Helicopter Accidents

Year 1985 accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1985	206a	366	N1434W : Bell 206A cn366, ff:1969; xfer Ted T Kennedy, Las Vegas, NV, oper by Blue Bird Express Helicopters as N1434W, unk; w/o when suffered hard lndg during attempted auto rotation due to power loss, San Diego, CA 31Mar85, 1 serious injury
1985	206b-2	1674	N385EH : ERA Helicopters; w/o 19apr85 at Valdez, AK; canc Nov90
1985	212	30733	FAP-605 : FAP; w/o 03may85
1985	212	31188	JA9567 : Japan coast guard from Dec81, test serial N18092; w/o 30oct85 at Okayama City; canc Mar86
1985	212	31221	FAP-611 : FAP d/d 1982; w/o 09sep85
1985	212	31251	FAC215A : d/d 1984. w/o 21apr85
1985	214B	28001	N214RM : Rocky Mountain Helicopters; w/o 19jun85 at crashed at Squaw Valley, CA due to engine failed during logging operation. 2 fatalities
1985	222ut	47538	N3149M : del Pumpkin Air as N3149M, unk; w/o when crashed during landing on oil platform, Gulf of Mexico, 24Oct85.
1985	369		PA-33 : PNA. w/o 19jan85 over Rio de la Plata near San Isidro
1985	369hs	86-0858S	ZK-HKK : noted at the Deer Story Museum
1985	47g-3	6812	NZ3710 : RNZAF. w/o 16jul85
1985	ab206	8004	G-AVIG : first JetRanger delivered to the UK in March 1967
1985	ah-1g	20579	157208 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15045; to USMC; Back to Army; conv AH-1S; w/o 11mar85
1985	ah-1j	26074	160109 : Exercise off Sardinia: Controlled flight into terrain (water) CFIT. Night amphibious assault from USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) (Wx: 3K ft overcast, moonless night) Dash 3 in flight of 4 AH-1T, pilot in front seat at controls, lost SA due to limited flight instrumentation and and visual cues impacted water. Back seat pilot survived.
1985	as332b	2051	F-WXFA : Manufacturer test serial; to Spanish Air Force.
1985	as332L	2060	C-GQLS : Universal Helicopters; w/o crashed at St. Johns Airport, Newfoundland
1985	as350b	1190	G-NOEI : w/o
1985	bk117a1	7016	D-HMUZ : ADAC Luftrettung; w/o 23aug85, Christoph 26 NWK Sanderbusch, destroyed by fire
1985	bk117a1	7019	N117SR : Wackenhut Services (WSI); w/o 09sep85 hit trees during security survey for the Savannah River Site nuclear facility. no fatalities
1985	ch-136	44058	136258 : The free-wheeling outer race was outside the manufacturer’s specification for roundness. This, over time eventually, resulted in slippage of the spraggs, the end result being the shearing of the stub shaft. This effectively disconnected the engine from the drive train with no indication to the crew of the actual problem and resulted in an out of control condition from which they could not recover.
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.
1985	CH-46D	2329	153978 : 10may83
1985	ch-47c	b-698	A15-001 : B.698/E.001. BuNo 73-21970. w/o 04feb85
1985	ch-53d	65-231	157138 : 17 Marines died, 11 from HMH-462, 15 miles south of Yakushima, Japan. Main rotor gearbox failed, ceased mid-air while trying to set a/c in the water due to the mechanical failure emergency
1985	ch-53e	65-428	161256 : US Navy; 1988 HM-14 /BJ-531; 1993 Stricken from US Navy list
1985	ch-53e	65-476	161999 : w/o 07feb85 HMH-465 /YJ-03
1985	h-34g.i	58-750	N65526 : xfer Hawaii Leasing as N65526, byJan76; xfer Carson Helicopter as N65526, 27Oct80; NTSB reports: "Gulf of Mexico: Crashed in Gulf, Extensive damage, wreckage recovered, 3 fatalities, 20Apr85."
1985	hh-52a	62-072	1391 : 15jul85 last flown. suffered an inflight emergency while enroute from the Cutter Bear to its home base of CGAS Miami. It autorotated into the ocean at approx 7AM just off shore of Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. The aircraft was eventually returned to the Airstation and decommissioned. I was an aircrewman on that last flight.
1985	hh-53c	65-185	68-10355 : MRB BIM caution light came on enroute to ship. When acft entered a hover over ship, the MRB failed and part of it separated. The ensuing severe out of balance condition caused the acft to shake itself apart and it crashed on the ship. This acft had the old aluminum spar MRBs. Back then you could continue flight with airspeed/time restrictions when a BIM light came on.
1985	hss-1	SA.146	B5 : FAB OT-ZKE w/o 28aug85 no casualities
1985	hss-2	61-024	148046 : 23jan85 search
1985	hss-2	61-048	148976 : USN; conv SH-3H; HS-2 w/o 19oct85
1985	hss-2	61-144	149726 : USN; conv SH-3G ?; conv SH-3H; 18nov85 HS-12 USS Midway ditched at sea South China Sea
1985	ah1	234	XZ671 : AAC; 652 Sqn w/o 24jan85
1985	mk80	196	S-196 : RDN; w/o 14sep85 ditched 8m South of Mon island, Baltic Sea. No casualties
1985	mh-60g	70-530	82-23707 : USAF; UH-60A conv MH-60G; w/o 26jan85
1985	mi-24d	M340143	0143 : crashed
1985	oh-58a	40145	68-16831 : w/o 26mar85 25th Infantry Division
1985	hp	0338	N8386B : w/o 19May85
1985	S-65C-3	65-344	247 : Sikorsky S-65C-3, c/n 65-344 ff?; retained by Sikorsky for testing as N4003S; del IDF/AF as S-65C Yasur 247, Jul71; w/o 13Jun85.
1985	sa315b	01	F-BPXS : w/o 23feb85 crashed near Flaine ski resort, Flaine,French Alps
1985	sa316b	140/1086	V-264 : SUI
1985	sa330b	1220	1220 : ALAT w/o 21nov85
1985	sa330j	1484	9M-SSG : Bristow; ex G-BFJY; w/o 13dec85
1985	ah.1	f.9507	XP906 : w/o 12mar85, Crest Hill, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong
1985	se3130	1211	F-MJBH : Gendarmerie; JBH; w/o 21jan85 after hard landing on mountains
1985	has.5	wa 879	XZ919 : 27Jun85 Coded -.529 of 826Squadron Crashed after in-flight collision with Hercules XV206. The Hercules lost a part of his port wing but landed safely at Mount Pleasant. 4 killed in XZ919
1985	has.5	wa 944	ZD635 : w/o 21jun85 crashed at Taye, Fyfe. Captain/Pilot killed, 3 others alive; 2013 used as a training aid in Culdrose
1985	SH-2F	199	161649 : w/o 21jan85
1985	sh-3a	61-318	152124 : AK614. I was the first crewman (AW2 Brett Norton) and landed on the Coral Sea to do a refuel and hot crew swap. I had a terrible headache and could not figure out why. The crewmen that relieved us were Maes and Spigner. I told them that something was wrong with the helicopter. I exited the flight deck and heard “Man Overboard, aircraft in the water” over the 1MC. I looked over the side of the ship and saw 614 sinking. They assumed it was tail rotor failure. Maes was trapped in the tail, saw the flares ignite and swam towards them to escape. Spigner had the console come down on his legs and was able to pull it off and get out of the crew window. One pilot somehow went out through the overhead canopy. All crew survived and were rescued by another HS-17 Helo.
1985	sh-3d	61-838	HS.9-13 : Armada 01-513. MAP BuNo 161207. conv SH-3G w/o 14may85
1985	sh-3d	61-843	HS.9-18 : Armada 01-518. MAP BuNo 161212. conv SH-3G w/o 12nov85
1985	sh-60b	70-387	162097 : USN; JA-42/VX-1 w/o 23feb85 ditched North of Bermuda
1985	Sioux	wa408	G-SMRI : Private Reg to Helicrops Ltd, Thruxton until 11Jul86 w/o 24Jul85
1985	UH-1B	735	N99676 : Temsco from aug1980? to w/o 11jun1985
1985	uh-1h	10224	H-15 : w/o 10may85 at San Antonio Oeste, Río Negro
1985	uh-1h	11465	H-91 : fach d/d 1969; BuNo 69-15177; w/o 21nov85
1985	UH-1L	6214	N70410 : w/o 18sep85 log slinging operations at Grace, ID
1985	UH-1N	31453	160835 : USMC; w/o 12aug85 on USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)
1985	UH-1N	31455	160837 : I was there!
1985	hc.2	wa537	XT669 : to 8894M; burnt at Aldergrove