Boeing-Vertol CH-46F

C/N 2567

Built 1969 - Written off 2001





Helicopter Boeing-Vertol CH-46F Serial 2567 Register 157668 used by US Marine Corps USMC. Built 1969. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





157668

usa US Marine Corps

1969-11-24BV-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
1970-06YMembarked 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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