The GCDA is the para-military wing of the Ministry of Interior (MOI). They are responsible for providing police, firefighting, and search & rescue services for the country. Since the Siege of the Grand Mosque at Mecca in 1979, GCDA is also responsible for providing helicopter support to kingdoms counter terrorism forces. Sixteen Kawasaki KV-107/IIA-SM helicopters were purchased begining in 1979; (7) SM-1, (4) SM-2, (2) SM-3, & (3) SM-4. One SM-1 crashed in 1987 and another crashed in 2006.
The crash in 1987 was in the mountains and it was undetermined what the cause was. I believe as a mechanic in Saudi Arabia at the time at another base that the cause was they were pulling a 100 foot sling on the cargo hook but they didn't have a water bucket attached to it. In the mountains there is severe updrafts and downdrafts. With nothing to hold the cargo strap down with weight instead in a severe downdraft in the mountains that sling would go right into the aft rotor blades. I totally believe the sling contacted the after rotor blades and the aircraft came apart. Measurement from the cargo hook on the KV 107 to the after rotor blades May confirm or deny this theory. -
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Construction Numbers (Not all in this unit) |
C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |
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4115 | kv-107iia-sm-1 | 1979 | MOI 01: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4115, ff?; del Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior, Ge+ | JQ4115: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4115, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4115 for testing; del Saudi Arabia, ... | |
4116 | kv-107iia-sm-1 | 1979 | MOI 02: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4116, ff?; del Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior, Ge+ | JQ4116: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4116, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4116 for testing; del Saudi Arabia, ... | |
4117 | kv-107iia-sm-2 | 1979 | MOI 03: KV-107/IIA-SM-2, c/n 4117, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4117 for d+ | JQ4117: KV-107/IIA-SM-2, c/n 4117, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4117 for del tests; del Saudi Arabia... | |
4118 | kv-107iia-sm-2 | 1979 | MOI 04: KV-107/IIA-SM-2, c/n 4118, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4118 for d+ | JQ4118: KV-107/IIA-SM-2, c/n 4118, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4118 for del tests; del Saudi Arabia... | |
4119 | kv-107iia-sm-1 | 1979 | MOI 05: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4119, ff?; del Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior, Ge+ | JQ4119: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4119, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4119 for testing; del Saudi Arabia, ... | |
4120 | kv-107iia-sm-1 | 1979 | MOI 06: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4120, ff?; del Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior, Ge+ | JQ4120: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4120, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4120 for testing; del Saudi Arabia, ... | |
4123 w/o 1987 | kv-107iia-sm-1 | 1980 | MOI 07: del Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior, General Civil Defence Agency as MO+ MOI 07: Aircraft CD 07 crashed in Mecca killing all onboard. It was load lifti+ MOI 07: Kevin Perrier and John Mullen died in the crash. John was pilot and Kev th+ | JQ4123: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4123, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4123 for testing, 1980. | |
4124 | kv-107iia-sm-1 | 1980 | MOI 08: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4124, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4124, Gifu, Japan, unk+ | JQ4124: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4124, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4124, Gifu, Japan, unk; del Saudi Arabia, Minist... | |
4125 | kv-107iia-sm-2 | 1980 | MOI 09: KV-107/IIA-SM-2, c/n 4125, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4125 for d+ | JQ4125: KV-107/IIA-SM-2, c/n 4125, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4125 for del tests; del Saudi Arabia... | |
4126 | kv-107iia-sm-4 | 1980 | MOI 10: KV-107/IIA-SM-4, c/n 4126, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4126, Gifu, Japan, unk+ | JQ4126: KV-107/IIA-SM-4, c/n 4126, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4126, Gifu, Japan, unk; del Saudi Arabia, Minist... | |
4127 w/o 2007 | kv-107iia-sm-4 | 1980 | MOI 11: del Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior, General Civil Defence Agency as MO+ MOI 11: crashed in 2007, pilot error no fatalities | JQ4127: KV-107/IIA-SM-4, c/n 4127, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4127, Gifu, Japan, unk | |
4128 | kv-107iia-sm-4 | 1980 | MOI 12: KV-107/IIA-SM-4, c/n 4128, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4128, Gifu, Japan, unk+ | JQ4128: KV-107/IIA-SM-4, c/n 4128, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4128, Gifu, Japan, unk; del Saudi Arabia, Minist... | |
4129 | kv-107iia-sm-3 | 1980 | MOI 13: KV-107/IIA-SM-3, c/n 4129, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4129, Gifu, Japan, 27O+ MOI 13: salvaged (?) | JQ4129: KV-107/IIA-SM-3, c/n 4129, ff?; Kawasaki temp reg JQ4129, Gifu, Japan, 27Oct83; del Saudi Arabia, Mi... | |
4139 | kv-107iia-sm-1 | 1983 | MOI 14: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4139, ff?; del Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior, Ge+ | JQ4139: KV-107/IIA-SM-1, c/n 4139, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4139 for tests; del Saudi Arabia, Mi... | |
4140 | kv-107iia-sm-2 | 1983 | MOI 15: KV-107/IIA-SM-2, c/n 4140, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4140 for d+ | JQ4140: KV-107/IIA-SM-2, c/n 4140, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4140 for del tests; del Saudi Arabia... | |
4141 | kv-107iia-sm-3 | 1984 | MOI 16: KV-107/IIA-SM-3, c/n 4141, ff?; del Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Interior, Ge+ | JQ4141: KV-107/IIA-SM-3, c/n 4141, ff?; Kawasaki Heavy Industries reg JQ4141 for del tests; del Saudi Arabia... | |
92-0064 | s-92a | 2007 | MOI-01: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920064, ff: 2007; reg Sikorsky as N4515W; del + | N4515W: Sikorsky toward MOI-01 | |
92-0069 | s-92a | 2007 | MOI-02: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920069, ff: 2007; reg Sikorsky as N45094; del + | N45094: Sikorsky toward MOI-02 | |
92-0076 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-03: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920076, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2580V;
del+ MOI-03: at KAS Riyadh | N2580V: Sikorsky toward MOI-03 | |
92-0077 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-04: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920077, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2580T;
del+ | N2580T: Sikorsky toward MOI-04 | |
92-0078 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-05: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920078, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2584E;
del+ | N2584E: Sikorsky toward MOI-05 | |
92-0081 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-06: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920081, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2583M;
del+ | N2583M: Sikorsky toward MOI-06 | |
92-0083 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-07: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920083, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2583T;
del+ | N2583T: Sikorsky toward MOI-07 | |
92-0084 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-08: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920084, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2578T;
del+ | N2578T: Sikorsky toward MOI-08 | |
92-0085 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-09: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920085, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2578P;
del+ | N2578P: Sikorsky toward MOI-09 | |
92-0086 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-10: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920086, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2578M;
del+ | N2578M: Sikorsky toward MOI-10 | |
92-0087 | s-92a | 2008 | MOI-11: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920087, ff: 2008; reg Sikorsky as N2577Y;
del+ | N2577Y: Sikorsky toward MOI-11 | |
92-0101 | s-92a | 2009 | MOI-12: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920101, ff: 2009; reg Sikorsky as N20672; del + MOI-12: 03mar13 crew member fell and died during World Civil Defence Day | N20672: Sikorsky toward MOI-12 | |
92-0102 | s-92a | 2009 | MOI-13: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920102, ff: 2009; reg Sikorsky as N20688; del + | N20688: Sikorsky toward MOI-13 | |
92-0106 | s-92a | 2010 | MOI-14: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920106, ff: 2009; reg Sikorsky as N2088X; del + | N2088X: Sikorsky toward MOI-14 | |
92-0107 | s-92a | 2010 | MOI-15: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920107, ff: 2010; reg Sikorsky as N20880; del + | N20880: Sikorsky toward MOI-15 | |
92-0123 | s-92a | 2010 | MOI-16: Saudi Arabia MOI-16 2011 | N2145L: Sikorsky, canc Mar11 | |
92-0100 | s-92a | 2009 | MOI-17: Sikorsky S-92A Helibus, c/n 920100, ff: 2009; reg Sikorsky as N2064R; del + | N2064R: Sikorsky toward MOI-17 | |
70-3652 | s-70i | 2010 | MOI-31: MOI | SP-YVA: PZL Mielec msn 0002 | |
70-3660 | s-70i | MOI-32: MOI | SP-YVB: PZL Mielec msn 0003 | ||
70-3699 | s-70i | MOI-33: MOI | SP-YVC: PZL Mielec msn 0004 SP-YVC: pictured (pic1) at the Berlin 2012 Airshow SP-YVC: Pictured (pic2) at the Berlin 2012 airshow |