ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73387
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Date: | Tuesday 10 May 1977 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur (Sea Stallion) |
Owner/operator: | Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force) |
Registration: | 960 |
MSN: | 65-351 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 54 / Occupants: 54 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 10 km W of Jordan River -
Israel
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Flew into hill on West Bank during exercise in the Jordan Valley. Crew Moshe Vitner/Hanoch Perlman.
- Probable Cause : The pilot flew below the permissible altitude during the dark hours of the night.
Sources:
1.
http://myplace.frontier.com/~anneled/IAFinventory.html#helicopters 2.
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1977/1977 2.
https://www.jta.org/1977/07/11/archive/judge-blames-pilot-for-helicopter-crash-in-which-54-israelis-died Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
08-Mar-2010 12:19 |
TB |
Added |
08-Mar-2010 12:24 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
04-Aug-2010 10:45 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
23-Mar-2011 11:12 |
TB |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
21-May-2012 13:22 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
01-May-2018 07:03 |
Captain Adam |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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