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| Date: | Wednesday 12 February 1986 |
| Time: | 23:30 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King |
| Owner/operator: | HS-12 US Navy |
| Registration: | 152136 |
| MSN: | 61-335 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South China Sea -
 Pacific Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS Midway (CV-41) |
| USS Midway (CV-41) |
Forced landing; sank. Coded´NF-610´
Tail rotor failure after massive vibrations caused lower personel door to depart the aircraft and strike the tail rotor. I was aboard the aircraft as the First Crewman. Both pilots were awarded air medals. The aircraft sank in over 12,000 feet of water.
Sources:
Flight International 16 May 1987
I was there. I wrote an article about this mishap that published by Approach Magazine, November 2002.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2009 02:47 | harro | Updated |
| 08-Jan-2010 10:51 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2012 11:02 | talachan | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Feb-2020 11:49 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 14-Jan-2025 07:04 | Tetrapack | Updated [Cn, Narrative, ] |
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