Year 1983 accidents
List of helicopter accidentsFilter:
Aerospatiale | Alouette II | 4 |
Aerospatiale | Alouette III | 2 |
Aerospatiale | AS332 Super Puma | 1 |
Aerospatiale | AS350 Ecureuil | 3 |
Aerospatiale | Gazelle | 2 |
Aerospatiale | SA330 Puma | 3 |
Agusta | AB205 | 1 |
Agusta | AB206 | 2 |
Agusta | AB47 | 1 |
Bell | 204 | 1 |
Bell | 205 | 3 |
Bell | 206 | 8 |
Bell | 209 AH-1 Cobra | 3 |
Bell | 212 | 3 |
Bell | 214 | 1 |
Bell | 47 | 1 |
Boeing-Vertol | 107M H-46 Sea Knight | 4 |
Dornier | UH-1D | 2 |
Hughes | 369 / 500 / H-6 | 2 |
Kaman | Seasprite | 1 |
Kawasaki | 369HS | 3 |
Kawasaki | kv 107-ii | 1 |
MBB | Bo105 | 1 |
Mil | Mi-14 Haze | 1 |
Mil | Mi-2 Hoplite | 1 |
Mil | Mi-24 Hind | 1 |
Mitsubishi | S-61 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-58 H-34 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-61 H-3 | 2 |
Sikorsky | S-62 HH-52 | 2 |
Sikorsky | S-65 H-53 | 2 |
Sikorsky | S-70 H-60 | 4 |
Sud Aviation | SE3210 Super Frelon | 1 |
Westland | 30 | 1 |
Westland | Lynx | 2 |
Westland | Scout | 1 |
Westland | Sea King | 2 |
Westland | Sioux | 3 |
Westland | Wasp | 1 |
Westland | Wessex | 3 |
Year | Version | C/N | |
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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 | 206l-1 | 45215 | N29AZ : Crashed in Marana, AZ during a rescue mission / Ranger 29 |
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 | - : The airframe was sold to Transwest Helicopters in Chilliwack Canada. It was stored for a few years until the airframe was used to repair 214B c/n 28044 HL9171 in 2005 which belonged to a Korean operator (dataplate swap). Unfortunately it crashed March 19, 2020 in Korea |
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
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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 : to Minden by 1992. Possibly scrapped here by 1993 ? |
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 : crashed during autorotation. |
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 museum 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 | 70-059 | 78-22993 : TF160 w/o 26aug83 Christian County, Kentucky. 3 fatalities |
1983 | uh-60a | 70-065 | 78-22999 : US Army; 160th SOAR w/o 04oct83 crashed in Caribbean Sea approx 2m NE Fort Sherman, Panama Canal |
1983 | uh-60a | 70-068 | 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 : to Predannack by May 1984 still Feb 1990, 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 |
82 C/N found.