Accident Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion 157140,
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Date:Monday 20 March 1989
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic H53 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion
Owner/operator:USMC
Registration: 157140
MSN: 65-266
Fatalities:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 34
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:10 nm W of Pohang -   South Korea
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed when it overshot a landing site and clipped a hill as it turned back during Operation Team Spirit 1989.

Sources:

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989 - 0827.html

https://www.mca-marines.org/gazette/1989/05/crashes-cloud-team-spirit-89

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Dec-2008 11:18 harro Added
29-Dec-2008 10:22 harro Updated
12-Apr-2017 05:33 Rodger Asai Updated [Date, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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