Helicopter Accidents

Year 1997 accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1997	206a	478	C-GVQK : xfer Northern Mountain Helicopters Inc, BC as C-GVQK, unk; w/o when helo descended into fog and struck mountainside ivo Bear Valley, British Columbia, 30Jul97
1997	206a	507	C-FAXU : xfer Canada as C-FAXU, unk; w/o when longline attached to aircraft became entangled in fuel drums during takeoff and aircraft crashed to ground, Whitecourt, Alberta, 20Apr97, no inujuries.
1997	206a	672	HK-4098X : Taca Ltd Colombia, w/o 18feb97 impact terrain at Guaymaral-Suba, Cundinamarca. 2 serious injured
1997	206b-2	779	G-OBTW : BTW Allen May96-Jul97; w/o 16mar97 at Gravesend near Albury, Hertfordshire
1997	206b-3	3345	N42SS : Sundance Helicopters from Aug94; w/o 24feb97 at Mountain Spring, NV
1997	206l-1	45445	N57334 : w/o 08apr97 ditch into sea near Ship Shoals, LA; canc Jan99
1997	206l-1	45525	C-GGHA : Skylink Aviation at Mississauga, ON from Nov95; w/o 01nov97 at Mavrovo Lake, Macedonia. 4 fatalities
1997	212	30995	XC-JBO : Estado Nuevo Leon; w/o 30mar97 crash at Monterrey. 1 fatality
1997	212	35027	CH561 : Sri Lanka Air Force; ex Thai 35027; ex C-GAJN; w/o 25nov97
1997	234LR	MJ-001	C-FHFH : w/o 30oct97 destroyed during logging accident
1997	407	53068	N771AL : AirLife Denver, op by Air Methods; w/o 14dec97 hit power lines at Littleton, CO 4 fatalities
1997	412hp	36039	XC-PFI : Policia Federal Mexico from 1994, w/o 15aug97
1997	47	2904	A-056 : Aviacion Naval d/d 1995; w/o 24oct97
1997	a109e	11004	9M-DRB : w/o 3mar97 near Kuala Lipis,Pahang. 3 fatalities.
1997	ab205a-1	4130	MM80533 : Esercito E.I.281. EM-2 type. united nations ITALAIR UNIFIL as UN-281. w/o 06aug97 near At-Tiri and Rshaf, Lebanon
1997	ab206b-2	8339	G-BAKS : w/o 14nov97 crashed in fog, Cocking Hill, near Chichester, West Sussex. 1 fatality.
1997	ab212	5601	5D-HE : w/o 1oct97. salvage parts used for 5D-HZ in 2001
1997	ah-1w	26254	163929 : USMC in 1994 /TV-22 HMLA-167; w/o 23may97
1997	ah-1w	26342	165318 : Dash 2 during night recovery to LPD during marginal weather. Dash 1/ship lost contact with dash 2 as they attempted to remain in formation; acft impacted water in ONSLOW OPAREA, less than 5 miles off Camp Lejeune
1997	ah-64a	PV529	88-0199 : US Army. Crashed in Germany 3 Dec 1997, wreck recovered to Hanau AAF base.
1997	ah-64a	PV749	90-0422 : 7/6th Cav. w/o 4nov97 inflight fire during at San Saba Texas. 2 fatalities
1997	as332l1	2344	LN-OPG : Helikopter Service; w/o 08sep97 crash at sea 100nm WNW Bronnoysund, Norway. 12 fatalities
1997	as332l2	2455	H9-3/39 : RTAF; w/o 19sep97, 14 killed, 7 injured
1997	as350b	1744	A22-004 : RAAF d/d 13apr84. w/o 1997
1997	as350d	1141	ZS-RGF : Helibip; w/o 03jul97 at Kasane, Namibia, 1 fatality
1997	as350d	1288	N61TV : Sterling Corp at Philadelphia, PA from Aug86, AS350B type; w/o 28jul97 at Philadelphia, PA
1997	as355n	5597	OE-BXG : Polizei w/o 14mar97 crash near Mistelbach, 4 fatalities
1997	as365n2	6421	JA6681 : Toyota Motor Corp, op by Nihon Flying Service; w/o 24jan97 hit trees in poor weather at Okazaki, Toyokawa. 8 fatalities
1997	105cbs-2	S-736	ZS-HRF : South African Police Service (SAPS); w/o 31may97 hit power lines while chasing a stolen car at Heidelberg highway, Gauteng
1997	CH-46F	2593	157694 : w/o 10may97 Struck an antenna on takeoff from US Navy ship
1997	ch-53a	65-119	903 : ex 403
1997	hb350b	1664	N-7056 : Marinha UH-12 type d/d 1983; asg HU-1 w/o 20nov97 near Plataforma Vermelho Um (Bacia de Campos)
1997	hh-60h	70-2288	165255 : USN; w/o 13mar97 HS-3 /AJ-615 ditch off North Carolina. 4 fatalities
1997	hh-65	6223	6549 : USCG HH-65A; CGAS Humboldt Bay; w/o 08jun97 of the coast of North California
1997	has.2	200	XZ728 : removed from Main Gate and standing outside 815 NAS HQ building at Yeovilton
1997	mk80	170	S-170 : RDN; w/o 14jun97 during airshow at Goraszka, Poland; rebuilt as c/n 410 Super Lynx mk90b
1997	md500e	0212E	40 : FAS; w/o 21mar97
1997	mini 500	087	N800GL : w/o 13Sep97
1997	mini 500	203	N727EB : w/o 19Dec97
1997	nbo105cb	N106/S-704	P-4016 : Indonesia Police; w/o 08oct97
1997	oh-58a	41110	N912AU : Knox County Sheriffs Department at Knoxville, TN from Jun97; w/o unk; canc 02jan98
1997	oh-58a	41450	N919AU : Knox County Sheriffs Depart at Knoxville, TN from Jun97; w/o unk; canc 02jan98
1997	OH-6D	6512	31206 : Kawasaki 369HM, c/n 6512, ff?; del JGSDF as OH-6D, 31206 unk; unit xfers unk; w/o 21Aug97.
1997	beta	0752	G-BOEY : Bristow helicopters w/o 16Jan97
1997	s-61a-4	61-794	M23-27 : w/o 18mar97 near Sipitang, Sabah. 5 fatalities. Mid-air collision with RMAF M23-30.
1997	s-61a-4	61-797	M23-30 : w/o 18mar97 near Sipitang, Sabah. 6 fatalities. Mid-air collision with RMAF M23-27.
1997	S-61N	61-748	C-GBRF : Coulson Aircrane Ltd from Jun94; w/o 19apr97 during heli-logging ops, pilots lost cyclic control and crashed ivo Stave Lake, BC; canc 1997
1997	S-61N	61-810	PT-YAF : Aeróleo Táxi Aéreo; w/o 24Jun97 after take off at Macaé, RJ
1997	S-65C-3	65-350	357 : Sikorsky S-65C-3, c/n 65-350 ff?; retained by Sikorsky for testing as N4025S; del IDF/AF as S-65C Yasur 357, Nov72; w/o 04Feb97, suffered mid-air collision with CH-53A 2000 #903 in darkness at the remote Shear Yeshuv kibbutz in the Galilee panhandle, 3 crew + 34 pax killed.
1997	s-70a-28	70-1898	J-1898 : Jandarma, type to be conf; w/o 14sep97
1997	s-76b	760340	PH-KHB : KLM ex N61QP w/o 20Dec97 in North sea
1997	s-76b	760452	2310 : Royal Thai Navy, 203 sqd; w/o unk
1997	sa315b	2519	H-15 : fach d/d 1982; w/o Jun97
1997	sa316b	2373	9N-PWH : rtn C-FPWH
1997	sa330e	1170	XW225 : to Beckingham Range, following spares recovery
1997	sa330j	1608	HB-XVI : Heli-TV d/d 20jan1990; 18jul90 crash at Cavigliano due rear rotor fail; repaired; 02jul92 injured person on ground at Locarno ; w/o 05sep97 at Val di Trodo, rear gear box failure, 2 fatalities
1997	ah.1	1525	XZ300 : AAC Gazelle AH.1 built by Westland; 1986 664Sqn; w/o 14feb97 during training at Middle Wallop ; used as i/a at Bramley Camp
1997	ah.1	1609	XZ318 : to Warped Paint Ball Park, near Cosford Jan 2008; still there by Sep 2015
1997	sa341g	1308	F-GHGU : w/o 01oct97 at Clermont-Ferrand, France
1997	sa365n	6212	VT-ELC : Pawan Hans (PHE), test serial F-WYMJ; w/o 25may97 ditched into sea near Sagar Jyoti Rig, off Mumbai. 2 fatalities
1997	ah.1	f.9475	ZK-HQU : ZK-HQU
1997	sh-60b	70-1939	164856 : USN; HQ-475/HSL-46 w/o 08jan97
1997	sh-60b		163598 : Red Stinger 110 with Det 5. Four souls survive loss of tail rotor authority upon takeoff of USS Rentz (FFG-46) off coast of Kuwait.
1997	UH-1B	1021	A2-1021 : RAAF d/d 1964; BuNo 63-13589; to civ as N888SJ; w/o 06oct97 at Herron California while spraying fields
1997	uh-1h	13709	74-22385 : The aircraft was totally destroyed. All nine souls on board survived. Crew Chief was in the hospital for a month and later medically discharged
1997	uh-1h	14001	HU.10-81 : ET-251; FMS BuNo 78-23184; w/o 4jun97
1997	uh-1h	9521	H-80 : fach d/d 1978; BuNo 67-17323; w/o 19-20oct97
1997	UH-46A	2052	151902 : BV-107M, c/n 2052, ff?; del USN 30Jan65 as UH-46A 151902; xfer NAS Memphis unk; admin SOC 27Sep71; xfer NARF unk; conv HH-46D unk; xfer HC-5, Det 3, RB-16, unk; w/o 19Apr97.
1997	w-3rm	390512	0512 : Polish Navy; w/o 12mar97