Helicopter Accidents

Year 2002 accidents

Sikorsky S-61 H-3 Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
2002	ch-3c	61-552	: Tunisia, ex USAF 65-12777; w/o Apr02 crash into river, 12 killed
2002	hss-2	61-101	149684 : USN; conv SH-3H; 1990 pictured as /AA-611 HS-3 USS Independence (CV-62) crewmen working on the tail rotor; conv UH-3H unk; w/o 05jul02 as /HU-744 HC-2 on USS Cushing (DD-985) Persian Gulf
2002	s-61a	61-094	N318Y : Sikorsky S-61A Payloader c/n 61-094, ff: 1962; retained by Sikorsky as S-61A demonstrator reg N318Y; sold Columbia Helicopters as N299BC unk, conducted first "heli-logging" operation in US dur 1971; w/o when both engines suffered power loss while lifting logs, ivo Chelan, WA 14Dec72. Aircraft suffered hard lndg and rolled over onto rocks and logs, 2 crew fatalities; hulk sold Croman Helicopters as N318Y; w/o a second time when engines suffered power loss and aircraft descended through trees and burned on impact ivo Lakehead, CA 26Mar02. 1 fatality, 1 injured.
2002	S-61L	61-425	N346AA : w/o 02aug02 at Wendle Creek, BC. 2 fatalities
2002	s61n.mk2	61-713	G-BBHM : HM Coastguard, op by Bristow; 2002 based at Portland on the UK south coast, as the secondary SAR machine; w/o destroyed by a No.2 engine fire following emergency landing at Royal Marines base at Poole