Helicopter Accidents

Year 1966 accidents

Boeing-Vertol 107M H-46 Sea Knight Accidents

Year	Version	C/N
1966	CH-46A	2078	151928 : BV-107M, c/n 2078, ff?; del USMC 02Jun65 as CH-46A 151928; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; xfer HMM-164 09Jun65; w/o 02Sep66, abd USS Tripoli.
1966	CH-46A	2080	151930 : 15jul16 I was on the first wave assault into LZ Crow, the helo I was on landed hard but no damage. /YT-18 and /YT-15 had collided prior to my landing. A Cpl in my company was chopped in half by rotor blades. Latter that afternoon, /EP-171 was hit by ground fire came into the LZ on fire and crashed.
1966	CH-46A	2085	151935 : BV-107M, c/n 2085, ff?; del USMC unk as CH-46A 151935; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; del HMM-164 unk; w/o 11Jun66, RVN.
1966	CH-46A	2086	151936 : BV-107M, c/n 2086, ff?; del USMC 23Jul65 as CH-46A 151936; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; xfer HMM-164 YT-18 09Aug65; collided with 151930 in LZ Crow dur Operation Hastings, Helicopter Valley, RVN, 14Jul66; w/o 15Jul66.
1966	CH-46A	2097	151947 : BV-107M, c/n 2097, ff?; del USMC 17Sep65 as CH-46A 151947; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; xfer HMM-164 05Oct65; w/o 08Jul66, abd USS Tripoli.
1966	CH-46A	2110	151960 : BV-107M, c/n 2110, ff?; del USMC 24Nov65 as CH-46A 151960; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; xfer HMM-265, EP154, 02Mar66; disappeared without trace on night flight from Phu Bai to Marble Mountain, RVN, 06Oct66; 4 MIA; w/o 07Oct66.
1966	CH-46A	2111	151961 : BV-107M, c/n 2111, ff?; del USMC 03Dec65 as CH-46A 151961; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; xfer HMM-265, EP-155, 23Dec65; dam dur Operation Hastings, Helicopter Valley, RVN, 15Jul66; w/o 20Jul66, Phu Bai, RVN.
1966	CH-46A	2117	152500 : BV-107M, c/n 2117, ff?; del USMC 12Jan66 as CH-46A 152500; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; xfer HMM-265, EP-171, 27Jan66; shot down by hostile fire when large caliber projectile severed high pressure fuel line engulfing helo in fire, Song Ngan Valley, RVN, 15Jul66; crew chief and 14 passengers killed.
1966	CH-46A	2168	152546 : BV-107M, c/n 2168, ff?; del USMC 23Jun66 as CH-46A 152546; asgd Boeing FR Morton PA; xfer HMM-262 01Jul66; w/o 07Sep66, Marble Mountain, RVN. (Shortest lifespan for a CH-46 airframe: 76 days.)
1966	UH-46A	2026	150965 : 1966, as a young sailor in HC-1, I had the opportunity to work on and fly in old number 60. We installed 150 gallon F-4 Aux tanks on this bird and did all the flight testing at Ream Field. I think we got the MUC out of this endeavor. Was on Det. on the Sacramento when we received word of the crash.