Helicopter Accidents

Year 1961 accidents

Sikorsky S-58 H-34 Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1961	ch-126	58-161	9631 : del RCAF as H-34A 9631, 03Nov55; xfer 448 Sqn; fitted out with VIP interior circa 1957; xfer 111 Communications Unit, 1957; transported Princess Margaret during 1958 Canadian Tour; w/o 17Apr61, [also reported w/o 26Jun61].
1961	h-34a	58-398	SKY.398 : Sikorsky H-34A c/n 58-398; del France Armee de lAir as SKY.398, 08Jan57; w/o accident 18Sep61.
1961	h-34g.i	58-583	AS+342 : Sikorsky H-34G.I, c/n 58-532, ff?; del W. Ger Luftwaffe as AS+342, 24Jul57, w/o 19Jan61.
1961	h-34g.i	58-854	PB+??? : w/o 18feb61
1961	hss-1	58-203	140138 : From Flight Logbook of Ltjg Phillip W. Wolfe, pilot, HS-2: "DITCHED AT SEA DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE" Flight was a routine ferry mission to an aircraft carrier at sea. Engine shutdown at altitude. Autorotate to suface. Aircraft lost. 2 pilots, 1 crew chief, 1 pax (Navy doctor) safely rescued.
1961	hss-1	58-445	445 : w/o 17jan61
1961	hss-1	58-611	0407 : Sikorsky HSS-1, c/n 58-611, ff?; del Argentina Navy as 0407, 15Oct57; coded 2-HT-10; officially placed in service as 2-HP-1, 19Dec58; recoded 2-HP-406, crashed during rescue flight, 05Jun59; repaired & recoded 2-H-10, 1960; recoded 2-HT-21, unk; destroyed in pre-flight fire, 25Apr61.
1961	hss-1	58-874	145672 : w/o 18apr61 at NAWS China Lake. HSS-1N type
1961	hss-1n	58-1374	139 : Map BuNo 149132. w/o Moray Firth 25oct61
1961	hus-1	58-1176	148063 : Sikorsky HUS-1, cn 58-1176, ff:? del USMC as HUS-1, 148063, unk; redesig UH-34D, Oct62; xfer US Army as 55-5247, unk; xfer Air America as H-G, umnk; w/o Laos, 30May61.
1961	hus-1	58-459	H-D : xfer Air America as H-D, 20Dec60; lost in Laos 22Jan61.
1961	hus-1	58-489	H-C : xfer Air America as H-C, 20Dec60; lost in Laos, 21Oct61.
1961	hus-1	58-490	H-H : xfer Air America as H-H, 29Mar61; lost in Laos, 27Jul61.
1961	hus-1	58-492	H-I : xfer Air America as H-I, 29Mar61; lost in Laos, 19Apr61.
1961	hus-1	58-517	H-K : xfer Air America as H-K, 29Mar61; lost in Laos 15May61.
1961	hus-1	58-713	H-P : xfer Air America as H-P, 29Mar61; lost in Laos, 09Aug61.
1961	hus-1	58-731	H-Q : xfer Air America as H-Q, 29Mar61; lost in Laos, 05Apr61.
1961	hus-1	58-770	H-W : xfer Air America as H-W, 25May61; w/o in Laos, 18Jun61.
1961	hus-1	58-837	H-U : xfer Air America as H-U, 29Mar61; lost in Thailand, 03Oct61.
1961	hus-1a	58-511	144656 : Sikorsky HUS-1A, cn 58-511, ff:1957; del US Navy as HUS-1A, 144656, 25Jun57; xfer USMC, HMX-1 for testing, unk; xfer HU-1 at NAAS Ream Field, CA, unk; w/o 27Jun61
1961	s-58b	58-470	CF-LWC : Okanagan Helicopters; w/o 03apr61 went missing between Hopedale and Goose Bay with the pilot and six passengers on board. After the long search was called off and quite a while later a local Inuit trapper noticed a coloured item just below the surface of a lake. This was the S-58, it had had a sudden engine failure and had gone in with no survivors
1961	s-58c	58-363	OO-SHK : Sikorsky S-58C, c/n 58-363, ff?; del to Sabena NV at the Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. plant, Bridgeport, CT, 10Oct56?; del to Sabena NV, Brussels, 24Oct56?; arrived at Brussel-Melsbroek, 07Nov56?; registered OO-SHK, Sabena NV, Brussels, 26Nov56?; w/o in service 05May61.