Incident Boeing CH-47D Chinook 89-00166,
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Date:Sunday 11 November 2012
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic H47 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing CH-47D Chinook
Owner/operator:United States Army
Registration: 89-00166
MSN: M3320
Year of manufacture:1968
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:unknown loaction within Afghanistan -   Afghanistan
Phase:
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
During a night infil. Hard Landing. One crewmember sustained injuries in Afghanistan.

The original militarytimes database reported a Class B US Army CH-47D mishap in Afghanistan on this date.

The US Army Flightfax (December2012) reported a CH-47D Class B mishap with a little more detail. The landing gear struck a berm on approach to an LZ in brown-out conditions. The gear partially separated and the left side of the aircraft sustained structural damage.


Sources:

http://joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1989.html
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
http://chinook-helicopter.com/history/Nick_Van_Valkenburgh/Chinook_Legacy_January_2014.pdf (Appendix A-16 p.131)

Revision history:

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06-Mar-2020 08:02 StokieSteve Added

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