Year 1979 accidents
List of helicopter accidentsFilter:
Aerospatiale | Alouette II | 5 |
Aerospatiale | Alouette III | 4 |
Aerospatiale | Gazelle | 7 |
Aerospatiale | SA330 Puma | 6 |
Agusta | AB205 | 7 |
Agusta | AB206 | 2 |
Agusta | AB212 | 1 |
Bell | 204 | 4 |
Bell | 205 | 2 |
Bell | 206 | 3 |
Bell | 209 AH-1 Cobra | 3 |
Bell | 212 | 4 |
Bell | 47 | 1 |
Boeing-Vertol | 107M H-46 Sea Knight | 4 |
Breda Nardi | NH500 | 1 |
F+W Emmen | SA316B Alouette III | 1 |
Hiller | 360 | 1 |
Hughes | 369 / 500 / H-6 | 4 |
IAR | 316 | 1 |
Kaman | Seasprite | 2 |
Mitsubishi | S-61 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-55 H-19 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-58 H-34 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-61 H-3 | 4 |
Sikorsky | S-62 HH-52 | 2 |
Sikorsky | S-64 CH-54 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-65 H-53 | 5 |
Sud Aviation | SE3210 Super Frelon | 1 |
Westland | Lynx | 1 |
Westland | Scout | 2 |
Westland | Sea King | 1 |
Westland | Sioux | 5 |
Westland | Wasp | 2 |
Westland | Wessex | 4 |
Year | Version | C/N | |
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1979 | 205A-1 | 30283 | AE-430 : Ejercito d/d 22dec78; w/o 06may79 at San Francisco, Cordoba |
1979 | 206a | 372 | N1443W : Keystone Med-Flight; w/o 14jul79 main drive shaft coupling failed, lubricant lost for unknown reason, damaged beyond repair, Philadelphia, PA, 2 fatalities, 1 injured. |
1979 | 206a | 473 | N3500M : xfer Island Helicopter as N3500M, unk; w/o ivo Old Westbury, NY 06Oct79 |
1979 | 316B | 5296 | 9N-RAE : Nepal;
w/o 27dec79 at Langtang |
1979 | 369he | 89-0106E | H-21 : FAA d/d 03feb70; VIP white cammo; w/o 11jul79 Villa Reynolds, San Luis |
1979 | 369hm | 16-0259M | Z.13-14 : Armada 006-14. 6 escuadrilla. w/o 06dec79 |
1979 | 369hm | 49-0037M | FAC245 : FAC;
w/o 13nov79 |
1979 | 369hm | 59-0051M | H-32 : FAA d/d nov69; w/o 22may79 Moron |
1979 | 47g-3 | 6514 | NZ3701 : dd Dec 1965 as 47G-3B-1, to 3 Squadron. Crashed 19 Jan 1979. |
1979 | ab205a | 4004 | HD.10A-3 : EdA. ex EC-AYS,EC-SSF, Z.10-3. w/o 24aug79 |
1979 | ab205a | 4032 | HD.10A-12 : EdA. ex EC-BHE,EC-SSO, Z.10-12. w/o 21apr79 |
1979 | ab205a | 4049 | 6807 : Zimbabwe airforce d/d Oct78 Rodhesia; w/o 10feb79 |
1979 | ab205a | 4051 | 6098 : 5 Sep 1979, shot down by RPG while collecting a casualty from Aldeia de Barragem, Mozambique during Op Uric. |
1979 | ab205a | 4174 | 710 : |
1979 | ab205a | 4306 | 711 : |
1979 | ab205a-1 | 4126 | MM80529 : Esercito E.I.277. EM-2 type. 51 Gruppo. w/o 11sep79 at Grotte di Castro , Viterbo |
1979 | ab206b | 8506 | OE-BXU : Polizei; 13sep79 w/o |
1979 | ab206b-1 | 9181 | MM81027 : Carabinieri CC-63 w/o 9Aug79 |
1979 | ab212asw | 5130 | MM80954 : Vietnam refugees rescue onboard Vittorio Veneto (550) |
1979 | ah-1t | 160746 : Crashed in Greece. Pilot/Co-pilot did not survive | |
1979 | ah-1t | 160808 : does the AH-1 cockpit section on display marked "808" at the USN museum Pensacola have anything to do with this aircraft? | |
1979 | ah-1t | 160823 : USMC; HMA-269 w/o 24aug79 | |
1979 | ch-136 | 44046 | 136246 : BuNo 71-20911. 430 sqd w/o 18jul79 |
1979 | ch-3e | 61-618 | 67-14716 : Aircraft was on rescue mission north of Reykjavik from a crashed Cessna 172. On second trip to crash site the H-3 succumbed to dual compressor stall due to icing. Aircraft was total loss. No fatalities. Pilot in Command Capt Charles K Singleton |
1979 | CH-46A | 2094 | 151944 : BV-107M, c/n 2094, ff?; del USMC 26Aug65 as CH-46A 151944; asgd Boeing FR, Morton, PA; xfer HMM-164 13Sep65; xfer HMM-265 26Feb67; dam 20Jul67; xfer NARF North Island 11Sep67; xfer NAS North Island A&T 12Jul68; xfer HAMRON 16 COSA 13Jul68; xfer HMM-265 22Aug68; xfer HMM-165 10Oct69; xfer LPH-9 USS Guam 03Apr70; xfer MARTD Whidbey Island 04Mar71; stor MASDC as 1J0027 16Dec71; xfer NARF Cherry Point 26Jul74; redesig HH-46A 16Jan75; xfer NAS Point Mugu 10Apr75; xfer PMTC, 12, 02May75; w/o 12Jun79, Point Mugu, CA. |
1979 | CH-46A | 2129 | 152510 : BV-107M, c/n 2129, ff?; del USMC 03mar66 as CH-46A 152510; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; xfer HMM-265 08Mar66; dam 03Jun66; xfer H&MS-16 28Jun66; xfer HAMRON 16 COSA 02Dec66; xfer HMM-165 01May67; xfer FAWPRA Atsugi 31Jan69; xfer NAS Atsugi A&T 04Jun69; xfer HMM-265 04Jul69; xfer HMM-164 06Mar70; xfer HMM-165 03Jun70; xfer H&MS-36 COSA 11Sep70; xfer MARTD New Orleans, HMM-767, 19Mar71; stor MASDC as 1J0039 31Jan72; xfer NARF Cherry Point 18Apr74; redesig HH-46A unk; xfer NAS Jacksonville, unk; w/o 21Mar79 ivo NAS Jacksonville, FL. |
1979 | CH-46F | 2468 | 154861 : BV-107M, c/n 2468, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46F 154861 19Sep68; xfer HMM-365 26Sep68; xfer HMM-162 29Dec69; xfer H&MS-26 02Oct70; xfer HMM-162 27Jan71; xfer H&MS-26 26Mar71; xfer HMM-161 16Jan72; further unit xfers unk; xfer HMM-163, YP-?, unk; w/o 03Oct79. |
1979 | CH-46F | 2483 | 155314 : BV-107M, c/n 2483, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46F 155314 20Nov68; xfer HMM-162 27Nov68; xfer H&MS-26 03Jun71; xfer H&MS-16 CRAA 08Oct71; xfer HMM-161 17Dec71; further unit xfers unk; xfer NARF Cherry Point, NC unk; w/o 30May79. |
1979 | ch-53d | 65-209 | 156962 : w/o 15oct79 with HMM-264 |
1979 | ch-53d | 65-213 | 156966 : w/o 15dec79 with HMT-204 |
1979 | ch-53d | 65-306 | 157730 : w/o 2aug79 |
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 |
1979 | h-19d | 55-1186 | SE-HHY : sold Norrlandsflyg AB as SE-HHY, 1977, w/o 15Aug79 while taking off from Sitasjaure (near Ritsem), the aircraft struck a power line and crashed. Five fatalities. |
1979 | h-34g.III | 58-1503 | PT-HHO : w/o 16mar79 |
1979 | hh-3f | 61-597 | 1432 : The pilot, James Stiles was a friend of mine at CGAS Kodiak. He and I went flying together many times. He was a great guy. He won (his second) Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for his heroic actions that night which gave his crew a chance to live. Most people do not realize just how dangerous working in the USCG is. They have to go out, but they dont have to come back. That happens too often. |
1979 | hh-52a | 62-054 | 1376 : I watched the acident very close to our(CG) helo pad. 1376 never saw the ascending Bell because they had nose up to decrease speed and and power in a retarded setting.
Sad to loose our whole crew for NO REASON. BELL FLOWN BY FOREIGN STUDENT and Dade County Air controllers had too much overlapping traffic. |
1979 | hh-53c | 65-266 | 69-5787 : This is bs. the Major flying was in upgrade training to Flight Evaluator. The accident occured and the aircraft subswquently crashed. I was the one who survived the accident. |
1979 | HSS-2A | M61-077 | 8070 : Mitsubishi HSS-2A c/n M61-077, ff?; del JMSDF as 8070 unk; w/o 24May79. |
1979 | ah1 | 079 | XZ189 : AAC AH.1 d/d 14sep78; BAOR 1 Regt w/o 05jul79 at Hildesheim, Germany. 2 fatalities |
1979 | NH500MC | 31-0284M | MM81054 : GdiF-96. w/o 08jun79 at Roma Centocelle |
1979 | s-62a | 62-107 | 3D-HAB : Sikorsky S-62A c/n 62-107, ff?; registered Sikorsky as N59227 1967; reg to Freeport Sulfur 1967; sold to Petroleum Helicopters as N59227, Oct71; sold Cyprus Airways as 5B-CBU 04Oct73; sold Gulf Helicopters as A7-HAE Apr75; sold Rob Air, Swaziland as 3D-HAB ~1978; w/o in Algoa Bay, 08Aug79. |
1979 | S-65C-3 | 65-395 | 534 : Sikorsky S-65C-3, c/n 65-395 ff?; retained by Sikorsky for testing as N4009S; del IDF/AF as S-65C Yasur 534, May75; crashed, crew killed, 16Jul79. |
1979 | sa315b | 2275 | IGM-275 : Instituto Geografico Militar; w/o 27mar79 |
1979 | sa316b | 1624 | 0643 : accepted ARA 31oct69 as 4-H-23. Then 4-H-3, 2-H-3, 3-H-3 and 3-H-103. Crash 04mar79 during SAR mission on Smith Island (Antarctica). Two fatalities: TC Rusconi and CP Lecese. |
1979 | sa318c | 2179 | LN-OCE : remanufactured by Aerospatiale as SA315B Lama |
1979 | sa319b | 2048 | HD.16-3 : ex Z.16-3. w/o 18nov79 |
1979 | sa321g | 149 | 149 : crashed after main rotor blade attachment rupture |
1979 | sa330e | 1183 | XW228 : 27 Dec 1979, while on a Forward Deployment flight from New Sarum (Salisbury / Manyame) to Kotwa, struck telegraph wires in Mtoko, Rhodesia while with 33 Sq and w/o. |
1979 | sa330f | 1202 | H254 : Ejercito; w/o 22mar75, repaired; w/o 22feb79 |
1979 | sa330h | 1215 | H256 : w/o 22nov79 ? |
1979 | sa330j | 1487 | F-GBDI : Heli Union w/o 11May79 |
1979 | sa330j | 1575 | TPH-02 : FAM w/o 22may79 |
1979 | sa330l | 1445 | 164 : Shot down by ground fire during Operation Uric over Mozambique killing all on board |
1979 | ah.1 | 1002 | XW842 : AAC AH.1; 663 Sqn w/o 06aug79 |
1979 | ah.1 | 1469 | XX458 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland; 1sep79 w/o |
1979 | ah.1 | 1472 | XX459 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland; 25may79 w/o |
1979 | ah.1 | 1503 | XZ293 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland; 24aug79 w/o |
1979 | sa341g | 1003 | N341FR : w/o after hard landing at York, USA. |
1979 | sa341g | 1096 | F-GBLK : w/o late 1979, poss at Albertville ? Reg cancelled Mar 1980. |
1979 | sa341g | 1124 | HB-XFW : crashed at San Bernardino, Grisons. |
1979 | ah.1 | f.9500 | XP899 : 16jun19 Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, Old Sarum |
1979 | ah.1 | f.9523 | XR601 : To Whittington Barracks as Gate Guard 10 Sep 2009, gone by Apr 2016 |
1979 | se3130 | 1169 | 02032 : 1169/C61 Hkp2 type, Marinen 2HD /32;
w/o 10dec79 |
1979 | se3130 | 1244 | PK-TPZ : w/o 11oct79 |
1979 | se3130 | 1405 | 75+54 : PF-133; PF-201; HFB6; HFS7; w/o 29.11.1979 Luedinghausen |
1979 | se3160 | 1016 | 5701 : reserialled Rhodesian Air Force as 5701, unk; w/o 04Jan79 |
1979 | se3160 | 1131 | 5705 : reserialled RhAF as 5075, unk; w/o 27Sep79 |
1979 | se3160 | 1505 | 5170 : Aerospatiale SA.316 Alouette III cn1505, ff:?;
del RhAF as 5170, 22Jul68; w/o 02Jan79. |
1979 | mk50 | wa 787 | N16-098 : ff 30 Jun 1974, dd 2 Mar 1975 Ex G-17-1. First RAN Sea King delivered. On board HMAS Melbourne with HS-817 for the Silver Jubilee deployment during summer 1977. Ditched in sea 23 May 79 following tail rotor failure. |
1979 | sh-3a | 61-321 | 152127 : Scrapped, damage beyond repair due to fatal crash outside Tucson, Arizona |
1979 | sh-3d | 61-401 | 154111 : USN; HS-8 w/o 21feb79 |
1979 | Sioux | wa319 | G-BGAM : w/o 26May79 |
1979 | Sioux | wa413 | G-BEHO : Dollar Air Services, Coventry from Sep78; w/o 23Jun79 |
1979 | Sioux | wa607 | XT845 : AAC Sioux AH.1 d/d 30jan68, w/o 25nov79 |
1979 | Sioux | wa699 | XW179 : AAC Sioux AH.1 d/d 05nov68, w/o 28aug79, to A2711, parts to XT242 |
1979 | Sioux | wa703 | D-HMNI : Private w/o 26jul79 |
1979 | uh-12e | 2176 | G-BBLD : wreck with Alpha Aerotech at Chilbolton by Mar 1990 |
1979 | UH-1B | 606 | 086 : BuNo 62-2086. w/o 03feb79 |
1979 | uh-1d | 5786 | 66-16092 : aircraft was totally destroyed at Fort Bragg, NC |
1979 | UH-1E | 6005 | 151270 : Mast bumping, All aboard were killed. Left HT-18 for a training flight with one pilot and 3 student pilots. Rotor blades cut the tail boom off in three swipes and crashed at alt of 300ft. |
1979 | UH-1E | 6165 | 154943 : USMC; to US Navy HT-18 w/o 11jan79 |
1979 | UH-1E | 6183 | 154961 : Sitting behind the US Army Sapper School on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri |
1979 | UH-1N | 31410 | 158239 : USN, VXE-6 /XD-16 w/o 21jan79 |
1979 | UH-1N | 31412 | 158241 : USN, VXE-6 /XE, w/o 17feb79 |
1979 | UH-1N | 31418 | 158247 : conv to HH-1N type;
Asg Guam SAR unit;
w/o 30jul79, sustained strike damage in a crash caused by a tail rotor yoke failure. The last time I saw it was at NAS Agana, Guam being used for crash crew training |
1979 | UH-1N | 31614 | 158273 : conv to HH-1N; US Navy, NAWS China Lake, w/o 10aug79 |
1979 | UH-2A | 32 | 149028 : UH-2A type gear up landing in Thailand with HC-7 |
1979 | UH-2A | 57 | 149755 : 1968/70 UH-2C type HC-1 |
1979 | Wasp | f.9611 | XT441 : To Predannack by Apr 1987, scrapped at Predannack, Jul 1991. |
1979 | Wasp | f.9756 | 94 : w/o 5 Dec 1979, off Cape Point. |
1979 | has.1 | wa109 | XS150 : pictured (pic1) on the RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) fire dump |
1979 | hc.2 | wa125 | XR500 : Sek Kong dump by Mar 1986 |
1979 | hu.5 | wa287 | XT465 : R.I.P Leading ACMN Lyall Bradbury RN D07514K,
Lt Bernard Brunsden RN C021261L and S/Lt Herbert Clarke RN C024444C |
1979 | mk.54 | wa695 | 5N-AJK : w/o 20apr79 ear Soku, Nigeria |
94 C/N found.