Helicopter Accidents

Year 1974 accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1974	206a	14	VH-ANC : Ansett Transport Industries from May67, test serial Bell Helicopters VH-FVR; 1970 to to Airfast Services; w/o 03may74
1974	206a	166	LN-ORI : xfer Helitransport AS, Norway as LN-ORI, unk; w/o Lyngenfjord, 18Sep74
1974	206a	332	G-AXAY : xfer Alan Mann, UK as G-AXAY, unk; lsd Plessey Company, unk; w/o Inkpen Hill, Hungerford, Berkshire, on 07Mar74, 2 fatalities.
1974	206a	454	N32TA : del Interwest Corp as N32TA, unk; w/o ivo Berthoud Fields, CO when aircraft rolled 390 ft downhill after impact with mtn slope. Density alt abt 14000ft, 03Aug74, 1 fatality.
1974	206a	465	N2265W : Bell 206A cn465, ff:?; reg Bell Helicopters as N2265W, unk; del Gay Airways as N2265W, unk; w/o ivo Valdez, AK, 23Jun74.
1974	206a	543	N4833 : Bell 206A cn543, ff:?; del So-Nat-Gas Co as N4833, 1970; w/o flew into river on approach to heli-pad, Gloria, LA 08Mar74, no fatalities.
1974	212	30530	FAP-644 : FAP d/d 1972; w/o 26jan74
1974	212	30532	FAP-646 : FAP d/d 1972; w/o 11sep74 crash on jungle after engine one door opened, disengaged and impacted with the tail rotor. No casualties
1974	212	30620	FAP-605 : FAP d/d 1974; w/o 16may74
1974	212	30633	FAP-608 : FAP d/d 1974; w/o 06oct74
1974	369hm	101-0218M	Z.13-4 : Armada 006-4. 6 escuadrilla. w/o 22feb74
1974	369hm	39-0032M	H-22 : FAA d/d nov69; w/o 18Apr74 Paraguay river
1974	369hm	48-0002M	FAC242 : FAC, test serial N9003F; w/o 06jan74
1974	47	7508	FAP-657 : FAP d/d 1972; w/o 13mar74
1974	47g-3	6809	NZ3707 : RNZAF. w/o 02apr74
1974	ab47g-3b	1566	XT104 : AAC Sioux AH.1 d/d 15Jan65, s.o.c. 11Mar74 as CAT 5(C)
1974	ab47j	1016	OY-HAV : ex RDAF T-896 by 1959; w/o Sep 1974
1974	ah-1g	21124	Z.14-5 : Marina 7-005. BuNo 72-21461. w/o 22feb74
1974	ch-113a	4007	11313 : 11313 crashed near NAMAO, ALBERTA during night maneuvers on March 19, 1974 (Not in BC as noted). The crew of three, Capt. Ronald Raymond Fleming (36), Captain Ronald George Davidson (31) and MCpl Malcom Ross Caton (29) all perished in the crash. An investigation revealed the mishap resulted from internal rotor blade spar erosion and cracking resulting in about three metres of one of the forward blades detaching in flight. This resulted in a catastrophic mid-air breakup of the aircraft.
1974	ch-136	44067	136267 : BuNo 71-20932. 408 sqd w/o 09may74
1974	ch-147	b-718	147001 : CH-47C G-001. BuNo 74-22058. w/o 18oct74 prior delivery. Replaced by 147009
1974	ch-3e	61-651	69-5807 : USAF; conv HH-3E; w/o 06dec74 Portage Pass Anchorage, Alaska. Pilot killed
1974	CH-46A	2035	150950 : w/o 01mar78 HC-16 /BF-410 90m E Jacksonville, FL
1974	CH-46D	2227	153337 : w/o 17dec76 HC-6 Det2 /HW-02 USS San Diego
1974	CH-46D	2230	153340 : ; xfer HC-3, Det 109, SA-??, 19Jan71; w/o 10Jul74.
1974	CH-46F	2495	156425 : Apr82 Conv to a CH-46E and transf from NAVDEPOT Cherry Point, NC to HMM-262 Kaneohe Bay, HI
1974	CH-46F	2575	157676 : w/o 04mar74 MCAS New River, Blade failure on shutdown. pilot killed
1974	ch-53a	65-027	152400 : w/o 26jul74
1974	ch-53d	65-200	156953 : w/o 30may74 HMH-463 /YH
1974	ch-53d	65-297	157171 : w/o 19jul74 with HMM-162
1974	FH-1100	154	AE-303 : Ejercito d/d oct68; w/o 14mar74
1974	FH-1100	155	AE-304 : Ejercito d/d oct68; w/o 27feb74
1974	h-34a	58-330	C-FOKR : sold Universal Helicopter, Canada as C-FOKR, unk; accident 20Aug74.
1974	h-34g.III	58-1606	PT-HFU : xfer Lider Taxi Aereo as PT-HFU, 22Feb74; w/o crashed at sea off Sao Luiz, Brazil, 28May74.
1974	h-34g.III	58-1614	OB-T1042 : w/o 30jul74
1974	h-34g.III	58-1637	PT-HFW : Lider, noted date unk
1974	hh-1h	17103	70-2459 : USAF; 06mar74 damaged, wfu 20may74
1974	hh-1k	6324	157200 : HAL-3; w/o 30apr74; preserved Pacific Aviation Museum ?
1974	hss-1	58-743	N40809 : w/o 7jan74
1974	hss-1n	58-1666	MM150821 : Sikorsky HSS-1N, c/n 58-1666, ff?; del to Marina Militare Italiana under MDAP as SH-34J, MM150821, 23, 28Aug63; recoded 4-03, unk; crashed near Campalecina, 18Oct74.
1974	hss-2	61-012	148034 : I was with RVAH-13, Reconnaissance Attack Squadron Thirteen (Heavy) "Bats", flying RA-5C Vigilante ... and as I remember it, I was coming onto the flight deck to install a component into the jet, and I looked up and behind me as the HC was coming to land, and then noticed the SAM heading for the destroyer and I said 'oh shit' several times. The HC seemed to go full throttle and lifted and the SAM caught onto the heat signature from the HC and went directly into her and she exploded. I dove into the catwalk and saw the HC nearing the water below and it exploded again. I then picked up the tossed equipment and continued to the vigilante to install it. I was numb and in shock from the incident ... and am still dealing with it to this day ...
1974	hss-2	61-138	149721 : Off USS Saratoga, an S-2 Tracker saw lights in the water and radioed in. Pilots had gotten vertigo, in a sonar hover, black night overcast, and no horizon. Free streamed the sonar and reach 500’ before low air speed and weather conditions caused lose of control. Aircraft crashed and sank, all 4 crew exited under water.
1974	hss-2	61-261	: Carson; as hull/spares; ex 151548
1974	mi-6		EP-633 : w/o 11oct74
1974	mi-8t	52044	FAP-633 : Whilst browsing have come upon your info on FAP-633; 30may74 I have a photo of it taken at Iquitos Intl. and it has the second registration of OB-E-964. I believe this Mi 8t to be the one that went down on return to Lima. the crew appearing some days later trekking from the crash site in the upper reaches of the Amazon
1974	oh-58a	40238	68-16924 : w/o 11feb74
1974	s-61a-4	61-494	FM-1715 : Sikorsky S-61A-4 Nuri, c/n 61-494, ff:?; del RMAF as FM-1715, 13Mar72; w/o 08Sep74.
1974	S-65C-3	65-241	143 : Sikorsky S-65C-3, c/n 65-241 ff?; retained by Sikorsky for testing as N6978R; del IDF/AF as S-65C Yasur 143, Jan70; collision on landing at Mahanayim landing strip, crew + 6 psgs killed, 19Apr74.
1974	sa315b	2298	OE-EXX : written off 1974
1974	sa316b	128/1074	V-252 : SUI w/o 19Aug74
1974	sa316b	1831	PH-NNX : schreiner toward 1972
1974	sa321h	180	iq180? : Iraqui airforce; w/o 04feb74
1974	sa330b	1031	1031 : ALAT; w/o 22oct74
1974	sa330e	1068	XW203 : Also allocated Fairey series c/n F.9750.  ff 23 Mar 1971, dd 5 Apr 1971. Lost control and crashed nr N. Whitchurch and w/o 15 Nov 1974 while with 33 Squadron
1974	sa330f	1147	5N-AKE : ex PH-ACF; 5N-AKE w/o 19apr74
1974	sa330f	1207	D-HAXB : BGS; w/o 23mar74 fire on ground Lubeck
1974	ah.1	f.9531	XR631 : w/o 19jun74, Vogelsang, W.Germany
1974	ah.1	f.9536	XR636 : scr Gosport
1974	se3130	1802	A36 : Belgian Army c/n 1802/C440; 18sep74 w/o
1974	se3160	1559	559 : w/o in accident.
1974	has.1	wa 632	XV644 : to Predannack Ocy 1992, still there by May 1993, perished by May 1994.
1974	has.1	wa 655	XV667 : w/o 12dic74
1974	has.1	wa 673	XV702 : wreckage noted on dump at Fleetlands (as /054-R) by , gone by 1979.
1974	mk41	wa 765	89+61 : At the MarineTechnischeSchule, Westerland on Sylt by 1985.
1974	mk.52	13480	WE+548 : w/o 10.74
1974	TH-1L	6418	157823 : HT-18 w/o 30nov74
1974	uh-12e	2253	XS162 : Re-build at Fleetlands - this was the last of type to be repaired at Fleetlands; to 705 NAS / (5)48 by Jun 1974 but subsequently crashed 3 Sep 1974 nr Ruan Manor. Airframe recovered, to Culdrose dump by Jul 1976.
1974	UH-1C	3113	855 : UH-1C-BF BuNo 65-12854; to Norway as UH-1B 855; w/o 4sep74
1974	UH-1D	8186	71+26 : Noted on Ahlhorn fire dump by until at least 1982
1974	uh-1d	8594	H-10 : FAA d/d 1967, FMS BuNo 66-16400; w/o 22dic74 crashed in Antarctica
1974	UH-1N	31053	69-6647 : w/o asg Fairchild AFB, WA. Hit powerlines at 9 mile falls and crashed into water
1974	UH-1N	31659	XC-GIC : PGR d/d 1974. w/o 22sep74. ex BuNo 158783
1974	UH-2A	77	149775 : 1970/71 as UH-2C type HC-1 Det.2 /UP-006 on CVA-63 USS Kitty Hawk
1974	has.1	wa 71	XP138 : to Odiham dump still as /654 by Jan 1976
1974	has.1	wa255	XS875 : RNAY Fleetlands Dec 1974 for spares recovery; to Brize Norton by Oct 1976 scr. 1978.
1974	has.31	wa208	N7-208 : Westland Wessex Mk.31A, c/n WA208, f/f:28/11/62; del RAN as N7-208, 818, 20Dec62; ditched 19/11/74 off Beecroft Head NSW. Pilot Lt(P)P Davidson RAN, SBLT(P) Jackson RAN, SBLT(O) J.D. Jones RAN, and LSA Payne crew. Engine failure in hover. Ditched and only one inflation bag operated. Aircraft turned upside down and sank. Crew rescued safely by Wessex 815.
1974	has.31	wa222	N7-222 : On display at HARS Aviation Museum, Albion Park
1974	hu.5	wa299	XT477 : Fitted with ski for trials by Feb 1969. Stored Fleetlands, 845Sq/J-H by Dec 1973, crashed into Norwegian Sea 18 Feb 1974, E of Harstad, Norway and w/o.
1974	ych-53e	65-391	159121 : 01mar74 pictured on its maiden flight. Note the different tail planes compared to the later production models, the first of which flew on 13dec80