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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1981 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | 157731 |
| MSN: | 65-307 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Sardinia -
 Mediterranean Sea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| USS Guadalcanal |
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53C Sea Stallion helicopter crashes while attempting to land on the USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7) during Sixth Fleet training exercises in the Mediterranean near Sardinia, Italy, killing all five crewmen.
Sources:
Pueblo 25 September 1981
https://web.archive.org/web/20151002165739/http://lists.peacelink.it/armamenti/msg00252.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2009 12:03 | harro | Updated |
| 05-Aug-2024 19:08 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total occupants, Country, Source, ] |
| 08-Nov-2024 13:16 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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