Year 1997 accidents
List of helicopter accidentsFilter:
Aerospatiale | Alouette II | 1 |
Aerospatiale | Alouette III | 1 |
Aerospatiale | AS350 Ecureuil | 4 |
Aerospatiale | Gazelle | 6 |
Aerospatiale | SA330 Puma | 2 |
Aerospatiale | SA365 Dauphin 2 | 2 |
Agusta | A109E Power | 1 |
Agusta | AB205 | 1 |
Agusta | AB206 | 2 |
Agusta | AB212 | 1 |
Bell | 204 | 1 |
Bell | 205 | 3 |
Bell | 206 | 10 |
Bell | 209 AH-1 Cobra | 2 |
Bell | 212 | 2 |
Bell | 407 | 1 |
Bell | 412 | 1 |
Bell | 47 | 1 |
Boeing-Vertol | 107M H-46 Sea Knight | 2 |
Boeing-Vertol | 234 | 1 |
Eurocopter | AS355 Ecureuil 2 | 1 |
Eurocopter | AS365 Dauphin 2 | 1 |
Eurocopter | Super Puma/Cougar | 2 |
Kawasaki | 369HS | 1 |
MBB | Bo105 | 2 |
McDonnell Douglas | AH-64A Apache | 2 |
McDonnell Douglas | md500 | 1 |
PZL | W-3 Sokol | 1 |
Revolution Helicopter | mini 500 | 2 |
Robinson | R22 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-61 H-3 | 4 |
Sikorsky | S-65 H-53 | 2 |
Sikorsky | S-70 H-60 | 4 |
Sikorsky | S-76 | 2 |
Westland | Lynx | 2 |
Westland | Scout | 1 |
Year | Version | C/N | |
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1997 | 206a | 478 | C-GVQK : xfer Northern Mountain Helicopters Inc, BC as C-GVQK, unk; w/o when helo descended into fog and struck mountainside ivo Bear Valley, British Columbia, 30Jul97 |
1997 | 206a | 507 | C-FAXU : xfer Canada as C-FAXU, unk; w/o when longline attached to aircraft became entangled in fuel drums during takeoff and aircraft crashed to ground, Whitecourt, Alberta, 20Apr97, no inujuries. |
1997 | 206a | 672 | HK-4098X : Taca Ltd Colombia, w/o 18feb97 impact terrain at Guaymaral-Suba, Cundinamarca. 2 serious injured |
1997 | 206b-2 | 779 | G-OBTW : BTW Allen May96-Jul97;
w/o 16mar97 at Gravesend near Albury, Hertfordshire |
1997 | 206b-3 | 3345 | N42SS : Sundance Helicopters from Aug94;
w/o 24feb97 at Mountain Spring, NV |
1997 | 206l-1 | 45445 | N57334 : w/o 08apr97 ditch into sea near Ship Shoals, LA; canc Jan99 |
1997 | 206l-1 | 45525 | C-GGHA : Skylink Aviation at Mississauga, ON from Nov95;
w/o 01nov97 at Mavrovo Lake, Macedonia. 4 fatalities |
1997 | 212 | 30995 | XC-JBO : Estado Nuevo Leon; w/o 30mar97 crash at Monterrey. 1 fatality |
1997 | 212 | 35027 | CH561 : Sri Lanka Air Force; ex Thai 35027; ex C-GAJN; w/o 25nov97 |
1997 | 234LR | MJ-001 | C-FHFH : w/o 30oct97 destroyed during logging accident |
1997 | 407 | 53068 | N771AL : AirLife Denver, op by Air Methods;
w/o 14dec97 hit power lines at Littleton, CO 4 fatalities |
1997 | 412hp | 36039 | XC-PFI : Policia Federal Mexico from 1994, w/o 15aug97 |
1997 | 47 | 2904 | A-056 : Aviacion Naval d/d 1995; w/o 24oct97 |
1997 | a109e | 11004 | 9M-DRB : w/o 3mar97 near Kuala Lipis,Pahang. 3 fatalities. |
1997 | ab205a-1 | 4130 | MM80533 : Esercito E.I.281. EM-2 type. united nations ITALAIR UNIFIL as UN-281. w/o 06aug97 near At-Tiri and Rshaf, Lebanon |
1997 | ab206a | 8052 | G-SHRR : crashed beside M6, near Nether Kellet during aerial inspection of gas pipeline. |
1997 | ab206b-2 | 8339 | G-BAKS : w/o 14nov97 crashed in fog, Cocking Hill, near Chichester, West Sussex. 1 fatality. |
1997 | ab212 | 5601 | 5D-HE : w/o 1oct97. salvage parts used for 5D-HZ in 2001 |
1997 | ah-1w | 26254 | 163929 : USMC in 1994 /TV-22 HMLA-167; w/o 23may97 |
1997 | ah-1w | 26342 | 165318 : Dash 2 during night recovery to LPD during marginal weather. Dash 1/ship lost contact with dash 2 as they attempted to remain in formation; acft impacted water in ONSLOW OPAREA, less than 5 miles off Camp Lejeune |
1997 | ah-64a | PV529 | 88-0199 : US Army. Crashed in Germany 3 Dec 1997, wreck recovered to Hanau AAF base. |
1997 | ah-64a | PV749 | 90-0422 : 7/6th Cav. w/o 4nov97 inflight fire during at San Saba Texas. 2 fatalities |
1997 | as332l1 | 2344 | LN-OPG : Helikopter Service; w/o 08sep97 crash at sea 100nm WNW Bronnoysund, Norway. 12 fatalities |
1997 | as332l2 | 2455 | H9-3/39 : RTAF; w/o 19sep97, 14 killed, 7 injured |
1997 | as350b | 1744 | A22-004 : RAAF d/d 13apr84. w/o 1997 |
1997 | as350d | 1141 | ZS-RGF : Helibip; w/o 03jul97 at Kasane, Namibia, 1 fatality |
1997 | as350d | 1288 | N61TV : Sterling Corp at Philadelphia, PA from Aug86, AS350B type;
w/o 28jul97 at Philadelphia, PA |
1997 | as355n | 5597 | OE-BXG : Polizei w/o 14mar97 crash near Mistelbach, 4 fatalities |
1997 | as365n2 | 6421 | JA6681 : Toyota Motor Corp, op by Nihon Flying Service;
w/o 24jan97 hit trees in poor weather at Okazaki, Toyokawa. 8 fatalities |
1997 | 105cbs-2 | S-736 | ZS-HRF : South African Police Service (SAPS); w/o 31may97 hit power lines while chasing a stolen car at Heidelberg highway, Gauteng |
1997 | CH-46F | 2593 | 157694 : w/o 10may97 Struck an antenna on takeoff from US Navy ship |
1997 | ch-53a | 65-119 | 903 : ex 403 |
1997 | hb350b | 1664 | N-7056 : Marinha UH-12 type d/d 1983; asg HU-1 w/o 20nov97 near Plataforma Vermelho Um (Bacia de Campos) |
1997 | hh-60h | 70-2288 | 165255 : USN; w/o 13mar97 HS-3 /AJ-615 ditch off North Carolina. 4 fatalities |
1997 | hh-65 | 6223 | 6549 : USCG HH-65A; CGAS Humboldt Bay; w/o 08jun97 of the coast of North California |
1997 | has.2 | 200 | XZ728 : removed from Main Gate and standing outside 815 NAS HQ building at Yeovilton |
1997 | mk80 | 170 | S-170 : RDN; w/o 14jun97 during airshow at Goraszka, Poland; rebuilt as c/n 410 Super Lynx mk90b |
1997 | md500e | 0212E | 40 : FAS; w/o 21mar97 |
1997 | mini 500 | 087 | N800GL : w/o 13Sep97 |
1997 | mini 500 | 203 | N727EB : w/o 19Dec97 |
1997 | nbo105cb | N106/S-704 | P-4016 : Indonesia Police;
w/o 08oct97 |
1997 | oh-58a | 40445 | 69-16224 : Aircraft destroyed in Dynamic Rollover Incident in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Class B mishap, beyond repair |
1997 | oh-58a | 41110 | N912AU : Knox County Sheriffs Department at Knoxville, TN from Jun97;
w/o unk;
canc 02jan98 |
1997 | oh-58a | 41450 | N919AU : Knox County Sheriffs Depart at Knoxville, TN from Jun97;
w/o unk;
canc 02jan98 |
1997 | OH-6D | 6512 | 31206 : Kawasaki 369HM, c/n 6512, ff?; del JGSDF as OH-6D, 31206 unk; unit xfers unk; w/o 21Aug97. |
1997 | beta | 0752 | G-BOEY : Bristow helicopters w/o 16Jan97 |
1997 | s-61a-4 | 61-794 | M23-27 : w/o 18mar97 near Sipitang, Sabah. 5 fatalities. Mid-air collision with RMAF M23-30. |
1997 | s-61a-4 | 61-797 | M23-30 : w/o 18mar97 near Sipitang, Sabah. 6 fatalities. Mid-air collision with RMAF M23-27. |
1997 | S-61N | 61-748 | C-GBRF : Coulson Aircrane Ltd from Jun94;
w/o 19apr97 during heli-logging ops, pilots lost cyclic control and crashed ivo Stave Lake, BC; canc 1997 |
1997 | S-61N | 61-810 | PT-YAF : Aeróleo Táxi Aéreo;
w/o 24Jun97 after take off at Macaé, RJ |
1997 | S-65C-3 | 65-350 | 357 : Sikorsky S-65C-3, c/n 65-350 ff?; retained by Sikorsky for testing as N4025S; del IDF/AF as S-65C Yasur 357, Nov72; w/o 04Feb97, suffered mid-air collision with CH-53A 2000 #903 in darkness at the remote Shear Yeshuv kibbutz in the Galilee panhandle, 3 crew + 34 pax killed. |
1997 | s-70a-28 | 70-1898 | J-1898 : Jandarma, type to be conf;
w/o 14sep97 |
1997 | s-76b | 760340 | PH-KHB : KLM ex N61QP w/o 20Dec97 in North sea |
1997 | s-76b | 760452 | 2310 : Royal Thai Navy, 203 sqd;
w/o unk |
1997 | sa315b | 2519 | H-15 : fach d/d 1982; w/o Jun97 |
1997 | sa316b | 2373 | 9N-PWH : rtn C-FPWH |
1997 | sa330e | 1170 | XW225 : to Beckingham Range, following spares recovery |
1997 | sa330j | 1608 | HB-XVI : Heli-TV d/d 20jan1990; 18jul90 crash at Cavigliano due rear rotor fail; repaired; 02jul92 injured person on ground at Locarno ; w/o 05sep97 at Val di Trodo, rear gear box failure, 2 fatalities |
1997 | ah.1 | 1525 | XZ300 : noted at Bramley TA Centre |
1997 | ah.1 | 1609 | XZ318 : to Warped Paint Ball Park, near Cosford Jan 2008; still there by Sep 2015 |
1997 | sa341g | 1008 | F-GKIB : w/o in accident. Some parts salvaged and used in a home build of I-PJCG. |
1997 | sa341g | 1170 | F-GEHE : wreckage noted at Chambery. |
1997 | sa341g | 1308 | F-GHGU : w/o 01oct97 at Clermont-Ferrand, France |
1997 | sa342l | 1141 | G-HAVA : crashed on take off, at Gamston. |
1997 | sa365n | 6212 | VT-ELC : Pawan Hans (PHE), test serial F-WYMJ;
w/o 25may97 ditched into sea near Sagar Jyoti Rig, off Mumbai. 2 fatalities |
1997 | ah.1 | f.9475 | ZK-HQU : ZK-HQU |
1997 | sh-60b | 70-1939 | 164856 : USN; HQ-475/HSL-46 w/o 08jan97 |
1997 | sh-60b | 163598 : Red Stinger 110 with Det 5. Four souls survive loss of tail rotor authority upon takeoff of USS Rentz (FFG-46) off coast of Kuwait. | |
1997 | UH-1B | 1021 | A2-1021 : RAAF d/d 1964; BuNo 63-13589; to civ as N888SJ; w/o 06oct97 at Herron California while spraying fields |
1997 | uh-1h | 13709 | 74-22385 : The aircraft was totally destroyed. All nine souls on board survived. Crew Chief was in the hospital for a month and later medically discharged |
1997 | uh-1h | 14001 | HU.10-81 : ET-251; FMS BuNo 78-23184; w/o 4jun97 |
1997 | uh-1h | 9521 | H-80 : fach d/d 1978; BuNo 67-17323; w/o 19-20oct97 |
1997 | UH-46A | 2052 | 151902 : BV-107M, c/n 2052, ff?; del USN 30Jan65 as UH-46A 151902; xfer NAS Memphis unk; admin SOC 27Sep71; xfer NARF unk; conv HH-46D unk; xfer HC-5, Det 3, RB-16, unk; w/o 19Apr97. |
1997 | w-3rm | 390512 | 0512 : Polish Navy;
w/o 12mar97 |
74 C/N found.