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| Date: | Saturday 5 August 2017 |
| Time: | c. 16:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bell Boeing MV-22B Osprey |
| Owner/operator: | US Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | 168634/EP-13 |
| MSN: | D0289? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 26 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | USS Green Bay, off Shoalwater Bay, QLD -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) |
| USS Green Bay (LPD-20) |
While descending to the deck of USS Green Bay amphibious transport dock ship with 26 personnel aboard, the Osprey’s left nacelle struck the flight deck of the ship. The Osprey’s fuselage hit the side of the ship near the left nose of the aircraft.
The aircraft slid along the side of the ship until it hit a metal stairway while the left rotor blades repeatedly struck the flight deck “sending large debris flying” which damaged a UH-1Y parked nearby on the deck, according to the report.
The impact with the stairway punched a hole in the cockpit and crushed the cockpit display panel. Hitting the stairway stopped the V-22. It then bounced off the ship’s catwalk, rolled over and fell 30 feet into the ocean. It sank in under five minutes, the report says.
Three passengers died and 23 occupants were rescued. The aircraft was assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Survey ship HMAS Melville located the wreckage on 7 August 2017.
The Osprey hit the US Navy's 25,000t-class USS Green Bay (LPD-20) during its landing in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
"The Marine Corps determined the aircraft crashed due to facing too much downwash and not having the thrust to hold its hover, but the aircraft may also have been carrying too much weight, a Defense Department official told USNI News."
Sources:
https://thewest.com.au/news/world/us-military-mv-22-aircraft-crashes-off-australia-with-marines-feared-killed-ng-b88559277z
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/05/us-marines-aircraft-osprey-mishap-australia
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-army-mv-22-osprey-heli-plane-crashes-australian-n789836
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/us-military-helicopter-crashes-off-queensland-two-feared-dead/news-story/885fa149cbf29da4e02c18e07a0bfeb7
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40837862
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-06/us-marines-osprey-crash-survivor-search-called-off/8778794
https://www.iiimef.marines.mil/News/News-Article-Display/Article/1269524/media-release-17-014-transition-to-mv-22-mishap-recovery-salvage-efforts/
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2017/08/06/us-plane-crash-missing-marines/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-marines-australia-idUSKBN1AN0WH
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mv-22-struck-flight-deck-before-fatal-crash-440174/
https://pilotonline.com/news/military/local/osprey-struck-a-navy-ship-before-crashing-and-killing-recohttp://www.rotorandwing.com/2018/05/24/report-downwash-likely-culprit-fatal-v-22-crash-off-australia/rds/article_316ac654-29ef-576c-9a9e-dd9675ac8cf6.html
Scramble
https://news.usni.org/2018/05/21/investigation-2017-osprey-crash-due-heavy-downwash-excessive-aircraft-weight-may-contributed
Media:
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit MV-22 Osprey mishap.@USMC @PacificCommand @PacificMarines @USPacificFleet @AFNPacificNow pic.twitter.com/6dJX7Ke8w5
— III MEF Marines (@IIIMEF) August 5, 2017
05-AUG-2017 Australia MV-22 crash . Unused breathing apparatuses, Marines unable to get out of restraints, unsecured equipment, unused life preservers: This was the scene highlighted in the completed investigation.https://t.co/6uirxni98D
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 10 mai 2018
MV-22 video:https://t.co/fPQ1balSuP pic.twitter.com/WwU3tyaoWQ
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 05-Aug-2017 12:29 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Aug-2017 13:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 13:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 13:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 14:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 15:16 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Time, Operator, Plane category, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 15:20 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 15:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 16:02 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 16:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 05-Aug-2017 18:34 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 06-Aug-2017 07:48 | harro | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2017 08:05 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2017 08:05 | harro | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 07-Aug-2017 06:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 07-Aug-2017 09:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Aug-2017 06:13 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-Aug-2017 08:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Sep-2017 14:26 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 16-Mar-2018 09:27 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 10-May-2018 18:46 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 25-May-2018 01:24 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jul-2022 14:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Phase, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jul-2022 17:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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