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| Date: | Sunday 16 January 1955 |
| Time: | unk |
| Type: | Kaman HOK-1 Huskie (OH-43D) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | 129812 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chesapeake Bay, MD -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Patuxent River, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
| NAS Patuxent River, MD (NHK/KNHK) |
Crashed into Chesapeake Bay after loss of a blade servo-flap combined with an abrupt collective control input. Aircraft damaged beyond repair.
Sources:
https://www.ragay.nl/kaman-htk-hok-huk/natc
http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/h43.php
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries14.html
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