Incident CH-53 Sea Stallion 156966,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192981
 
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Date:Saturday 15 December 1979
Time:08:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic H53 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
CH-53 Sea Stallion
Owner/operator:HMT-204
Registration: 156966
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Marine Corps Air Station New River, NC -   United States of America
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Failure of Tail Rotor Intermediate Gear Box in 50' hover on test flight for IGB change. Failure resulted in 720* of spin prior to impacting ground.

Sources:

I was one of 2 aircraft commanders on board at the time of the crash. It was the enlisted crewmembers first flight after qualifying as CC

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jan-2017 19:01 Bumpman Added
25-Apr-2018 13:19 bsmoodha Updated [Source]

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