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Aircraft Mfr's Number: 70831

Built by:: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Modified Model*:: S-70C-2
Effectivity:: 0617
Lot Number:: 01
Mfr. Date:
Aircraft Status:: written-off
Last Updated:: 2025-08-03

* The model displayed above will either be the aircraft's birth or earliest modified model. To see the aircrafts modification history see the below Aircraft Historical Events.

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 1

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
March 1985	PRC-14	S-70C-2		PLA Air Force
In March 1985 the Aircraft was accepted into the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF).

Aircraft Historical Events: Entry 2

Date	Tail Number	Model	Country	Operator
8 October 1987	831	S-70C-2		PLA Air Force
On 8 October 1987, a PLA S-70C-2 (C/N 70831) crashed in Qing Hai Province. The aircraft was on its way back to Xining from Golmud where it had been on location for the filming for the documentary "Light of Qaidam" when the crew lost control of the aircraft after experiencing a Tail Rotor failure. After impacting the ground, the aircraft apparently broke into three pieces. Unit Involved: Lanzhou Air Transport Regiment Mishap Location: Qing Hai Province Fatalities: 3 (and 15 soldiers wounded)

Date

Tail Number

Model

Country

Operator

8 October 1987

831

S-70C-2

PLA Air Force

On 8 October 1987, a PLA S-70C-2 (C/N 70831) crashed in Qing Hai Province. The aircraft was on its way back to Xining from Golmud where it had been on location for the filming for the documentary "Light of Qaidam" when the crew lost control of the aircraft after experiencing a Tail Rotor failure. After impacting the ground, the aircraft apparently broke into three pieces.

Unit Involved: Lanzhou Air Transport Regiment
Mishap Location: Qing Hai Province
Fatalities: 3 (and 15 soldiers wounded)