Year 1989 accidents
List of helicopter accidentsFilter:
Aerospatiale | Alouette II | 1 |
Aerospatiale | Alouette III | 1 |
Aerospatiale | AS332 Super Puma | 2 |
Aerospatiale | AS350 Ecureuil | 3 |
Aerospatiale | SA330 Puma | 6 |
Aerospatiale | SA365 Dauphin 2 | 1 |
Agusta | AB205 | 1 |
Agusta | AB412 | 2 |
Agusta | AS-61 | 3 |
Bell | 204 | 2 |
Bell | 205 | 3 |
Bell | 206 | 7 |
Bell | 209 AH-1 Cobra | 2 |
Bell | 212 | 4 |
Bell | 214 | 1 |
Bell | 412 | 2 |
Boeing-Vertol | 107M H-46 Sea Knight | 4 |
Boeing-Vertol | CH-47 Chinook | 2 |
Dornier | UH-1D | 1 |
Hughes | 369 / 500 / H-6 | 2 |
Kaman | Seasprite | 2 |
McDonnell Douglas | AH-64A Apache | 1 |
McDonnell Douglas | md500 | 1 |
Robinson | R22 | 2 |
Sikorsky | S-58 H-34 | 2 |
Sikorsky | S-61 H-3 | 7 |
Sikorsky | S-64 CH-54 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-65 H-53 | 1 |
Sikorsky | S-70 H-60 | 3 |
Sikorsky | S-76 | 1 |
Sud Aviation | SE3210 Super Frelon | 1 |
Westland | 30 | 1 |
Westland | Lynx | 4 |
Westland | Scout | 1 |
Westland | Sea King | 1 |
Westland | Sioux | 1 |
Westland | Wasp | 1 |
Westland | Wessex | 4 |
Year | Version | C/N | |
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1989 | 206a | 167 | N273E : xfer US as N273E, unk; w/o Bedminster, NJ 27Apr89 |
1989 | 206a | 256 | HB-XNO : xfer Helitrade AGas HB-XNO, 12Nov82; xfer Sauter & Huber AG, 21Jan83; xfer Säntis-Heli / Marquart Jürg, 13Jun83; xfer Heli Business Flights, lsd Marquart Jürg, 28Mar85; xfer Marquart Jürg, 12Jun85; xfer Thur-Heli AG, 20Feb86; crashed at Trin-Schlucht/GER, 18Oct89. |
1989 | 206a | 341 | N131AT : xfer US as N131AT, unk; conv Bell 206B-2, unk; w/o during instructional flight mishap, Corona, CA, 13Mar89 |
1989 | 206a | 440 | C-FHHJ : at the bottom of Ramsey Arm. An inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the British Columbia (Canada) coastline. It crashed due to glassy water effect on September 7, 1989. I was on it as well as the pilot and engineer. All survived. |
1989 | 206b-2 | 1982 | ZK-HKE : The Helicopter Line; w/o 14feb89 at Skippers Canyon, Queenstown, New Zealand. 5 fatalities |
1989 | 206b-3 | 3168 | 165 : FAG;
w/o 04may89 |
1989 | 212 | 31173 | OY-HDG : Grønlandsfly/Air Greenland from 1984;
w/o 30nov89 at Lake Ferguson |
1989 | 214B | 28030 | E-451 : Ejercito; w/o 01jun89 |
1989 | 30-100-60 | 033 | VT-EKR : Pawan Hans 1986, test serial G-17-20;
w/o 07feb89 4km Kohima, Nagaland. 3 fatalities |
1989 | 369d | 101-0764D | H-38 : built by RACA; c/n also as A0764D; w/o 28jun89 |
1989 | 369d | 81-1050D | H-43 : built by RACA; w/o 08dic89 |
1989 | 412 | 33069 | N524EH : ERA, noted 1985;
w/o 06may89 at Girdwood, AK;
canc Dec91 |
1989 | 412sp | 33127 | FAH-975 : FAH; w/o 08may89 |
1989 | ab205a | 4440 | 4440 : 358 MED. ex ES656. w/o 10may89 |
1989 | ab412 | 25529 | MM81206 : CC-07. w/o 01jun89 mid-air collision over Roma |
1989 | ab412 | 25549 | MM81314 : CC-10. w/o 01jul89 Roma |
1989 | ah-1t | 160807 : This a/c sits at the bottom of the Mediterranean sea about 10 miles off the coast of Spain | |
1989 | ah-1w | 26209 | 162540 : USMC; HMLA-169 w/o 20jun89 |
1989 | ah-64a | PV359 | 86-8989 : w/o 19oct89 catch fire at Ft Hunter-Ligget, CA. conv to JAH-64A ? |
1989 | as332L | 2056 | G-TIGN : Bristow d/d Feb83; w/o 22may89 Hong Kong, flew into a hillside in bad weather returning from a offshore oil platform, 3 fatalities |
1989 | as332m1 | 2189 | 743 : RJAF; w/o 02nov89 |
1989 | as350b | 1757 | F-MJCI : Crashed in 1989 |
1989 | as350b | 2071 | N160EH : ERA Aviation from Apr89;
w/o 15jun89 at Puntilla Lake, AK. 1 fatality;
Apr92 canc; |
1989 | as350d | 1450 | N143EH : ERA, noted 1985;
w/o 20jul89 Long Beach, CA;
Dec89 canc |
1989 | ash-3d | 6051 | 0794 : ARA 2-H-236. 1989 Sunk with polar transport ARA Bahia Paraiso on Antarctica |
1989 | ash-3d | 6052 | 0795 : ARA 2-H-237. 1989 Sunk with polar transport ARA Bahia Paraiso on Antarctica |
1989 | ash-3d | 6054 | N-3014 : AS-61D-3 Sea King (SH-3A). accepted marinha 27apr84. w/o 08jan89 |
1989 | ch-124 | 61-249 | 12411 : CH-124A. Crashed 19 Sep 1989 into the Atlantic off Bermuda. Recovered and became ground instruction airframe at CFB Shearwater. |
1989 | ch-135 | 32028 | 135128 : BuNo 70-15677. MFO. w/o 09dec89 |
1989 | ch-3c | 61-543 | 65-5692 : 22dec67 |
1989 | CH-46D | 2252 | 153358 : piloted by my brother. We still pray for those that lost they lives and are grateful to those that survived this tactical maneuver |
1989 | CH-46D | 2286 | 153388 : 20apr83 |
1989 | CH-46F | 2455 | 154848 : 3jul80 |
1989 | CH-46F | 2611 | 157712 : BV-107M, c/n 2611, ff?; accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46F 157712 16Oct70; xfer HMM-365 27Oct70; xfer H&MS-26 16Feb71; xfer H&MS-16 CRAA 05Oct71; xfer HMM-161 06Jun72; further unit xfers unk; conv CH-46E unk; unit xfers unk; xfer HMM-764, ML-??, unk; w/o 12Feb89. |
1989 | ch-47c | b-825 | ZA678 : 16Sep93 noted RNAY Fleetlands stored in derelict condition; |
1989 | ch-47c | b-848 | ZA717 : fuselage acquired by the Newark Air Museum |
1989 | ch-53d | 65-233 | 157140 : USMC; HMH-363 w/o 20mar89 at Pohang, South Korea. 19 fatalities, 15 survivors |
1989 | ch-54a | 64-024 | 67-18422 : late 1980s, crashed around Aspen Colorado. w/o |
1989 | h-34g.ii | 58-1104 | HL-9239 : jun88 |
1989 | hss-2 | 61-180 | 149910 : USN; conv SH-3H; HS-6 w/o 23feb89 |
1989 | hus-1 | 58-1491 | N6306 : w/o 8jul89 |
1989 | has.2 | 064 | XZ244 : RIP: BANKS-POPPLE, Simon K, Chief Petty Officer (M), D153280A, FESSEY, Christopher H, Lieutenant Commander (P), C0236662Q, JAMES, Paul F, Chief Petty Officer Marine Engineering Artificer, D174284B,
POTTER, Mark S, Chief Petty Officer C.Y., D125690T,
ROY, Colin L, Leading Seaman (M), D192354U, SAVAGE, John T P, Able Seaman, D200738V,
SIMPSON, Colin McL, Chief Petty Officer Weapon Engineering Artificer, D186024U, STEVENSON, Philip K, Leading Regulator (R.E.G.), D188510T, WILLIAMS, Jonathan P, Lieutenant (O), C031063C, |
1989 | mk21 | 062 | N-3028 : SAH-11. 16may89 hit mountain during night flight near Casimiro de Abreu, found 30may. 6 fatalities |
1989 | ah7 | 321 | ZE377 : AAC; 657 Sqn w/o 01aug89 |
1989 | mk89 | 312 | 02-F89 : Nigerian Navy d/d 84; ex G-BLFG,G-17-15; w/o 18dec89 |
1989 | md500e | 0173E | FAC4249 : FAC;
w/o 26jun89 |
1989 | oh-58a | 40617 | 70-15066 : US Army;
w/o at Fort Irwin, AZ |
1989 | beta | 0749 | G-BOEV : Bristow helicopters w/o 7Sep89 |
1989 | hp | 0249 | ZS-HLS : w/o 02jan89 |
1989 | s-61a-4 | 61-784 | M23-17 : w/o 14nov89 between Gunung Gerah and Gunung Bilah near the Kelantan-Perak border. 21 fatalities |
1989 | s-61a-4 | 61-786 | M23-19 : w/o 18dec89 at Lundu, Sarawak. 16 fatalities |
1989 | s-61a-4 | 61-792 | M23-25 : recoded M23-25, unk; w/o 09Nov89. |
1989 | s-76a | 760252 | 209 : PAF AUH-76, w/o 01dec89 |
1989 | sa315b | 2690 | 690 : Army w/o 07aug89 |
1989 | sa319b | 2067 | F-GHCH : crashed after wire strike shortly after take off from Valmorel. |
1989 | sa330b | 1354 | 1354 : w/o 20aug89 |
1989 | sa330b | 1518 | 1518 : ALAT w/o 26aug89 |
1989 | sa330c | 1230 | HT.19-1 : EdA 402-01. EC-STH. Escuadron 402. w/o 02mar89 |
1989 | sa330g | 1323 | 5V-MAK : w/o 03apr89 crashed in Dakar |
1989 | sa330j | 1529 | H-3303 : TNI-AU 8Sku; w/o 29dec89 |
1989 | sa330j | 1618 | HB-XUB : w/o 11sep89 crashed during an external load mission. The helicopter was operated over its limits which caused both engines to catch fire. Swiss AAIB report 1444 contains details. However, the report is not available on the AAIB interntet site, since the pilot was a well recognized professional. |
1989 | sa365n | 6255 | VT-ELO : Pawan Hans (PHE);
w/o 15dec89 crashed into river Ganges. 7 fatalities |
1989 | ah.1 | f.9511 | XP910 : outside exhibit at Museum of Army Flying by Aug 1998, still 2013. |
1989 | super frelon | 06 | 06 : FN d/d 1965; 1985 on Clemenceau aircraft carrier; w/o 19oct89 sea landing in Corsica |
1989 | has.2 | wa 850 | XZ582 : After a bearing seal failure tha a/c ditched and sank south of Bermuda crew all escaped |
1989 | SH-2F | 198 | 161648 : w/o 03mar89 in Virginia |
1989 | SH-2F | 237 | 162586 : US Navy; 1988 SH-2F type HSL-36./HY-341 |
1989 | sh-3d | 61-359 | HS.9-03 : Armada 01-503 Z.9-3 MAP BuNo 153534; conv SH-3G; w/o 19jul89 |
1989 | sh-60b | 70-403 | 162113 : Mediterranean. Details of the crash from the DANFS website;;
A SH-60B Seahawk (BuNo 162113), of embarked HSL-42, Detachment 3, fell into the Mediterranean during landing qualifications in heavy seas and zero visibility, while USS BOONE (FFG 28) made for the Persian Gulf (2 August 1989). The ship rescued all three crewmen. |
1989 | sh-60b | 70-592 | 163236 : USN; HSL-45 w/o 20-30jun89 |
1989 | Sioux | wa442 | HB-XLX : Private w/o 09Sep89 crashed Las Mignacles |
1989 | UH-1B | 1091 | 967 : BuNo 64-13967. w/o 13sep89 |
1989 | UH-1B | FAH-925 : FAH, w/o 1989 | |
1989 | UH-1D | 8127 | 70+67 : at Roth as instructional airframe by Jun 1997. |
1989 | uh-1d | 8584 | 246 : FAS Guardian 1st batch del.1981 ex 66-16390 w/o 12Oct89 |
1989 | uh-1h | 12429 | HU.10-15 : ET-252. w/o 18Jan89 |
1989 | uh-1h | 13592 | HU.10-61 : ET-231. w/o 10aug89 |
1989 | UH-1N | 31446 | 160828 : Mid-1978 picked up new from Bell by USS Okinawa (LPH-3) flight crew. Became ships helo nicknamed Oki 3 |
1989 | UH-1N | 31750 | 160458 : Hit power wires during night flight training near Camp De Canjurres, France. 5 fatalities |
1989 | uh-60a | 70-691 | 83-23866 : US Army; B Co,2/2 AVN w/o 06jul89 crashed after hit power lines during night training 8 m East of Seoul, South Korea. 2 injuries |
1989 | Wasp | f.9576 | XS565 : to, RAE Farnborough /445 by 1985; to PEE Foulness Island by May 1988 and scrapped there by Dec 1989. |
1989 | has.31 | wa202 | N7-202 : to Darwin Aviation Museum as one of the founding exhibits, in Navy colours as N7-202/(8)12. After a a major restoration project in 2006, still there by Mar 2008. |
1989 | has.31 | wa214 | N7-214 : Nov17 at Caboolture, QLD stored outside |
1989 | has.31 | wa218 | N7-218 : Westland Wessex Mk.31A, c/n WA218, f/f:09/04/63; del RAN as N7-218, 828, 27Apr63; LEUT Reyne (P) RAN, aircraft made a forced landing, 4 miles West of Moruya, NSW after a loud bang was heard and vibration felt, 1986.; Aircraft returned to NAS Nowra underslung on RAAF Chinook, unk.; Ditched 180 Nautical miles NW of Surabaja from HMAS Stalwart in South China Sea, 30/10/89. LEUT(P) Lister, RAN and crew recovered by HMAS Stalwart.; Noted at Bomb Dump, Nowra, 1997. Destroyed at RANAS Nowra fireground, unk. |
1989 | has.31 | wa220 | N7-220 : Westland Wessex Mk.31A, c/n WA220, f/f:09/05/63; del RAN as N7-220, 830, 20May63; During May 1985, while on the ground at Sydney, this aircraft failed to start, another Wessex which was to return with 830 to Nowra had a door open in flight at Sydney and its door was swapped with that of 830 to allow one aircraft and crew to return to Nowra. This aircraft was later repaired and returned to Nowra, 03Nov85.; While conducting a winching demonstration at the annual Shoalhaven Spring Festival, the aircraft suffered an engine failure and made a heavy forced landing into a paddock at Shoalhaven Heads, 7nm from RANAS Nowra. Crew Lt(P) G. Sydney, RAN, POACM Culley & LSATWL Fields; Fields injured in crash. Withdrawn, 31/12/89. Stored at Nowra and scrapped. |
85 C/N found.