ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146800
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| Date: | Thursday 19 July 2012 |
| Time: | 17:20 |
| Type: |  Sikorsky MH-53E |
| Owner/operator: | HM-15 US Navy |
| Registration: | 162514 |
| MSN: | 65-526 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 58 miles southwest of Muscat, Oman -
 Oman
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An US Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 and with five people aboard, crashed Thursday over Oman.
Aircraft crashed during heavy lift. Two crew members died.
The cause of the accident is attributed to not enough power available to lift the aircraft, causing loss of tail rotor authority, which could be prevented should the crew "followed NATOPS procedures and maintained flight discipline".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/07/navy-mh-53-crash-oman-071912/
http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2012/07/2-missing-after-norfolkbased-navy-helicopter-crash
http://www.public.navy.mil/navsafecen/Documents/statistics/AvSummaries.pdf
JAGMAN: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/815391/sea-dragon-crash.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jul-2012 10:20 | Black Typhoon | Added |
| 20-Jul-2012 19:48 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2012 09:38 | krasatpi | Updated [Time, Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2020 12:24 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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