Helicopter Accidents

Year 1969 accidents

Sikorsky S-61 H-3 Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1969	ch-3c	61-504	62-12579 : During a mission to fly Laotian troops to a dirt landing strip at Maung Phine, Laos, the first CH-3,222 (Knife61) was starting its approach, when hit by ground fire, leading to engine failure and a crash landing. The second CH-3, 579 (Knife 62) was also hit by ground fire and lost. Jolly Green HH-3s were called in, but after one was hit by ground fire, it returned to NKP, and finally two Jolly HH-53s were able to rescue everyone before dark.
1969	ch-3c	61-507	62-12582 : 14mar68
1969	ch-3c	61-514	63-9682 : del USAF as CH-3C 63-9682 22May64; xfer 40th ARRS, Det 5, TAWC, Eglan AFB, FL; xfer 38th ARRS, Det 1, Nakhon Phanom, RTAFB, Thailand 06Jul65; xfer 3rd ARRG, 38th ARRS, Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam; Destroyed S.E.A. 20Feb69.
1969	ch-3c	61-521	63-9689 : 21st SOS w/o 19jan69 in Thailand
1969	ch-3c	61-525	64-14222 : USAF S-61R; d/d 30mar65 Tyndall AFB, Florida; Nov65 to 20th Helicopter Sq, Eglin AFB, Florida; Dec65 to Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam; pictured at flight line at Da Nang airbase, Vietnam date unknown; to Udorn AFB, Thailand unk; conv CH-3E, unk; 21st SOS w/o 06oct69 Maung Phine, Laos;
1969	ch-3c	61-540	64-14237 : 21st SOS w/o 26feb69 hit by ground fire in Laos during Igloo White mission
1969	ch-3c	61-542	65-5691 : pictured at Thailand, date unk; 21st SOS w/o 27jun69 during firefight in Laos
1969	ch-3e	61-604	67-14702 : USAF; 21st SOS (56 SOW) w/o 15jan69 hit by ground fire over Laos. Destroyed by US aircraft to prevent capture
1969	ch-3e	61-623	67-14721 : USAF; w/o 04oct69
1969	hh-3e	61-579	66-13281 : 37th ARRS, w/o 24oct69 hit by ground fire on Laos during CSAR of F-100F
1969	hss-2	61-238	151534 : USN; SH-3A HS-2 w/o 08feb69
1969	s-61d-1	61-395	XV372 : To Pembrey Range by Apr 2016
1969	sh-3a	61-304	152111 : Helicopter went down of the coast of Key West Florida during night operations. My Father Richard C. Stull was on that flight assigned to VX-1, I would like to find out more about this accident
1969	sh-3a	61-320	152126 : USN; HS-11 w/o 27jun69
1969	sh-3d	61-343	152691 : w/o 3oct69 with HS-3
1969	sh-3d	61-353	152698 : I believe that this is the SH-3 from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 3 that crashed on a night takeoff aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10). One survived out of a crew of four. It occurred early in a three month North Atlantic criuse. Other SH-3's were lost on that cruise as well.
1969	sh-3d	61-390	154104 : USN; HS-3 w/o 04dec69
1969	sh-3d	61-423	154123 : w/o , I was one of 4 crewman aboard this aircraft when it crashed at Pax Rv NAS at Weapon Systems Test, and the most seriously injured. The cause was tail rotor failure, in front of control tower.