Helikopter Service Flight 165

Crash of a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter into the North Sea

61°01′N 002°48′E / 61.017°N 2.800°E / 61.017; 2.800AircraftAircraft typeSikorsky S-61OperatorHelikopter ServiceRegistrationLN-OQSFlight originBergen Airport, Flesland, Bergen, NorwayDestinationStatfjord A, North Sea, NorwayPassengers16Crew2Fatalities18Survivors0

Helikopter Service Flight 165 was a crash of a Sikorsky S-61 helicopter into the North Sea, 78 nautical miles (144 km; 90 mi) northwest of Bergen, Norway, on 26 June 1978. The aircraft was en route from Bergen Airport, Flesland to Statfjord A, an offshore oil platform. The accident was caused by a fatigue crack in a knuckle joint, causing one of the rotor blades to loosen. All eighteen people on board were killed in the crash.^[1]

References

^ "Rapport om luftfartsulykke i Nordsjøen den 26. juni 1978 ca. kl. 1115 med helikopter S-61 LN-OQS, tilhørende K/S Helikopter Service A/S" (in Norwegian). Accident Investigation Board Norway. 17 January 1980. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

Aviation accidents and incidents in Norway

Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Before 1940

Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition (July 1897)
Italia (May 1928)
Havørn Accident (June 1936)

1940s

British European Airways Flight 530 (August 1946)
Kvitbjørn disaster (August 1947)
Bukken Bruse disaster (October 1948)
Hurum air disaster (November 1949)

1950s

Bjørnøya Accident (March 1954)
Braathens SAFE Flight 253 (November 1956)

1960s

Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash (August 1961)

1970s

Braathens SAFE Flight 239 (December 1972)
Helikopter Service Flight 165 (June 1978)

1980s

Widerøe Flight 933 (March 1982)
Braathens SAFE Flight 139 (June 1985)
Finnair Flight 915 (December 1987)
Widerøe Flight 710 (May 1988)

1990s

Widerøe Flight 839 (April 1990)
Widerøe Flight 744 (October 1993)
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 347 (November 1994)
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 (August 1996)
Hemus Air Flight 7081 (September 1996)
Helikopter Service Flight 451 (September 1997)

2000s

Kato Air Flight 605 (September 2004)
Atlantic Airways Flight 670 (October 2006)

2010s

CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241 (April 2016)
Alta helicopter crash (August 2019)

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1978 (1978)
Jan 1 Air India Flight 855 Feb 11 Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 Feb 17 British Army Gazelle downing Mar 1 Continental Airlines Flight 603 Mar 3 LAV HS 748 accident Mar 9 China Airlines Flight 831 Mar 13 United Airlines Flight 696 Mar 16 Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 107 Apr 20 Korean Air Lines Flight 902 May 8 National Airlines Flight 193 May 19 Aeroflot Flight 6709 May 23 1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash Jun 21 Iranian Chinook shootdown Jun 26 Air Canada Flight 189 Jun 26 Helikopter Service Flight 165 Aug 9 Olympic Airways Flight 411 Aug 30 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 hijacking Sep 3 Air Rhodesia Flight 825 Sep 7 Air Ceylon Avro 748 4R-ACJ bombing Sep 25 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 Sep 26 Air Caribbean Flight 309 Sep 30 Finnair Flight 405 Oct 3 Finnish Air Force DC-3 crash Oct 7 Aeroflot Flight 1080 Oct 21 Valentich disappearance Nov 15 Loftleiðir Flight 001 Dec 17 Indian Airlines Flight 403 Dec 20 Indian Airlines Flight 410 Dec 21 TWA Flight 541 Dec 22 Cessna 188 Pacific rescue Dec 23 Alitalia Flight 4128 Dec 28 United Airlines Flight 173
1977 ◄ ► 1979

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1978 (1978)

Jan 1

Air India Flight 855

Feb 11

Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314

Feb 17

British Army Gazelle downing

Mar 1

Continental Airlines Flight 603

Mar 3

LAV HS 748 accident

Mar 9