Sikorsky S-55 accidents

The NTSB database holds 22 accidents and incidents involving the Sikorsky S-55, recorded between 1964 to 2009. 3 of them were fatal (14%), and 8 people died.

The deadliest year was 1981, with 6 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (12 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Asia and Other-International Waters.

18 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

14%

Share fatal

1964 to 2009

Period

Show these on the map 4 of 22 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 6

1970s 10

1980s 3

2000s 3

Where these happened

United States 20 Asia 1 Other-International Waters 1

Operators involved

Aerial Service 2 Orlando Helico 2 Cambell Air SE 1 Loma Linda MED 1 Jenney Flight 1 Avag Corp. 1

All 22 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
29 May 1981	Sikorsky S-55 N874	Beaumont, California, United States no coordinates	Loma Linda MED	Fatal	6
23 Oct 1979	Sikorsky S-55 N95761	Davenport, Florida, United States no coordinates	FL Helicopter	Fatal	1
9 Jan 1976	Sikorsky S-55 N3498	California, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Carson Helicop	Fatal	1
24 Jul 2009	Sikorsky S-55 N1255T	Chelan, Washington, United States	David C. Smith	No injuries	-
26 Aug 2006	Sikorsky S-55 N111VA	Paramount, California, United States	-	No injuries	-
25 Jun 2002	Sikorsky S-55-QT N2300Z	Orlando, Florida, United States	Whisper Jet	No injuries	-
21 Mar 1986	Sikorsky S-55 N8327	Afton, California, United States	Avag Corp.	No injuries	-
24 Jan 1981	Sikorsky S-55 N95485	Poston, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Western AZ AG	No injuries	-
15 Aug 1978	Sikorsky S-55 N62207	Carver, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	C&W AG Air	Minor injuries	-
2 Dec 1974	Sikorsky S-55 N750A	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Chevron Oil Co	No injuries	-
19 Sep 1973	Sikorsky S-55 N15182	Duette, Florida, United States no coordinates	Seminole Helic	No injuries	-
10 Aug 1972	Sikorsky S-55 N744A	Orlando, Florida, United States no coordinates	Orlando Helico	No injuries	-
15 Oct 1971	Sikorsky S-55 N9009R	Acton, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Jenney Flight	Serious injuries	-
9 Apr 1971	Sikorsky S-55 N1564	Tannersville, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Cambell Air SE	No injuries	-
28 Feb 1971	Sikorsky S-55 N744A	Hollywood, California, United States no coordinates	Orlando Helico	No injuries	-
12 Oct 1970	Sikorsky S-55 N15183	Dundee, Florida, United States no coordinates	Greenwalt and	No injuries	-
30 Mar 1969	Sikorsky S-55 N1562	Alderson, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Aerial Service	No injuries	-
28 Feb 1969	Sikorsky S-55 N1562	Alderson, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Aerial Service	No injuries	-
12 Jun 1967	Sikorsky S-55 N751A	Laplace, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	W.s.young Cons	Minor injuries	-
20 Aug 1966	Sikorsky S-55 N747A	Galena Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	ERA Helicopter	No injuries	-
22 Dec 1965	Sikorsky S-55 N73893	Seaside, Oregon, United States no coordinates	National Helic	Minor injuries	-
2 Apr 1964	Sikorsky S-55 N405A	Sarawak Malaysia, Asia no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-