Helicopter Accidents

Year 1979 accidents

Year	Version	C/N
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