Helicopter Accidents

Year 1983 accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1983	206a	102	CF-WPJ : Bell 206A cn102, ff:?; del Shirley Helicopters Canada as CF-WPJ, unk; w/o 25Oct83?; reg canx 30Nov93.
1983	206a	330	N4797R : xfer New York Police Dept NYPD as N4797R, unk; Collided with Cessna U206G floatplane N5328X during traffic observation flight, Brooklyn, NY, 22Jul83, 2 fatalities.
1983	206a	552	N8163J : Bell 206A cn552, ff:?; reg Bell Helicopters as N8163J, unk; del US as N8163J, unk; conv Bell 206B-3, unk; xfer Verticare, Inc as N8163J, unk; w/o when crashed in limited visibility while positioning in mountainous terrain under IFR conditions, ivo Salinas, CA, 22Mar83, 1 fatality.
1983	206a	566	HB-XKK : xfer Executive Heli Service / Heuberger Paul, Switzerland as HB-XKK, 30Jul79; xfer Soltermann Ueli, 09Dec80; xfer Mountain Flyers 80 Ltd, 12May81; crashed at Zermatt/VS, 18Jan83; reg canx 20May83.
1983	206b-2	1367	N-7029 : Marinha UH-6 type from Aug74; w/o 07oct83 HU-1
1983	212	30761	PT-HJN : Aeroleo, Bell serial N49690; w/o 09mar83 off Macae, RJ. 11 fatalities
1983	212	31195	N3910Y : ERA Helicopters; w/o 13nov83 at Nuiqsut, AK; canc Nov96
1983	212	32140	FAP-692 : FAP d/d 1981; w/o 17jul83
1983	214B	28047	LN-OSR : The wreck of OSR was placed outside a hangar at Bomoen airport in Voss,Norway and was later sold til Canada and rebuilt,but if it flies today i don't know.I know well the pilot Per Julnes who was flying this machine,when the tailrotor axle snapped and it enden up in a mountainside at Gaustadtoppen in Norway,the tail snapped of but the fuselage were in remarkably good condition and was lifted from the mountain by a Boeing 234LR from Helicopter Service,who also owned the wrecked machine.
1983	30-100	005	N5830T : Airspur Helicopters at Huntington Beach, CA from Oct83; w/o 07nov83 off-airport Long Beach, California
1983	369d	0615	214 : IAF, w/o oct83
1983	369d	80-0685D	226 : IAF 500MD Lahatoot, w/o 07nov83
1983	47g-3	6811	NZ3709 : RNZAF. w/o 11nov83
1983	ab205a	4460	ES676 : Hellenic Army Aviation d/d 11jun79; Last AB205 delivered to Greece; w/o 18mar83 2TEAS
1983	ab206a	8132	3C-JK : w/o 19jan83 at Allentsteig
1983	ab206a	8234	D-HAVI : Rotorflug GmbH; conv to 206B2; w/o 07feb83 at Tylaching
1983	ab47g-3b	1564	G-BGHN : M H Wills, Alchester from 15jan79; w/o 05dec83
1983	ah-1j	26077	160112 : hit by ground fire, AAA while supporting US Army units
1983	ah-1t	26092	160802 : USMC; HMM-165 w/o 27sep83
1983	ah-1t		160812 : hit by ground fire, AAA while supporting US Army units
1983	as332L	2026	G-TIGD : I was one of the responders
1983	as350b	1055	G-BGIL : Assigned to Devon and Cornwall Police (D&CC) at Exeter Middlemoor on 20 Jul 1979 for Police trials.
1983	as350b	1293	I-REMY : Eli Alpi Srl, test serial F-WZKB; w/o 23jan83 at Cogne
1983	as350d	1460	N141EH : ERA Helicopters from Jul82; w/o 11jul83 at Dutch Harbor, AK. No fatalities
1983	105c	S-194	C-12 : Carabineros d/d 1976; ex D-HDEB; w/o Jan83
1983	CH-46A	2127	152508 : II was a crew member on this flight and it was US Navy not Marine Cops. There were 4 crew members and I think seven passengers of which there was one fatality. We were making a single engine approach to the flight deck of the USS Santa Barbara (AE-28) when the second engine failed just before landing.
1983	CH-46F	2493	156423 : I was crew chief on this helicopter during the accident, the winds also had a role in the accident as well
1983	CH-46F	2518	156448 : Had 1 boot on loading ramp and took a picture of the guys after helping load equipment onboard. My Gunny put his hand on my shoulder and pulled me from the flight at the last minute. I was already on the flight roster and seem to recall my name as amongst the deceased at the funeral service.
1983	CH-46F	2610	157711 : Side Number was 00 at time of loss. I crewed her before that in 81/82
1983	ch-53d	65-277	157151 : w/o with HMH-461
1983	ch-53d	65-278	157152 : w/o 28mar83 with HMH-362
1983	h-34g.III	58-1565	PH-HGO : w/o 25aug83
1983	hh-52a	62-126	1443 : w/o January 1983: Destroyed in a crash during hoisting. Galveston Bay (Lt Stott, Ltcdr Huertas, AE2 Morrow) Airsta Houston Texas
1983	hss-2	61-148	149730 : Aircraft sank in 7,000 ft (2133 m) of water in The Tongue of the Ocean, while conducting night flight operations. All four crew members were rescued
1983	HSS-2B	M61-109	8098 : Mitsubishi HSS-2B c/n M61-109, ff?; del JMSDF as 8098 unk; w/o 03Apr83.
1983	kv-107iia-4	4109	51813 : KV-107IIA-4, c/n 4109,?ff? del?JGSDF as 51813, date?; units unknown; w/o 06Jun83.
1983	has.2	083	XZ249 : Perished at Predannack by May 1993.
1983	has.2 fn	078	277 : 31F; w/o 29nov83 crashed Beirut, Lebanon
1983	mi-14pl	A1006	1006 : Polish Navy; w/o 15jun83
1983	mi-2	535438018	R-11 : Hungary Police d/d 1978; w/o 13aug83 near to Sopron
1983	mi-24d	M340148	0148 : c/n M340148 / M340 148; Czechoslovak air force w/o May 1983
1983	oh-58a	41060	70-15509 : US Army; w/o 20may83
1983	OH-6D	6461	31160 : Kawasaki 369HM, c/n 6461, ff?; del JGSDF as OH-6D, 31160 unk; unit xfers unk; w/o 30May83.
1983	OH-6J	6371	31067 : Kawasaki 369E, c/n 6371, ff?; del JGSDF as OH-6J, 31067 unk; unit xfers unk; w/o 25Jun83.
1983	OH-6J	6384	31080 : Kawasaki 369E, c/n 6384, ff?; del JGSDF as OH-6J, 31080 unk; unit xfers unk; w/o 22Feb83.
1983	s61n.mk2	61-770	G-BEON : Sikorsky S-61N-69; British Airways Helicopters d/d 27May77; w/o crashed in the southern Celtic Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean, when en route from Penzance to the St Mary's, Isles of Scilly in thick fog. Only six of the 26 on board survived.
1983	s-62a	62-063	N92868 : Oct 09, N92868 assigned to a S-51
1983	sa315b	2515	H-11 : fach d/d 1982; w/o 11jun83
1983	sa315b		GN-914 : GNA. w/o 03oct83
1983	sa316b	2250	0699 : pictured unknown source (most probably ARA) on an Antarctic base late 1970s
1983	sa321h	177	7402 : Iraqui airforce; w/o 01aug83
1983	sa330b	1108	1108 : ALAT 3RHC w/o 25sep83
1983	sa330f	1338	117 : UAEAF; w/o 1983
1983	sa330h	1336	6W-SHI : Senegal airforce; w/o 21mar83
1983	ah.1	1254	XX376 : crashed and w/o at Hagen as 3CBAS/D, shortly after take off from Detmold due to oil pressure loss.
1983	ht.3	1244	XX374 : w/o 20apr83 crashed on Snowden. 2 fatalities
1983	ah.1	f.9502	XP901 : Serving with 656 Sq in Borneo during Feb 1965
1983	se3130	1305	A03 : Belgian Army c/n 1305/C136; 29mar83 w/o
1983	se3130	1596	XR380 : Tony, It was raining like hell and the r/t silence was deafening. You and I flew into the same site to lay the ghost about a year later. Deni D
1983	se3160	1083	1083 : ALAT w/o 27Oct83
1983	has.1	wa 646	XV658 : Conv to HAS.5. 706Sq/596 by Sep 1982, 820Sq/016-N by Dec 1982. Ditched in sea off Portugal 3 Feb 1983 following double engine failure while with 820Sq operating from HMS Invincible.
1983	mk42	wa 738	IN506 : Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA738, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN506, unk; w/o 18Jun83.
1983	Sioux	wa420	G-BGAI : Private w/o 04Jun83, CAA reg canx 23Jan84
1983	Sioux	wa573/was205	G-BCYZ : Private three owners up to 08oct79, last reg to Helicrops Ltd, Banbury, Oxford w/o 06jul83
1983	Sioux	wa593	G-BENG : GSM Helicopters Ltd at Ripon, Yorkshire; w/o 24jun83
1983	th-57a	5012	157366 : w/o 31mar83
1983	UH-1B	293	062 : FAU d/d 1975; ex BuNo 61-0713; w/o 30oct83
1983	UH-1D	8174	71+14 : 16may17 pictured preserved at Museum Spijook, Vareler Hafen, Lower Saxony, Germany
1983	UH-1D	8351	D-HBZV : Preserved at Hermeskeil musuem by Jun 2006, still 2017
1983	uh-1d	9127	264 : FAS Guardian 3rd batch del.1982 ex 66-16933 w/o 13Oct83
1983	uh-1h	11954	265 : FAS Guardian 3rd batch del.1982 ex 69-15666 w/o 3Oct83
1983	uh-1h		FAC239 : FAC, BuNo unk; w/o 11apr83
1983	UH-2A	73	149771 : Nov75-Oct77 as HSL-36 /04 Det5 cruised Caribbean and Mid-East on USS Bowen (FF 1079)
1983	uh-60a	70-056	78-22993 : US Army; TF 160 w/o 26aug83 Christian County, Kentucky. 3 fatalities
1983	uh-60a	70-062	78-22999 : US Army; 160th SOAR w/o 04oct83 crashed in Caribbean Sea approx 2m NE Fort Sherman, Panama Canal
1983	uh-60a	70-065	78-23002 : US Army; 160th SOAR w/o 25oct83 Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada
1983	uh-60a	70-278	81-23557 : US Army; 9 AVN w/o 18oct83 crash during NVG training flight near Mount Rainier, Washington. 4 fatalities
1983	Wasp	f.9733	XV638 : to RAF High Wycombe by Oct 1990. Scrapped 1991.
1983	has.31	wa215	N7-215 : Airframe preserved at Schneider Collection, Rupanyup, by Mar 2008
1983	hu.5	wa272	XT450 : 845Sq /(Y)V, still by Sep 1983; damaged during heavy landing in Turkey 10 Oct 1983 to NASU Yeovilton; To Predannack by May 1984, perished Predannack by Dec 1994.
1983	hu.5	wa281	XT459 : Nov 1970 with 847 NAS / B-S, took part in cyclone relief operations in East Pakistan