US Army Aviation accidents
List of helicopter accidents by US Army Aviation Filter:
| Bell | 204 | 26 |
| Bell | 205 | 81 |
| Bell | 206 | 74 |
| Bell | 209 AH-1 Cobra | 5 |
| Bell | 47 | 4 |
| Boeing | 414 - H-47D Chinook | 24 |
| Boeing | AH-64D Apache | 3 |
| Boeing | CH-47F Chinook | 4 |
| Boeing-Vertol | CH-47 Chinook | 8 |
| Boeing-Vertol | YHC-1A | 1 |
| Eurocopter | EC145 | 2 |
| Hiller | 360 | 2 |
| Hughes | 269 | 4 |
| Hughes | 369 / 500 / H-6 | 7 |
| McDonnell Douglas | AH-64A Apache | 28 |
| Piasecki | PV-18 | 4 |
| Sikorsky | S-55 H-19 | 8 |
| Sikorsky | S-56 H-37 | 4 |
| Sikorsky | S-58 H-34 | 84 |
| Sikorsky | S-64 CH-54 | 27 |
| Sikorsky | S-70 H-60 | 43 |
| Sud Aviation | SO-1221 Djinn | 2 |
Bell 205 Accidents
| Year | Version | C/N | |
|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | uh-1d | 5403 | N66920 : Charlotte County Sheriff Office (CCSO) at Punta Gorda, FL Jan99-Feb08;
w/o unk |
| unknown | uh-1h | 12785 | 70-16480 : crashed in Spokane, WA. One crew member killed in crash. Aircraft was completely destroyed. |
| 1967 | uh-1d | 5133 | 65-10089 : Served with C Coy / 227 Avn Regt during 1967. Crashed at LZ Quick on morning of 26 May 1967, while lifting in troopers from 1/8th CAV.  |
| 1968 | uh-1d | 5499 | 66-01016 : 13 Jun 1968, with 174 Assault Helicopter Company crashed following mid-air collision with Cessna O-2 67-21415 near Quang Ngai City. |
| 1968 | uh-1d | 5692 | 66-01209 : 21 Apr 1968, with 17 Avn Coy, shot down on recovery mission nr A Luoi |
| 1968 | uh-1d | 5794 | 66-16100 : US Army; w/o 23sep68, HHD 44 Eng Group, South Vietnam |
| 1968 | uh-1h | 9453 | 67-17255 : US Army;
w/o 19apr68 155th AHC |
| 1969 | uh-1h | 11444 | 69-15156 : flying with the 162 Aslt Hel Co jan-apr 1969;
Destroyed when landing 15apr69 US 105mm i.e.d.;
Crew Chief Sp-4 Floyd R. Stringer Pilot Lt. Neimi;
I was told it was rebuilt and returned to service;
Apr69 incident completely severed the tail boom near the fuselage. IV Corps, out of Dong Tam HQ of the 9th Inf Div |
| 1970 | uh-1h | 9963 | 67-17765 : US Army d/d Jun68;
498th Med Co, Lane Army heliport, 10m Qui Nhon, South Vietnam;
w/o 26oct70 4 killed, 1 injured; 1227 total flight hours |
| 1971 | uh-1h | 9767 |  A2-767 : RAAF 9 Sq. Shot down Long Hai mountains, South Vietnam 17 Apr 1971 |
| 1979 | uh-1d | 5786 | 66-16092 : aircraft was totally destroyed at Fort Bragg, NC |
| 1982 | uh-1h | 12762 | 70-16457 : w/o Apr 1, 1982 |
| 1982 | uh-1h | 13108 | 71-20284 : US Army; 02sep82 w/o |
| 1982 | uh-1h | 13403 |  247 : FAS Guardian 1st batch del.1981 ex 73-21715 w/o 27Jan82 |
| 1983 | uh-1d | 9127 | 264 : FAS Guardian 3rd batch del.1982 ex 66-16933 w/o 13Oct83 |
| 1983 | uh-1h | 11954 | 265 : FAS Guardian 3rd batch del.1982 ex 69-15666 w/o 3Oct83 |
| 1984 | uh-1h | 11979 | 248 : FAS Guardian 1st batch del.1981 ex 69-15691 w/o 4Jan84 |
| 1988 | uh-1d | 5300 |  FAH-943 : FAH, ex 66-0817; w/o 30jun88 |
| 1988 | uh-1d | 9258 | 266 : FAS Guardian 3rd batch del.1982 ex 66-17064 w/o 11Jan88 |
| 1988 | uh-1h | 10144 | 68-15214 : pictured with 68-15271 at wreck at Fresno Army NG Field, CA |
| 1989 | uh-1d | 8584 | 246 : FAS Guardian 1st batch del.1981 ex 66-16390 w/o 12Oct89 |
| 1990 | uh-1h | 13633 | 74-22309 : w/o 23nov90 Lake Ellsworth Oklahoma |
| 1991 | uh-1d | 4096 | 245 : FAS Guardian 1st batch del.1981 ex 63-8804 w/o 6Sep91 |
| 1991 | uh-1d | 4280 | FAH-940 : FAH, ex 64-13573; w/o 12dec91 |
| 1991 | uh-1d | 5964 | 267 : FAS Guardian 3rd batch del.1982 ex 66-16270 w/o 8Feb91 |
| 1991 | uh-1d | 8692 | 263 : FAS Guardian 3rd batch del.1982 ex 66-16498 w/o 18Mar91 |
| 1991 | uh-1h | 11130 | FAH-941 : FAH, ex 68-16471; w/o 19dec91 |
| 1992 | uh-1d | 5764 | N965MF : Operated by Maine Forest Service |
| 1992 | uh-1d | 9254 |  PNC-144 : w/o 08dec92 at Alto Putumayo. 2 + 5 fatalities |
| 1993 | uh-1h | 13111 | 71-20287 : w/o 09sep93 507th MedCo |
| 1994 | uh-1d | 9333 | 66-17139 : w/o 12jul94 in Bolivia (as US State Department helicopter) |
| 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 |
| 1998 | uh-1d | 5030 | N4590 : Westwind Helicopters ex 65-9986, w/o 23Dec98 |
| 2000 | uh-1d | 5975 | 66-16281 : 5-158th AVN, 12th CAB;
w/o 01mar00 |
| 2000 | uh-1h | 11533 |  0878 : ARA 3-H-308 never fly; ex 69-15245; w/o 24nov00 being unloading from ship when the crane cable broke at Buenos Aires port; Used for training marines at Baterias camp |
| 2000 | uh-1h | 13267 | 8700 : Oct13 pictured finished with Patrulha Civil Resgate e salvamento, Rio Janeiro |
| 2001 | uh-1h | 9701 | H-19 : FAA d/d 28nov97, ex BuNo 67-17503; w/o 23jan01 near Nahuel Huapi, Bariloche |
| 2003 | uh-1h | 12803 | 0874 : ARA 3-H-303 d/d dec00; ex 70-16498; 2003 crash at Comandante Espora naval airbase
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| 2004 | uh-1d | 4787 | EC-GOD : wreck stored at Almagro by Nov 2007. |
| 2004 | uh-1d | 8714 | H-18 : FAA d/d 1997, ex BuNo 66-16520; pictured at El Palomar; w/o 18nov04 at Bariloche |
| 2004 | uh-1h | 13561 |  8690 : FAB. 7/8 Gr.Av. w/o 13apr04 crash on Amazonas. 5 fatalities |
| 2006 | uh-1d | 5145 | N687FD : To Overseas Aircraft Support Inc, Lakeside, AZ |
| 2006 | uh-1d | 8955 |  FAB-743 : FAB 1996, Grupo Aereo 51, DOS mrks;
w/o 27oct06 |
| 2006 | uh-1h | 13642 |  VF-1823 : w/o 15jun06 |
| 2007 | uh-1h | 12586 | : Ejercito d/d 2010 as spares; ex ARA 3-H-302 |
| 2009 | uh-1h | 10810 |  CC-CBW : Fligh Service, ex N45401; w/o 15feb09 during fire-fighting mission rented by firm Celulosa Arauco: pilot + 12 firefighters killed |
| 2010 | uh-1h | 13558 | 8689 : FAB. w/o 05feb10 during take off crash over two vehicles at Hospital Regional de Mato Grosso do Sul Rosa Pedrossian. no fatalities |
| 2011 | uh-1d | 5352 | ZK-HSP : Lakeland Helicopters;
w/o 28feb11 at Hokio Beach, 10km NW Levin, New Zealand |
| 2011 | uh-1h | 11628 | N502AW : Airwest Helicopters; ex N502SH; w/o 15nov11 aprox 3m W Valle Airport (K40G), Grand Canyon, AZ |
| 2011 | uh-1h | 13216 |  1517 : Royal Thai Army 2005;
w/o between Jun/Nov 2011, hard landing on Jungle |
| 2011 | uh-1h | 9716 | PNC-0731 : Policia Nacional, Huey II type;
w/o 11jun11 |
| 2012 | uh-1d | 4732 | HB-RXC : Stricker Hanspeter Jan10; w/o 20dec12 Ruthi, Switzerland |
| 2013 | uh-1d | 5111 | N775AR : Billings Flying Service at Billings, MT from Jun08;
w/o 16jul13 crash near Dove Creek, Colorado during seismograpic survey operations. 1 fatality |
| 2013 | uh-1h | 12228 |  940 : 6 Dec 2013 crashed in Philippines |
| 2013 | uh-1h | 13814 | N22490 : w/o 21sep13 Black Canyon City, AZ. 2 fatalities |
| 2014 | uh-1h | 12360 | N260TA : Archer Aviation Inc at Waitsburg, WA from Jun00;
w/o 23may14 crash on taking off 15m NE Prescott, WA. |
| 2015 | uh-1d | 4418 | N121PT : w/o 20jul15 during firefighting 9m E Walla Walla, Washington |
| 2015 | uh-1d | 5718 | ZS-HBV : w/o 08mar15 Cape Point, South Africa |
| 2015 | uh-1h | 13729 | ZU-UHI : Working on fire (WOF) FFA Assets Pty Ltd;
w/o 22apr15 Bainskloof near Wellington |
| 2016 | uh-1h | 9494 |  055 : w/o at Carrasco airport. 2 fatalities. The accident occurred only 4 days after the tragic loss of a AT-37B Dragonfly jet aicraft |
| 2017 | uh-1d | 5272 |  ZS-HLI : Working on Fire; w/o 21dec17 during training at Bredasdorp, Western Cape |
| 2018 | uh-1d | 4406 | N111DR : "restricted cat" ; w/o during take off at Olympia Regional Airport |
| 2018 | uh-1d | 4807 | VH-HUE : w/o 17apr18 during firefighting near Snowy Hydro Project at Kosciuszko National Park |
| 2018 | uh-1h | 10484 | ZS-HLP : Working on Fire (WOF);
w/o 23oct18 firefighting at Vermaaklikheid, Southern Cape. 1 fatality |
| 2018 | uh-1h | 9488 | N107CH : CAL FIRE contracted Airlift Helicopters Services; w/o 24jul18 asg Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District made forced landing |
| 2018 | uh-1h | 9856 | N658H : Sapphire Aviation at Houston, TX from Feb17; w/o E Raton Municipal Airport, Raton, NM. 5 fatalities |
| 2018 | uh-1h | 9970 |  1503 : KAF, UH-1H-II type;
w/o 27jun18 |
| 2019 | uh-1d | 4204 | VH-OXI : video by 7News Sydney. TV coverage of the accident |
| 2019 | uh-1d | 4648 |  TI-AZM : w/o 18oct19 at Telire, Talamanca, Limón, pictured (pic2) |
| 2019 | uh-1d | 5144 | VH-UVC : 06sep19 went missing at sea off Birubi Beach, Anna Bay in the Newcastle area, NSW Hunter Region;
Police confirmed the tail rotor and the main airframe of the helicopter were spotted about 8 kilometres south of Fingal Bay;
5 fatalities |
| 2020 | uh-1d | 4396 | N623PB : Airwest Helicopters;
w/o impacted the ground in the Tonto National Forest, Arizona, 1 fatality |
| 2020 | uh-1d | 5071 | N711GH : w/o 19aug20 near New Coalinga Municipal Airport, CA impacted terrain during firefighint. 1 fatality |
| 2020 | uh-1d | 5162 | CC-CBB : w/o 20apr20 Conaf firefighting at Sector Montegrande, Curepto. 1 fatality |
| 2020 | uh-1h | 12199 | N3276T : 24apr20 crashed in city park in Mesa, AZ |
| 2021 | uh-1d | 5028 | N398M : Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) ;
w/o near Townsend, Broadwater, MT during firefighting. no fatalities |
| 2021 | uh-1h | 13263 |  PNP-356 : Huey II type;
w/o near Puno, San Gabán. 5 missing |
| 2021 | uh-1h | 13688 |  3062 : w/o during landing at Jamani |
| 2021 | uh-1h | 9670 | PNC-0715 : w/o 20nov21 crashed at Subachoque, Cundinamarca. 3 of 6 fatalities |
| 2022 | uh-1h | 12349 | 3067 : w/o 20may22 crashed and rolled over landing at San Isidro airbase, no fatalities |
| 2022 | uh-1h | 12736 | N911SZ : Call sign “Metro 2,” crashed near Las Vegas, NM returning to Albuquerque after assisting with East Mesa Fire. |
| 2022 | uh-1h | 9345 | N72297 : w/o 15feb22 hit powerlines during crop dusting aerial application flight near Coalinga, California. pilot fatally injured |
81 C/N found.
