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| Date: | Sunday 17 May 2015 |
| Time: | c. 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Bell/Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
| Owner/operator: | 15th MEU / VMM-161 USMC |
| Registration: | 168020/YR-01 |
| MSN: | D0150 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 22 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bellows AFS, Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Essex |
| Bellows AFS, Oahu, HI |
A 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit MV-22 Osprey sustained substantial damage upon vertical impact at 36 ft/s during landing at Waimanalo, Oahu in brown out conditions on a third approach to the LZ (and brown out encounter). The repeated ingestion of debris resulted in an engine power loss.
Investigators noted: “Upon impact, the aircraft absorbed the forces produced by the hard landing as it was designed.” The wings fractured near the main cabin, the tail section broke off near the ramp area, and all prop rotorblades “broom strawed or shattered after impacting the ground or airframe.”
A post-impact fire ensued and two personnel onboard the tilt-rotor aircraft received fatal injuries. Of the remaining twenty personnel onboard 18 received injuries of unreported severity.
Sources:
http://m.kitv.com/news/aircraft-crash-reported-at-bellows-air-force-station/33072686
https://www.rt.com/usa/259477-aircraft-crash-hawaii-base/
http://web.archive.org/web/20150715094651/http://www.phillyvoice.com/one-us-marine-dead-12-hospitalized-hawaii-accident/
http://www.staradvertiser.com/breaking-news/Downed_military_aircraft_reported_in_Bellows_Air_Force_Station_area.html?id=304055751
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AIR_FORCE_STATION_CRASH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-05-20-13-01-36
http://www.airfighters.com/photo/119993/L/USA-Marines/Bell-Boeing-MV-22B-Osprey/168020/
https://www.helis.com/database/cn/20108/
http://warisboring.com/forty-five-seconds/
http://aviationweek.com/defense/anatomy-v-22-crash
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2015 04:03 | Geno | Added |
| 18-May-2015 04:15 | Geno | Updated [Source, ] |
| 20-May-2015 18:00 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2015 06:43 | marko | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Damage, ] |
| 26-May-2015 14:28 | Geno | Updated [Source, ] |
| 18-Jan-2016 18:34 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 29-Aug-2016 10:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Dec-2019 17:46 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 10-Jun-2023 04:39 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 03-Jul-2025 15:54 | ASN | Updated [Destination airport, Embed code, ] |
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