Helicopter Accidents

Year 1981 accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1981	206a	255	PT-HBY : Bell 206A cn255, ff:?; del Brazil as PT-HBY, unk; w/o 12Jul81.
1981	206a	270	N4717R : Bell 206A cn270, ff:?; reg Bell Helicopters as N4717R, unk; xfer US as N4717R, unk; conv Bell 206B-2, unk; w/o Fruitland, UT, 03Dec81
1981	212	30705	N392EH : ERA Helicopters Jun75-Mar91; w/o 23aug81 at Kenai, AK
1981	212	31116	FAP-687 : FAP d/d 1979; w/o 21feb81
1981	212	31120	PT-HKW : Lider Taxi Aereo; ex N57485; w/o 22jul81 at Macae/RJ
1981	212	31163	G-BIJF : w/o crashed into the sea c 1nm SE of Dunlin A platform on a flight from Brent B to Dunlin A. Wreckage recovered.
1981	369hm	49-0039M	FAC247 : FAC; w/o 12apr81
1981	369hm	49-0041M	FAC249 : FAC; w/o 03oct81
1981	369hm	51-0208M	H-208 : RDAF Esk724; d/d 07sep71; w/o 27may81
1981	369hs	76-0829S	N191BB : Sonoma County Sheriff Office (SCSO), CA from Aug77; w/o 24apr81; May81 canc as destroyed
1981	ab205a-1	4176	MM80778 : CC-34. 4 Nucleo Elicotteri. w/o 16nov81 at Viba Valentina, Catanzaro
1981	ab205a-1	4279	MM80714 : Esercito E.I.343. replaced c/n 4247 given to Morocco. 21 Gruppo. w/o 05sep81 at Monte Limbara, Sassari
1981	ab212	5609	5D-HM : w/o 03jul81
1981	ah-1j	26071	160106 : USMC; conv AH-1T unk; w/o 18sep81
1981	ah-1j	26079	160114 : USMC; conv AH-1T unk; w/o 22may81
1981	ah-1t	26086	160748 : I have the data plate from the airframe after the crash; Manufacturer S/N 26086; Contract Number DAAJ01-77-C-0481; Accepted 4-78; Aircraft Identification Plate No. 00098
1981	CH-46D	2266	153370 : 1978-1979, I crewed this Bird in Okinawa with HMM-161. She was know as "Carelson's Magic Bus..
1981	CH-46D	2267	153371 : Former Cpl. Jr Venhous USMC. Crew chief of 153371 from feb68 to nov68, RSVN, @ Phu Bia
1981	CH-46D	2312	153961 : w/o 03mar81 as HMM-165 /YW-03 crashed while aboard the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3). Crew chief was killed, both pilots made in out.
1981	CH-46D	2386	154035 : Was on deck that night...had just given up the LSE duties to my backup when the accident happened. Rest in peace my brothers.
1981	CH-46F	2565	157666 : BV-107M, c/n 2565, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46F 157666 18Nov69; xfer HMM-264 05Dec69; xfer H&MS-26 19Dec74; xfer HMM-264 31Mar75; further unit xfers unk; xfer HMM-164, YT-??, w/o 10Feb81.
1981	CH-46F	2608	157709 : Greg Boyle was the Crew Chief. The Navy Director (Yellow Shirt) was knocked off the deck most likely by a disintegrated rotor blade. I don't believe his body was recovered.
1981	ch-53a	65-105	153719 : During CQ hit another Squadron helicopter chained down on deck but running
1981	ch-53a	65-113	153727 : w/o 10feb81 HMH-462 /YF-
1981	ch-53d	65-307	157731 : w/o 17sep81 with HMM-263
1981	ch-54a	64-021	67-18419 : Sikorsky S-64A, c/n 64-021, ff?; del US Army as CH-54A 67-18419 unk; w/o 16Aug81.
1981	hh-3e	61-628	68-8282 : USAF; 38 ARRS w/o 1981
1981	hh-52a	62-022	1353 : I was the air crewman the night this aircraft went down.
1981	hh-52a	62-115	1427 : It was determined that a pitch change control rod broke while in flight.
1981	HH-53B	65-090	66-14435 : 435 actually went down in late morning; aircraft Commander was Capt James P. Gang. The A/C had a crew of 4, plus a flight examiner, Capt. Randy Jensen and the crew chief, Sgt Michael Hoon on board. Capt Jensen and Sgt Hoon survived the crash but died from burns received.
1981	hss-2	61-039	148967 : I was in it when it was ditched and lost at sea. Never recovered
1981	hss-2	61-051	148979 : crashed on a small island in the pacific during a radiological survey of bikini atoll. Hi speed shaft bolts failed causing fire in flight. Crew survived !!! Ask Lt. Hall....
1981	hss-2	61-066	148992 : USN; conv SH-3H; HS-8 w/o 16mar81
1981	hss-2	61-110	149696 : USN; conv SH-3G; HS-3 w/o 13sep81
1981	hss-2	61-127	149710 : my recall of the events
1981	hss-2	61-154	149736 : USN; conv SH-3H; HS-12 w/o 19sep81 tail rotor failure
1981	OH-6J	6312	31012 : Kawasaki 369E, c/n 6312, ff?; del JGSDF as OH-6J, 31012 unk; unit xfers unk; w/o 05Sep81.
1981	S-55B	55-1004	N874 : Sikorsky S-55B c/n 55-1004, ff:?; del Chicago Helicopter Airways as N874, 18Sep56; sold Loma Linda University, converted to aerial ambulance, unk; w/o near Beaumont, CA, 29May81.
1981	s-58b	58-807	N4247 : xfer Carson helicopter as S-58, N4247, by Jul68; NTSB report: "Salem, NJ. Damage - none. Ground crew maneuvered sling load cable into contact with live power line. 08Jul70."; xfer Summit Timber as N4247 by Jan76; xfer Queen City Helicopter, 11May76; NTSB report: "Bellevue, WA. Damage - destroyed. Fire in flight due to FOD. 07Aug81"; FAA reports Undel Tri.
1981	s-62a	62-060	N92863 : Sikorsky S-62A c/n 62-060, ff ~1964; registered Sikorsky as N92863; del California Company as N92863, Mar65; w/o when fire in main rotor gearbox caused a lndg in a swamp near Venice, LA, 10Nov81; reg canx Apr86.
1981	S-64B	64-060	N6965R : I was under the craft when it crashed, Charles Holmes LHS lost his life and Dwayne Snell RHS survived. Luckily there was only 1 fatality. There is much more to this story but Jack Ericson succeded in a publication ban as part of his settlement with Dwayne. Real shame because Charles didnt need to die. it was clearly Ericson's direction to the engineers that caused the failure.
1981	sa315b	2267	H-61 : FAA d/d 13dec72; w/o 01feb81
1981	sa316b	1750	9358 : My Dad flew the 9358 in Angola. He was a mechanic. That Alouette III was destroyed in a accident in 1981 with no casualties.
1981	sa316b		21 : FAS, w/o 1981
1981	sa316b		24 : FAS, w/o 1981
1981	sa318c	2230	SX-HAI : Olympic Airways; w/o 13jun81
1981	sa330f	1308	560 : Kuwait air force; w/o 10jun81
1981	sa330h	1380	6W-SHK : Senegal airforce d/d 1977; w/o 1981
1981	sa330l	1433	174 : 29sep81 crashed at Oshakati during a brown out, 6 people on board were killed, the pilot survived. I was researching the three medical staff killed on this casevac flight for a Ops medic / Doctor Book
1981	ht.3	1314	XX396 : to Defence Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Munitions and Search School by Jun 2017.
1981	sa342k	1325	509 : SA342K del KAF as 509, unk; asgd 33/34 Sqn; w/o 11Apr81; noted dumped at Ali Al Salem AB, Feb12.
1981	se3130	1311	75+29 : PD-135; PH-239; PH-208; HFB8; HFB200; HFS10; w/o 17.09.1981 Strassberg
1981	has.5	wa 875	XZ915 : noted at RNAS Culdrose Airday 25jul79 uncoded with 706NAS
1981	has.5	wa 877	XZ917 : noted at RNAS Culdrose Airday 25jul79 uncoded with 706NAS
1981	mk42	wa 735	IN503 : ditched at sea
1981	Sioux	wa312	ZS-HJB : South Africa; w/o 07dec81
1981	Sioux	wa371	D-HAFG : Private , w/o 15Jul81
1981	Sioux	wa434/wap148	G-BGOZ : Private w/o 18Jun81, wreck Chilbolton
1981	UH-1B	1023	A2-1023 : w/o 19aug81
1981	UH-1B	3103	N9-3103 : RAN d/d 1965; BuNo 64-17623; w/o 26mar81 at Nowra; preserved Australia Museum of Flight Nowra
1981	UH-1B	513	993 : BuNo 62-1993. w/o 24apr81
1981	UH-1E	6077	151883 : HML-776 QL-400 w/o 06feb81
1981	UH-1H	1H08	41608 : Fuji-Bell 205B, c/n 1H08, ff:?; del JGSDF as UH-1H 41608 unk; unit xfers unk; w/o 03Mar81.
1981	uh-1h	9380	A2-380 : my dad was one of the men who saved the people aboard it when it crashed at shoalwater bay qld during Kangaroo 81; He saved the gunner Phil Dunn from the flaming wreck of A2-380
1981	UH-1N	31057	69-6651 : w/o ~ crashed at Kirtland AFB
1981	UH-1N	31449	160831 : USMC; w/o 29sep81 on USS Inchon (LPH-12)
1981	UH-1N	31655	158779 : w/o 28jan80 crashed and burned
1981	UH-1N	31656	158780 : USS Guam (LPH-9) w/o 19jul81
1981	UH-1N		159703 : USMC; HML-367 /VT w/o 03feb81
1981	Wasp	f.9588	XT418 : w/o 13 Dec 1981 while operating from HMS Endurance Flt/435-E, rolled over following beach landing on South Georgia. Stripped of parts and abandoned in place.
1981	has.1	wa 31	XM872 : To Westland early 1966 for conv to HAS.3, completed mid 1967. 706Sq/569-CU by summer 1967, RNAY Wroughton by Feb 1973, 737 Sq/662-PO by Jan 1976, w/o 11 Mar 1981 with 737 Sq when ditched off Portland, following an engine fire.
1981	has.1	wa 69	XP118 : noted on a lorry in Plymouth 22 Jun 1982, heading for Predannack (?)
1981	hc.2	wa134	XR509 : to Benson for BDR training by Mar 1990
1981	hu.5	wa270	XT448 : On a flight between NAS Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune while with 845Sq /S on HMS Hermes, a section of tail rotor failed and the airframe ditched and sank.
1981	mk.60	wa199	VR-BDS : Westland Wessex Mk.60, c/n WA199, first delivered to Bristow Helicopters Ltd. in England as G-ASWI, 1964; displayed as H.84 at Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 01Jun67; lsd Helicopter Rentals, Bermuda as VR-BDS, unk; rtnd Bristow as G-ASWI, unk; CofA canx, 1981.
1981	har10	wa363	XP347 : Forced landing following tail rotor failure at Koksijde, while en route RAF Gutersloh.