Incident Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion 157742,
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Date:Friday 13 August 2004
Time:14:22
Type:Silhouette image of generic H53 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion
Owner/operator:HMM-265 USMC
Registration: 157742
MSN: 65-318
Year of manufacture:1971
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Okinawa International University -   Japan
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:MCAS Futenma
Destination airport:MCAS Futenma
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed and caught fire after clipping a building on the campus of Okinawa International University.

Cause: detachement of a screw bolt holding the tail rotor in place because maintenance personnel had not attached a cotter pin to keep it secure.

Sources:

Scramble 304
- JF Baugher
https://forum.keypublishing.com/forum/modern-military-aviation/44267-accident-report-us-military-accidents-in-1972-to-2000-in-okinawa-japan
AFM OCT/DEC 2004

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Jun-2014 10:39 Uli Elch Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
10-Dec-2018 11:54 Aerossurance Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
04-Dec-2019 18:26 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities]
04-Dec-2019 18:27 harro Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]
28-Dec-2019 17:51 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator]
22-May-2020 06:06 MGySgt Miller Updated [Operator, Country, Narrative]
22-May-2020 06:07 harro Updated [Country]
02-Jul-2021 19:43 TB Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]
16-Jul-2021 11:44 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]

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