Aircraft History |
157668 | |||
US Marine Corps | |||
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1969-11-24 | BV-107M, c/n 2567, ff? accepted BuWepsRep, FR, Morton, PA as CH-46F 157668 24Nov69 xfer HMM-365 19Nov69 xfer H&MS-26 17Feb71 xfer HMM-263 09Dec71 further unit xfers unk conv CH-46E unk unit xfers unk xfer HMM-365, YM-10 crashed into New River during nighttime training near Camp Lejeune, NC J09ul01 3 passengers killed, pilot and copilot survived. HMM-263 | ||
1970-06 | YM | embarked on USS Guam during 10 days of earthquake relief efforts off northern Peru. Great Peruvian Earthquake relief operations | |
Conducting FCLPs to LHA pad along New River using NVGs. Pilot-in-command (PIC) attempted to turn off anti-collision lights, but inadvertently turned on red cockpit dome lights*, shutting down NVGs causing both pilots to lose external reference to ground. (*Note: PIC is height challenged and used kneeboard to slap at switch.) Neither pilot attempted to fly wave-off profile using instruments and acft impacted water. |
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