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| Date: | Tuesday 18 December 1979 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky HH-3E Sea King (S-61R) |
| Owner/operator: | 67th ARRS, 39th ARRG, USAF |
| Registration: | 67-14716 |
| MSN: | 61-618 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mosfellsheidhi, W of Keflavik -
 Iceland
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The HH-3E was on a rescue mission for four survivors from a crashed Cessna 172 (TF-EKK) north of Reykjavik. First taking one injured man to a hospital the helicopter returned with two doctors aboard. After taking off with the three remaining survivors and five rescue workers aboard, the HH-3E experienced a dual compressor stall due to icing at low altitude and made a hard landing not far from the crash site. All aboard survived, including the pilot Capt. Charles Keith Singleton, co-pilot 1Lt Manuel Fernandez and flight engineer TSgt Thomas Berry.
Sources:
https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1967.html
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/16832/
https://usafrotorheads.com/helo-timeline/
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2019/11/10/survived_two_plane_crashes_in_a_single_day/
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/31429
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2017 18:33 | Anon. | Added |
| 03-Oct-2017 18:34 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, ] |
| 03-Apr-2019 10:54 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 22-Jun-2019 15:44 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Dec-2019 15:19 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 18-May-2021 16:36 | globie54321 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source, ] |
| 23-Feb-2025 19:20 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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