Date:	Sunday 12 August 2012
Time:	c 0820L
Type:	Boeing CH-47D Chinook
Owner/operator:	United States Army B Co / 1-168th Avn / WA ArNG
Registration:	87-00111
MSN:	M3230
Year of manufacture:	1967
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Arghandab District, Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan -   Afghanistan
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
A US CH-47 made an emergency landing during a daytime assault mission in southern Afghanistan. The Flightfax magazine reported the trial of two CH-47D aircraft entered the dust cloud of the flight lead during final approach to land and lost visual contact with the ground it then rolled onto its right side sustaining major damage. Fortunately the crew and passengers sustained only minor injuries. After stripping down the wrecked a/c it was recovered by road to the nearest US base.

http://chinook-helicopter.com/history/Nick_Van_Valkenburgh/Chinook_Legacy_January_2014.pdf (appendix A-15 p.130)
Scramble (database for serial & unit)
Flightfaz (Nov/Dec2013 Mishap Review:Multi-ship AASLT (includes picture of "111" crash-site)
https://www.army.mil/article/88805/legionnaires_overcome_difficult_challenges_to_secure_ch_47 (includes pictures of the a/c being cut-down and lifting onto a trailer)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Mar-2020 06:59	StokieSteve	Added