153296 CH-53A Sea Stallion US Marines (C/N 65-065)

Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion

Construction Number: 65-065


Written off 1974





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153296

usa US Marine Corps

Sikorsky S-65A, c/n 65-065, ff:?
del USMC as CH-53A 153296, unk
w/o 08jan75 crashed in Maryland (to be confimed)
1974-07-20SE of Diboll, TX. On July 20, 1974, CH-53A buno 153296 suffered an inflight fire after an internal fuel tank exploded at 4500 ft. The crew shot an emergency landing in a clearing in a forest about 15 miles SE of Diboll, TX. After the crew was out of the helicopter, it rolled over and was consumed by fire. All the crew survived with some injuries. The helicopter that crashed in Maryland was a CH-53D, buno unk, from MAG-26 in MCAS New River, NC.




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