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| Date: | Thursday 1 November 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing Vertol HH-46A Sea Knight |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | 152499 |
| MSN: | 2116 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Agana -
 Guam
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | USS White Plains |
On 1 November 1984 while operating during a 4 month deployment in 1984, standing out of Guam, a CH-46 helicopter lifted off the flight deck in support of a vertical replenishment. (Cargo transfer ship-to-ship via heavy lift by a helicopter) Shortly after takeoff, a rotor blade failed and sliced through the body of the helo cleaving it in half. The cockpit bobbed to the surface where the pilot ad copilot were able to extricate themselves and were recovered. The aft of the helo, containing the two engines and main gearbox, quickly sank below the waves taking the two flight crew with them. All I and ships company could do is hold a remembrance on the flight deck early the next morning.
Sources:
- JF Baugher
DS-1 T Mummert, USS Plains crew 1984
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jun-2014 19:23 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Feb-2020 11:44 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 06-Jun-2022 09:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 10-Oct-2024 18:19 | tmumsey | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Oct-2024 18:21 | ASN | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, ] |
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