Year 1953 accidents
List of helicopter accidentsFilter:
| Bell | 47 | 1 |
| Bristol | Type 171 Sycamore | 2 |
| Piasecki | PV-18 | 8 |
| Saunders Roe | Skeeter | 1 |
| Sikorsky | S-51 / R-5 / H-5 | 1 |
| Sikorsky | S-52 H-18 HO5S | 6 |
| Sikorsky | S-55 H-19 | 16 |
| Westland | dragonfly | 4 |
| Year | Version | C/N | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 47 | 668 |  HB-XAG : ex. F-BGXS crashed 26oct1953 3 fatalities  |
| 1953 | hc.2 | wa/h/016 |  WF311 : tail cut off by main rotors during autorotation landing, following engine failure near Kuning, in southwest peninsular Malaya while with 194 Sq. |
| 1953 | hc.4 | wa/h/108 | WT845 : w/o 21 Jan 1953 when main blades detached after rotor hub failure, nr Chemor, Malaya while working up for 194 Sq. |
| 1953 | hr.3 | wa/h/028 | WG714 : 21 Oct 1953 heavy landing c 2nm E of Boscombe Down, after control and instrument failure, while with A&AEE |
| 1953 | hr.3 | wa/h/058 | WG748 : ff 10 Nov 1952. dd as HR.3 to Gosport 1 Dec 1952, 705Sq, from West Malling to Holland 2 Feb 1953 for flood relief from Gilze-Rijen, badly damaged during landing on Overflakkee Is 8 Feb 1953 and w/o |
| 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 |
| 1953 | HO5S-1 | 52-024 | 126699 : w/o 08oct53 with VMO-1. |
| 1953 | HO5S-1 | 52-025 | 126700 : w/o 23jul53 with VMO-1. |
| 1953 | HO5S-1 | 52-031 | 128601 : w/o 14may53 with VMO-1. |
| 1953 | HO5S-1 | 52-070 | 130112 : w/o 19jul53 |
| 1953 | HO5S-1 | 52-090 | 130132 : w/o 19feb53 |
| 1953 | HO5S-1G | 52-053 | 1246 : w/o March 1953 |
| 1953 | HRS-1 | 55-022 | 127788 : w/o 03jun53 at El Moro Canyon, CA |
| 1953 | HRS-1 | 55-030 | 127796 : w/o 01dec53 in Korea |
| 1953 | HRS-1 | 55-036 | 127801 : w/o 01sep53 Ream Fld, CA |
| 1953 | HRS-1 | 55-042 | 127807 : w/o 16sep53 at Cherry Point |
| 1953 | HRS-1 | 55-044 | 127808 : w/o 28oct53 |
| 1953 | HRS-1 | 55-058 | 127822 : w/o 25mar53 at Ascom City, Korea |
| 1953 | HRS-2 | 55-239 | 130169 : w/o 17jul53 |
| 1953 | HRS-2 | 55-262 | 130179 : w/o 20aug53 |
| 1953 | HRS-2 | 55-263 | 130180 : w/o 08jan53 |
| 1953 | HRS-2 | 55-290 | 130192 : soc |
| 1953 | HRS-3 | 55-339 | 130211 : Sikorsky S-55 c/n 55-339, ff:?; del USMC as HRS-3, 130211, 20Feb53; Destroyed in crash during factory test hop. |
| 1953 | uh-25a | 13 | 124920 : w/o 09jul53 |
| 1953 | uh-25a | 16 | 124923 : w/o 04feb53 |
| 1953 | uh-25a | 19 | 124926 : w/o 05nov53 |
| 1953 | uh-25a | 21 | 124928 : w/o 15dec53 |
| 1953 | uh-25a | 24 | 126707 : w/o 14apr53 |
| 1953 | uh-25a | 30 | 126713 : w/o 13may53 |
| 1953 | uh-25a | 7 | 124594 : w/o 15jun53 |
| 1953 | uh-25b | 189 |  130012 : w/o 3oct53 |
| 1953 | s-51 | 51-60 |  LV-XXT : Secretaria de Aeronautica d/d 30abr49; w/o 24sep53 in Antarctica |
| 1953 | Skeeter 3 | W.14/4 | WF113 : after further resonance reduction research and modification, the aircraft destroyed itself in May 1953, during a ground run trial due to resonance. This was the catalyst for the Ministry of Supply removing further funding from the whole Skeeter programme, until SARO had resolved the problem. |
| 1953 | Sycamore 1 | 12836 | VL963 : VL963 ff Feb 1948; w/o 8 Sep 1953 Farnborough, UK |
| 1953 | Sycamore 3 | 12897 | WT926 : w/o asg 657 Sq destroyed by ground resonance on landing at Middle Wallop |
39 C/N found.
