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| Date: | Thursday 16 September 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky UH-3H Sea King (S-61B) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 149918 |
| MSN: | 61188 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ceiba, Puerto Rico -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
During a drone recovery training mission - The BQM drone became unstable and struck the aircraft tail rotor. At approx. 250 ft and 70knts the aircraft took at slow right turn and struck the ground. Total loss of the aircraft.
Pilots: CDR Howard, LT Dombrowski
Crewmen: Joshua Beltramo, Christopher Douglas, Michael Morgan
Sources:
I was attached to VC-8 at the time of the mishap.
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2010 12:36 | TB | Added |
| 07-Jan-2010 12:50 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 19-Jan-2010 10:15 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 21-Dec-2012 11:29 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 13:03 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Sep-2019 05:51 | Navy Crewman | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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