Helicopter Accidents

US Army Aviation accidents

Sikorsky S-64 CH-54 Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1966	ych-54a	64-004	64-14202 : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-004, ff?; del US Army as YCH-54A 64-14202; w/o South Vietnam, 09Aug66.
1966	ych-54a	64-006	64-14204 : w/o 05Jan66, South Vietnam asg
1967	ych-54a	64-008	64-14206 : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-008, ff?; del US Army as YCH-54A 64-14206; w/o South Vietnam, 06Jul67.
1967	ych-54a	64-009	64-14207 : I was ridding in the jump seat
1968	ych-54a	64-007	64-14205 : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-007, ff?; del US Army as YCH-54A 64-14205; w/o South Vietnam, 19Apr68.
1969	ch-54a	64-045	68-18443 : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-045, ff?; del US Army as CH-54A 67-18443 unk; w/o (damaged beyond repair), 17Mar69.
1970	ch-54a	64-047	68-18445 : w/o , destroyed at Sanford AAF, Vietnam. Aircraft was undergoing M.O.C. after maintenance. While being run up, aircraft picked up and nosed over due to wrench left in flight control system. Aircraft was destroyed when M/R blades contacted the runway.
1970	ch-54a	64-054	68-18452 : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-054, ff?; del US Army as CH-54A 67-18452 unk; w/o Germany, 28Jul70.
1971	ch-54a	64-046	68-18444 : I flew this aircraft in Vietnam, Camp Martin Cox (Bear Cat). I was EMU 3 of the 135th AHC and had the chance to fly this beast - great fun
1972	ch-54a	64-044	68-18442 : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-044, ff?; del US Army as CH-54A 67-18442 unk; w/o (damaged beyond repair), 24Apr72.
1972	ch-54b	64-082	69-18474 : Sikorsky S-64B, c/n 64-082, ff?; del US Army as CH-54B 69-18474 unk; w/o (damaged beyond repair), 28Jul72.
1976	ch-54b	64-083	69-18475 : accident
1979	ch-54a	64-062	- : Erickson 1997; This Airframe 64-062 became 64-1001 the first aircraft produced by Erickson Air-Crane with a zero time airframe
1981	ch-54a	64-021	67-18419 : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-021, ff?; del US Army as CH-54A 67-18419 unk; w/o 16Aug81.
1989	ch-54a	64-024	67-18422 : late 1980s, crashed around Aspen Colorado. w/o
1994	ch-54b	64-085	N165AC : sold Erickson Air Crane as N165AC unk; conv S-64F, unk; w/o Hanging Flower Lake, Libby, MT, 01Sep94, two crew injured, one unhurt.
1995	ch-54a	64-056	N64AR : sold to unk as N7089L; rereg SCO Matt Inc, N64AR, unk; w/o while logging near Emigrant Gap, CA 26Aug95 when right engine suffered compressor stall and lost power, crew attempted to jettison cargo, helo desceneded to dry river bed, rotors clipped trees and aircraft rolled onto left side, damaged beyond repair, 2 injuries.
1996	ch-54a	64-035	N541SB : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-035, ff?; del US Army as CH-54A 68-18433 unk; stor AMARC as HG000? unk; sold as N5504 unk; sold Silver Bay Logging Co as N541SB unk; w/o 16mi NNE of Ketchikan, AK, 13Jul96.
1998	ch-54a	64-051	N64KL : sold to Heavy Lift helicopters, Ketchikan, AK as N54KL, 1993; rereg N64KL, 1995; w/o in Yucca Valley, CA 18Jul98 during ferry flight. one rotor blade failed and separated in flight, causing explosion and crash, 3 fatalities.
2001	ch-54a	64-030	N18428 : sold Heavy Lift Helicopters as N18428, unk; w/o when crashed into hillside while fire-fighting in Sardinia, Italy 18Jul01.
2003	ch-54b	64-086	N223AC : sold Erickson Air Crane as N223AC unk; conv S-64F unk; w/o 100nm E of Bintutu, Sarawak, Malaysia, 01Jun03 when helicopter was destroyed following a forced landing after a loss of control during logging operations. A post-crash fire consumed the wreckage. The pilot suffered serious injury and the co-pilot minor injury.
2004	ch-54a	64-066	N248AC : Erickson Air Crane at Central Point, OR from Oct02; conv S-64E; w/o 22aug04 damaged beyond repair while fire-fighting ivo Vix, Ventiseri, Corsica, France. 2 crew fatalities
2005	ch-54b	64-089	I-CFAH : w/o 06Jul05 crash at Fiumicino IAP, Rome, Italy. maintenance crew killed, co-pilot rcvd serious injury, pilot and flight engineer rcvd minor injuries.
2006	ch-54a	64-012	N6156U : sold to Heavy Lift Helicopters as N6156U unk; w/o in crash in Klamath River near Happy Camp, CA during fire fighting activity on 04Aug06, 2 crew fatalities.
2007	ch-54b	64-098	I-SEAD : European Air Crane from 2006; lsd CFSy as tanker 737, Shirley Jean; w/o 26apr07 Impacted trees and destroyed by fire near La Spezia, no injuries
2013	ch-54a	64-050	HL9467 : w/o 09may13 impacted water near Imha Dam, Andong, North Gyeongsang during firefighting. 2 fatalities
2019	ch-54a	64-015	N173AC : Crew swam to shore and are OK.