US Marine Corps accidents
List of helicopter accidents by US Marine CorpsFilter:
Bell | 204 | 132 |
Bell | 209 AH-1 Cobra | 65 |
Bell | 212 | 64 |
Bell | UH-1Y Venom | 5 |
Bell | V-22 Osprey | 14 |
Boeing-Vertol | 107M H-46 Sea Knight | 293 |
Gyrodyne | DSN / QH-50 DASH | 3 |
Kaman | Seasprite | 3 |
Sikorsky | S-52 H-18 HO5S | 10 |
Sikorsky | S-55 H-19 | 44 |
Sikorsky | S-56 H-37 | 12 |
Sikorsky | S-58 H-34 | 245 |
Sikorsky | S-61 H-3 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-65 H-53 | 79 |
Sikorsky | S-70 H-60 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-80 H-53E | 30 |
Bell 209 AH-1 Cobra Accidents
Year | Version | C/N | |
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1969 | ah-1g | 20614 | 157213 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15080; to USMC; VMO-2 w/o 12nov69 |
1969 | ah-1g | 20704 | 157222 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15170; to USMC; VMO-2 w/o 19sep69 |
1970 | ah-1g | 20606 | 157210 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15072; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 18feb70 |
1970 | ah-1g | 20607 | 157211 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15073; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 14dec70 |
1970 | ah-1g | 20724 | 157223 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15190; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 11mar70 |
1970 | ah-1g | 20732 | 157225 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15198; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 26feb70 |
1970 | ah-1g | 20747 | 157227 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-15213; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 25mar70 |
1970 | ah-1g | 20755 | 157229 : Midair over Marble Mt |
1970 | ah-1g | 157231 : Army AH-1G BuNo 68-17045; to USMC; HML-367 w/o 25mar70 | |
1975 | ah-1j | 26024 | 157780 : USMC; w/o 30dec75 |
1975 | ah-1j | 26026 | 157782 : USMC; w/o 05nov75 |
1975 | ah-1j | 26036 | 157792 : This aircraft was assigned to HMH-462 when it crashed at sea during Operation Frequent Wind (The evacuation of Saigon, South Vietnam). The official cause was fuel starvation. Both pilots escaped |
1975 | ah-1j | 26046 | 157802 : USMC; w/o 29sep75 |
1976 | ah-1j | 26010 | 157766 : USMC; w/o 16oct76 |
1976 | ah-1j | 26035 | 157791 : USMC; w/o 25jun76 |
1976 | ah-1j | 26053 | 159213 : SN-03 was assigned to HMA-169 when it crashed at NAS North Island, CA. Both pilots were ok. I heard the cause was a failed walking beam |
1979 | ah-1t | 160746 : Crashed in Greece. Pilot/Co-pilot did not survive | |
1979 | ah-1t | 160808 : does the AH-1 cockpit section on display marked "808" at the USN museum Pensacola have anything to do with this aircraft? | |
1979 | ah-1t | 160823 : USMC; HMA-269 w/o 24aug79 | |
1980 | ah-1j | 26038 | 157794 : USMC; w/o 21jan80 |
1980 | ah-1j | 26057 | 159217 : USMC; w/o 05mar80 |
1980 | ah-1j | 26075 | 160110 : USMC; conv AH-1T unk; w/o 14oct80 |
1981 | ah-1j | 26071 | 160106 : USMC; conv AH-1T unk; w/o 18sep81 |
1981 | ah-1j | 26079 | 160114 : Crash landed at the mountain Runden, near Surnadal, Norway during exercise Teamwork 80 asg HMLA-269 on USS Saipan. Personnel survived, but ended up in hospital. Helicopter was salvaged and later buried at Ørlanded AFB. The engines were sent to the RNoAF Technical School at Kjevik pic |
1981 | ah-1t | 26086 | 160748 : I have the data plate from the airframe after the crash; Manufacturer S/N 26086; Contract Number DAAJ01-77-C-0481; Accepted 4-78; Aircraft Identification Plate No. 00098 |
1982 | ah-1j | 26020 | 157776 : USMC; w/o 02mar82 |
1983 | ah-1j | 26077 | 160112 : hit by ground fire, AAA while supporting US Army units |
1983 | ah-1t | 26092 | 160802 : USMC; HMM-165 w/o 27sep83 |
1983 | ah-1t | 160812 : hit by ground fire, AAA while supporting US Army units | |
1984 | ah-1j | 26030 | 157786 : USMC; w/o 11mar84 |
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. |
1986 | ah-1t | 160797 : USMC; w/o 14nov86 SN-00/HMLA-169 | |
1989 | ah-1t | 160807 : This a/c sits at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea about 10 miles off the coast of Spain | |
1989 | ah-1w | 26209 | 162540 : USMC; HMLA-169 w/o 20jun89 |
1991 | ah-1j | 26021 | 157777 : USMC; HMA-773 w/o 03jun91 |
1991 | ah-1j | 26037 | 157793 : USMC; w/o 1991 with HMA-775 during Desert Storm. 2 fatalities |
1991 | ah-1w | 26243 | 162574 : USMC; w/o 19jun91 |
1993 | ah-1j | 26076 | 160111 : USMC; conv 26938 AH-1W unk; w/o 16aug93 |
1993 | ah-1t | 26910 | 160813 : USMC; conv AH-1W; HMLA-269 w/o 07sep93 |
1993 | ah-1t | 26915 | 160826 : USMC; conv AH-1W; w/o as HMLA-269 /HF-11, mid-air collision at twentynine palms, CA |
1993 | ah-1w | 26289 | 164590 : USMC; HMA-775 w/o 08sep93 |
1996 | ah-1t | 26927 | 161022 : Info is wrong. 161022 crashed in 1996 enroute from bell helicopter over Georgia. She was my aircraft in Bosnia in 1993. Mishap investigator for this mishap was Doug Hardison, he is a colonel now. I was a mishap investigator also... |
1996 | ah-1w | 26252 | 163927 : USMC; conv c/n 29136; HMLA-269 w/o 01mar96 |
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 |
1999 | ah-1t | 26911 | 160747 : AH-1W type HMM-365./YM-22 Flypast Portsmouth harbour |
1999 | ah-1t | 26940 | 160818 : USMC; conv AH-1W c/n 29105; HMLA-267 w/o 30jul99 |
2000 | ah-1w | 26255 | 163930 : Yes, the Cobra impacted the ground in Jordan, injuring the pilot and was later reclaimed and spent the majority of or the rest of the cruise on the USS Bataan, LHD-5, of which I was deployed as an H-53 Crew Chief. |
2002 | ah-1w | 26214 | 162545 : w/o HMLA-167 crashed during training 10m NW of MCAS Cherry Point, NC. Both crew severely injured; SOC 29jun02 |
2003 | ah-1t | 26906 | 161020 : as HMLA-267 /UV-47 crashed in Iraq during the 2003 push to Baghdad, killing Captains Benjamin Sammis and Travis Ford |
2003 | ah-1w | 26288 | 164589 : USMC; HMLA-775 w/o 22jan03 in mid air collision with AH-1W 165327 near Zapata, Texas about 9:30 pm during night drug-Interdiction mission with Joint Task Force Six, a military/law enforcement drug interdiction team. 4 reservists killed |
2003 | ah-1w | 26351 | 165327 : USMC; HMLA-775 w/o 22jan03 in collision with AH-1W 164589 |
2004 | ah-1w | 26204 | 162535 : USMC; HMLA-367 w/o 23jan04 |
2004 | ah-1w | 26264 | 163939 : USMC; conv c/n 29118; w/o 24jun04 |
2004 | ah-1w | 26272 | 163947 : USMC; HMLA-775 w/o 30mar04 mid air collision with 164595 near Al Taqaddum, Iraq |
2004 | ah-1w | 26294 | 164595 : USMC; conv c/n 29146; HMLA-775 w/o 30mar04 mid air collision with 163947 near Al Taqaddum, Iraq |
2005 | ah-1w | 26345 | 165321 : USMC; HMLA-369 /SM-36 w/o 02nov05 |
2006 | ah-1w | 26290 | 164591 : USMC; conv c/n 29148; HMLA-169 w/o 27may06 |
2007 | ah-1w | 26212 | 162543 : USMC; conv c/n 29170; HMM-264 w/o 25may07 |
2009 | ah-1t | 26941 | 160824 : conv to AH-1W; HMM-166 w/o 05may09
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2009 | ah-1w | 26295 | 164596 : USMC; conv c/n 29154; HMLA-469 w/o 29oct09 collided with US Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules 15m E of San Clemente Island. 9 fatalities |
2009 | ah-1w | 26357 | 165333 : 26oct09 stricken from the US Navy List |
2011 | ah-1w | 26344 | 165320 : Not shot down. It crashed as a result of a malfunctioning ground mat material on take off. The mobi matting was loose and the aircraft forward skid snagged it, resulting in a Class A mishap and the loss of one Marine aviator. |
2012 | ah-1j | 26072 | 160107 : w/o collided with UH-1Y Buno 168039 near MCAS Yuma, AZ |
65 C/N found.