Boeing-Vertol CH-46D

C/N 2377

Built 1967 - Written off 1973





Helicopter Boeing-Vertol CH-46D Serial 2377 Register 154026 used by US Marine Corps USMC. Built 1967. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Boeing-Vertol CH-46D Serial 2377 Register 154026 used by US Marine Corps USMC. Built 1967. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History





154026

usa US Marine Corps

1967-10-25BV-107M, c/n 2377, ff? accepted BuWepsRep, Morton, PA as CH-46D 154026, 25Oct67
xfer HMM-263 08Jan68
xfer HMMT-302 31Oct68
xfer H&MS-16 COSA 14Jul69
xfer HMM-364, YK-??, 08Aug69
xfer H&MS-36 23Feb71
xfer HMM-165 17Jun71
xfer HMM-164, YT-??, 21Nov72
w/o 06Dec73. HMM-164
1970 during overhaul at Atsugi, Japan


I think this is the one from HMM-164, MAG-36 (Futenma) that crashed near a construction site in Onaha, Nishihara Village - killing 4 crew and injuring another severely. HMM-164
Chief Warrant Officer named Poe was the pilot, and the Crew a Chief was Danny Curry of I believe Dallas Texas. Curry and one other crewman were killed and the co pilot survived with bad injury. Warrant Officer Poe survived but was badly burned. They were flight testing the new BIM blades from Boeing, and had a blade failure as I recall.
CWO Poe was the pilot on this 5 Dec. 1973 test flight. I do not know the identities of the crew, but three (3) were killed. Copilot was paralyzed. Both the copilot and CWO Poe suffered burns and were pulled from burning wreckage by nearby Okinawan man. CWO Poe returned to active service. Test was for tracking blades but I was told the cause of the crash was a malfunction in one of the transmissions which caused the blades to mesh. fyi. I was the copilot that sad day!




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