Serial | 002593 | |||||||||||||||
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Model | CH-46E Sea Knight | |||||||||||||||
Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
Comments | w/o 10.5.1997 crashed into Pacific Ocean off Camp Pendleton, CA, while operating off USS Juneau; a/c was conducting NVG take-off & landing training from several ships near the Juneau when it struck a ships antenna, took 14 inches off the rear rotor blade resulting in the main rotor giving more lift than the aft. The a/c turned upside down and crashed into the Ocean (with HMM-164); | |||||||||||||||
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