Helicopter Accidents

US Air Force accidents

Sikorsky S-55 H-19 Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1952	h-19a	55-125	51-3869 : w/o 18sep52 in Korea
1952	h-19a	55-126	51-3870 : w/o 15aug52 in Japan
1952	h-19a	55-139	51-3876 : w/o 19aug52 TX
1952	h-19a	55-158	51-3887 : w/o 16dec52 Texas
1953	h-19a	55-095	51-3857 : w/o 10jun53 crashed from engine failure. Destroyed
1953	h-19a	55-107	51-3858 : w/o 23aug53 in Korea
1953	h-19a	55-151	51-3880 : w/o 10jun53
1953	h-19a	55-156	51-3885 : w/o 30dec53 in Korea
1953	h-19b	55-323	51-3896 : w/o 30jul53 went down near O'Neal NB. 6 Fatalities. Rotor failure was cause of crash Airframe was involved in high altitude turbulence research at time of crash
1954	h-19a	55-110	51-3861 : w/o 15apr54 in Marshall Islands
1954	h-19b	55-421	52-7589 : to France w/o 27mar54
1954	h-19b	55-495	52-7592 : to French Forces; w/o 09feb54
1959	h-19a	55-137	9101 : There is a photograph on a display board at the Museu do Ar (Sintra) showing this 9101 serving as a Search and Rescue (Busca e Salvamento) machine at Lajes.
1960	h-19a	55-091	H-3 : Air America; w/o 26may60 at Na Nham, Laos
1964	h-19b	55-778	53-4433 : 1963-1964 at 917th Field Training Detachment in Vietnam; w/o 16jun64 crashed on take off
1965	h-19b	55-562	150193 : w/o 01may65 south of Kúagerði in the penisula of Reykjanes in Iceland. It was coming from a flight from Hvalfjörður. Five soldiers were on board, all died.
1965	h-19b	55-592	52-7516 : xfer MAP to Turkish Air Force as 52-7516, unk; Crashed near Diyarbakir, Turkey, 20Jan65. 3 crew killed.
1966	h-19b	55-486	120 : FAG d/d 1963; w/o 09nov66
1971	h-19b	55-617	N5096V : Trans Alaska Helicopters at Anchorage, AK Jun69; w/o 12aug71 at Valdez, Alaska