg ivo Lake Charles, LA, 02Feb73. |
1973 | 206a | 657 | JDF H-3 : JDF w/o 25feb73 |
1973 | 47 | 25066 | FAP-655 : FAP d/d 1972; w/o 05mar73 |
1973 | 47 | 25067 | FAP-656 : FAP d/d 1972; w/o 25jan73 |
1973 | ab205a | 4075 | MM80460 : Esercito E.I.270. w/o 13apr73 at Alpe di Siusi, Bolzano |
1973 | ab205a | 4170 | 707 : |
1973 | ab205a-1 | 4149 | MM80538 : Esercito E.I.286. w/o 19feb73 at Capoterra, Cagliari |
1973 | ab205a-1 | 4163 | MM80549 : Esercito E.I.297. EM-2 type. w/o 14may73 at Aosta-Pollein |
1973 | ab205a-1 | 4505 | I-VFEZ : w/o 06may73 at sea Arenzano in bad weather |
1973 | ab205b | 4224 | MM80696 : Esercito E.I.325. to civ as I-EIAA. w/o 18apr73 Khumbu glacier, Mount Everest (Nepal) |
1973 | ab47g-3b | 1535 | XT127 : AAC Sioux AH.1 d/d 04Jun64, w/o 06Feb73 |
1973 | ah-1g | 21052 | Z.14-3 : Marina 007-3. BuNo 71-15092. w/o 23jul73 |
1973 | ch-124 | 61-284 | 12418 : CAF; ex 4018; w/o 26Apr73 |
1973 | ch-135 | 32022 | 135122 : BuNo 70-15671. 422 sqd. w/o 21jun73 |
1973 | ch-3c | 61-502 | 62-12577 : Dec68-Sep69, Edwards AFB. I was assigned as a CH-3E Mechanic A4350C after training at Sheppard AFB Helicopter Mechanics school. Edwards AFB Maintenance Squadron send me there. I was assigned to CH-3E 62-12577. The Helicopter was still going through the Testing Phase. The next time I saw it was at Hickam AFB. It belong to Air America. My pilots were assigned as accident investigators to fly to an Island where they found the rotor head laying on the runway on top of the what was left of the Helicopter. We were told that they lock the doors after landing and walked away. Later the Helicopter exploded for no apparent reason |
1973 | CH-46D | 2246 | 153354 : Would like to find out more about this helicopter final flight. My aunt was the Woman Marine Major killed in the crash |
1973 | CH-46D | 2322 | 153971 : BV-107M, c/n 2322, ff:?; del BuWepsRep FR Morton, PA as CH-46D 153971 24Jul67; xfer HMM-162 28Jul67; xfer HMM-161 17Oct67; xfer H&MS-36 05Sep70; xfer HMM-164 04May71; xfer HMM-165 07Jun71; xfer HMM-164, YT-??, 10Mar73; w/o RVN 02Aug73. |
1973 | CH-46D | 2340 | 153989 : Oct72 asg HMM-165 was replaced as /YW-5 with 154833 |
1973 | CH-46D | 2377 | 154026 : CWO Poe was the pilot on this 5 Dec. 1973 test flight. I do not know the identities of the crew, but three (3) were killed. Copilot was paralyzed. Both the copilot and CWO Poe suffered burns and were pulled from burning wreckage by nearby Okinawan man. CWO Poe returned to active service. Test was for tracking blades but I was told the cause of the crash was a malfunction in one of the transmissions which caused the blades to mesh.
fyi. I was the copilot that sad day! |
1973 | CH-46D | 2427 | 154820 : w/o 15feb73 10:10hs crashed at John Hay's Baguio City, Phillipines |
1973 | CH-46F | 2570 | 157671 : BV-107M, c/n 2570, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46F 157671 25Nov69; xfer HMM-264, EH-??, w/o 16Nov73. |
1973 | ch-47c | b-696 | Z.17-1 : CF001; FAMET ET-401; ex N6692D; w/o 20feb73 |
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 | 65-109 | 153723 : w/o 25feb73 HMH-772 |
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 |
1973 | ch-53d | 65-168 | 156664 : w/o 02jul73 HMH-463 /YH |
1973 | ch-53d | 65-279 | 157153 : Pat Boots at New River Air Station : |
1973 | ch-53d | 65-286 | 157160 : Yankee Hotel 11 was actually air borne dragging mine gear in the water to mine sweeping area when the tail rotor pitch link failed. I was the crew chief on this aircraft when she went down. I was by the ramp when the tail rotor separated and the aircraft began a left to right yaw increasing in degrees rapidly until the aircraft began rotating 360 degrees in a nose down larger 360 arc. One hell of a ride. Sgt. John J. Walsh |
1973 | ch-53d | 65-315 | 157739 : w/o 27jan73 HMH-462 /YF- |
1973 | FH-1100 | 153 | AE-302 : Ejercito d/d oct68; w/o 15mar73 |
1973 | H-34A | SA.79 | SA.79 : Sud Aviation, H-34A, c/n SA.79; del France Armee de l'Air as SA.79, unk; xfer 59 GAOM, unk; w/o 12Mar73. |
1973 | h-34a | 58-109 | 53-4547 : del US ARMY as H-34A, 53-4547, 21Sep55; to CH-34C Jan64; sos Atlanta Government Depot, May71; xfer Mississippi NG, Jun71, crashed Aug73, sos Jun74; displayed at Fort Bliss as 57-6141 (museum assecion number); reported to 3rd Cavalry Museum, Fort Carson, Colorado, unk? |
1973 | h-34a | 58-448 | 55-4484 : del US ARMY as H-34A, 55-4484, 27Jan57; to H-34C by Jan62; soc Atlanta Government Depot, GA, Sep71; xfer Mississippi National Guard, Oct71; crashed Aug 1973; soc Jun74. |
1973 | h-34a | 58-93 | 53-4531 : del US ARMY as H-34A, 53-4531, 05Aug55; to CH-34C Mar63; sos Atlanta Government Depot, May71; xfer Mississippi NG, Jun71, crashed Aug73, soc Jun74. |
1973 | hh-52a | 62-136 | 1457 : w/o 1973, crashed while stationed at air station Cape May, New Jersey |
1973 | hh-53c | 65-192 | 68-10362 : 40th ARRS w/o 14jun73 Cambodia |
1973 | hss-1n | 58-1774 | MM153621 : Sikorsky SH-34J, c/n 58-1774, ff?; del Marina Militare Italiana under MDAP as SH-34J, MM153621, 4-13, unk; w/o in ground accident at Maristaeli Luni, 1973. |
1973 | hss-2 | 61-120 | 149704 : USN; conv to Point Mugu, CA NSH-3A type (satellite camera recovery aircraft); w/o 26nov73 |
1973 | hss-2 | 61-158 | 149893 : 127 mi east of okinawa; crash on takeoff during workups on CVA-41 for SAR. 3 dead 1 survivor |
1973 | hss-2 | 61-293 | 151557 : w/o 06jun73, HC-2 SH-3G type (?);
This Aircraft is at the bottom of the Western Atlantic; after a flight from the US Guam ended in a loss of control when the ASE malfunctioned and the helo impacted the water;
After an hour and 20 minutes all four crew-members were rescued by another helo (HC-2). |
1973 | hus-1 | 58-1229 | XW-PHD : 15jun71 |
1973 | hus-1 | 58-1603 | 150237 : Sikorsky UH-34D, cn 58-1603, ff:? del USMC as UH-34D, 150237, unk; xfer to Air America, unk; lost in Laos, 06Dec73. |
1973 | hus-1 | 58-1723 | 727 : w/o 5jan73 |
1973 | hus-1 | 58-1820 | 6598 : xfer Royal Laotian Air Force as 6598, after 26Jun70; current 01Apr72; w/o Laos, 10Apr73. |
1973 | kv-107ii-4 | 4071 | 51738 : KV-107II-4, c/n 4071, ff?; del JGSDF as 51738, date?; units unknown; w/o in water landing mishap, 30Nov73. |
1973 | oh-13s | 3934 | ES702 : Hellenic Army; FMS 67-15885; d/d 07may69; w/o 15mar73 at SAS |
1973 | oh-58a | 40471 | 69-16250 : US Army; 11aug73 w/o |
1973 | S-55C | M55-008 | 40020 : Mitsubishi S-55C, c/n M55-008, ff?; del JGSDF as UH-19C 40020 unk; unit xfers unk; w/o 20Dec73. |
1973 | S-61N | 61-467 | G-AZNE : I was on that chopper, and I s---t myself and Iam still going on the blinking things but not for long |
1973 | S-61N | 61-469 | OY-HAI : named Akigssek ( Grouse ); circa 1970 pictured at Nuuk, Godthaab. Note still missing the radar nose and ice deflector; circa 1971 emergency landing on the Kangerlussuaq fjord 2 due to flameout on both engines because of ice in the intake. It was then repaired and upgraded with ice shields in front of the intake and with nose radar as well; w/o 25oct73 crashed 40km S of Nuuk, 15 fatalities. It was en route to Paamiut from Nuuk and was damaged beyond repair. Never repaired/rebuild |
1973 | s-62a | 62-010 | VH-ANE : Airfast Services Pty from Mar68; w/o 26may73 crashed near Polmaise Island, Qld en-route Gladstone-Heron Island. Landed safely without injuries to any of the 9 occupants. It was taken in tow but rolled over and sank |
1973 | s-62a | 62-027 | N316Y : sold Briles Wing & Helicopter as N316Y, unk; lsd to AMOCO Petroleum, unk; dam in uncontrolled lndg and w/o, Requena, Peru, 11Oct73; reportedly stored at Gardena, CA, unk. |
1973 | s-62a | 62-122 | CF-OKS : Wardair Canada 26Oct72; Okanagan Helicopters Nov72; Golden West, lsd; w/o 24Apr73. |
1973 | S-62J | M62-006 | 33-4772 : Mitsubishi S-62J, c/n M62-006, ff?; del JASDF as 33-4772, 12Oct63; w/o 23Feb73. |
1973 | S-65C-3 | 65-235 | 131 : Sikorsky S-65C-3, c/n 65-235 ff?; retained by Sikorsky for testing as N6972R; del IDF/AF as S-65C Yasur 131, Oct69; shot down by Egyptian SAM, 5 crewman killed, 2 ejected 12Oct73. |
1973 | S-65C-3 | 65-345 | 249 : Sikorsky S-65C-3, c/n 65-345 ff?; retained by Sikorsky for testing as N4004S; del IDF/AF as S-65C Yasur 249, Oct71; reserialled 949 unk; shot down by Egyptian AAA or SAM, 2 crew + 12 wounded soldiers killed 24Oct73. |
1973 | s-69 | 69-001 | 73-21941 : US Army/NASA XH-59A ABC f/f 26jul73; tested in NASA Ames 40x80 ft tunnel; 24aug73 badly damaged in a crash |
1973 | sa316b | 1847 | 0680 : accepted ARA 18nov71 as 4-H-8. 7jan73 near Pedro Luro (Buenos Aires) after turbine fail did autorotation emergency landing: 5 injuries. aircraft w/o |
1973 | sa318c | 2019 | A60 : Belgian Army c/n 2019/C646-A95 assembled at SABCA; 03feb73 w/o |
1973 | sa318c | 2257 | SX-HAK : Olympic Airways;
w/o 05jan73 at Angistri |
1973 | sa330b | 1117 | 1117 : ALAT f/f dec73 w/o 06dec73 |
1973 | sa330c | 1050 | 9510 : Damaged at Cantina de Oliveira, Mozambique due to fuel problems while transporting troops |
1973 | ah.1 | 1018 | XW850 : crashed nr Fordingbridge as a result of a wiring fault. |
1973 | ah.1 | f.9497 | XP896 : w/o 20nov73, Armagh, N.Ireland |
1973 | se3130 | 1203 | G-AVEE : xfer RBA Helicopters, Reading, Berkshire, UK, as G-AVEE, 16Jan67; xfer Gregory Air Services, UK as G-AVEE, 15Dec67, [Note: Continued its role as a TV star in episodes of "The Avengers," "The Champions," and "Man In A Suitcase," all filmed in 1967-68.]; xfer Medminster as G-AVEE, 30May73; Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed into The Wash, off Holbeach, Lincolnshire, UK, 07Jul73; reg canx 17Aug73. |
1973 | se3160 | 1015 | 7500 : crashed E of Gungwa (c 12 nm NNE of Rushinga, from where it was operating). |
1973 | se3160 | 1466 | 5087 : after completing a 2 person casevac, the helicopter was heading back to New Sarum and spotted a convoy in difficulty. In attempting to land and give assistance, it struck a wire and crashed. |
1973 | Sioux | wa333 | XT174 : AAC; w/o 18apr73 hit telephone lines at Caledon, Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
1973 | Sioux | wa344 | XT185 : AAC; Sioux AH.1 d/d 01Oct65, w/o 16Sep73 |
1973 | Sioux | wa397 | XT238 : 15th/16th Queen's Royal Lancers. Crashed 07 July 1973 in Aldridge, Staffordshire, UK, trying to rescue skydiver from overhead power lines. |
1973 | Sioux | wa415 | XT503 : collided with part of HMS Bulwark on take off, ditched and sank while operating off Cyprus with 3 CBAS. |
1973 | Sioux | wa592 | XT830 : wire-strike during exercise, BAOR, 2 fatalities |
1973 | Sioux | wa598 | XT836 : AAC Sioux AH.1 d/d 17nov67, w/o 27feb73 |
1973 | Sioux | wa714 | XW194 : AAC Sioux AH.1 d/d 10jun69, w/o 05oct73 |
1973 | mk.52 | 13439 | D-HFRZ : to D-HFRZ; 17 Aug 1973 crashed during take off from Peine-Eddesse |
1973 | TH-1L | 6413 | 157818 : Fatal crash when rotor blade malfunction caused helicopter to disintegrate |
1973 | th-57a | 5003 | 157357 : w/o 02jul73 |
1973 | UH-1B | 543 | 62-2023 : w/o 15feb73 |
1973 | UH-1B | 744 | 63-8522 : w/o 30jan73 |
1973 | UH-1D | 8153 | 70+93 : HTG 64, w/o 02.01.73 Tiefenthal |
1973 | UH-1D | 8210 | 71+50 : At Fassberg by (from Ahlhorn). |
1973 | UH-1D | 8404 | 72+84 : w/o 08.01.1973 Hohenwestedt |
1973 | UH-1D | 8492 | 73+72 : w/o 20.11.1973 Uebung Hungriger Wolf (Exercise Hungry Wolf) |
1973 | UH-1E | 6014 | 151279 : HML-765 w/o 18jul73 |
1973 | UH-1E | 6169 | 154947 : HT-18 w/o 03dec73 |
1973 | UH-1N | 31030 | 69-6624 : 624 lost while supporting a Joint Services Firepower Demonstration at Ft Bragg, NC |
1973 | UH-1N | 31632 | 158291 : HML-167. w/o 05dec73 |
1973 | UH-2A | 20 | 149016 : Kaman K-20 Seasprite, c/n 20, ff?; del USN as UH2K-1, 149016 unk; redesig UH-2A Oct 1962; redesig HH-2D, 1970; asgd NAS Oceana, VA, unk; w/o 14Aug73. |
1973 | UH-2B | 177 | 152193 : Kaman K-20 Seasprite, c/n 177, ff?; del USN as HU2K-1U 152193 unk; redesig UH-2B in 1962; unit xfers unk; redesig SH-2D unk; xfer HSL-32, HV-xxx, asgd USS Guam (LPH-7), unk; w/o 01Nov73 when crashed on pier 5 btwn USS Guam (LPH-7) & USS Forrestal (CVA-59) at Norfolk Naval Station. |
1973 | UH-2B | 182 | 152198 : w/o Mar73 lost power on one engine shortly after takeoff from the USS Sterett (DLG-31) between Guam and the Philippines. The aircraft impacted the water, rolled over and sank. All three crewmembers egressed safely and survived. It was an SH-2D and was on HSL-31 Det-1 at the time of the accident |
1973 | vh-3a | 61-098 | 150612 : USMC HSS-2Z; HMX-1 w/o 26may73 |
1973 | Wasp | f.9612 | XT442 : RN: Wasp HAS.1 noted in storage at RAF Wroughton , coded 326 ex 829NAS ex HMS Arrow Flt (F173) |
1973 | Wasp | f.9678 | NZ3901 : Subritzky Aircraft Collection at Dairy Flat Mainly Complete by Aug16 |
1973 | Wasp | f.9757 | NZ3903 : Delivered Nov 1971. Arrived on HMNZS Canterbury Jun 1972 as 3 Sqdn/460 c/s ZM-ZUX. Engine failure on 30 Nov 1973 caused crash into Waitemata Harbour off North Head. Written off and stored at Devonport (NZ) naval base. |
1973 | har.2 | wa149 | XL110 : In Akrotiri crash dump by . |
1973 | has7 | wa239 | XL900 : HAS.7 824Sqn/333-C Apr 1961, replacing XN303 on unit strength until May 1963. |
1973 | has7 | wa290 | XN310 : A&AEE Nov 1965, Hermes SAR Flt/335-H by Jan 1966, RNAY Fleetlands by Feb 1967, Lossiemouth SAR Flt/684 by Dec 1969, Lee SAR Flt/810-LS by Feb 1973, ditched and sank in Solent (1nm SW of Gilkicker Pt) 16 Apr 1973. |
99 C/N found.