This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Sunday 12 August 2012 |
Time: | c 0820L |
Type: | Boeing CH-47D Chinook |
Owner/operator: | United States Army B Co / 1-168th Avn / WA ArNG |
Registration: | 87-00111 |
MSN: | M3230 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Arghandab District, Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan -
Afghanistan
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A US CH-47 made an emergency landing during a daytime assault mission in southern Afghanistan. The Flightfax magazine reported the trial of two CH-47D aircraft entered the dust cloud of the flight lead during final approach to land and lost visual contact with the ground it then rolled onto its right side sustaining major damage. Fortunately the crew and passengers sustained only minor injuries. After stripping down the wrecked a/c it was recovered by road to the nearest US base.
Sources:
http://chinook-helicopter.com/history/Nick_Van_Valkenburgh/Chinook_Legacy_January_2014.pdf (appendix A-15 p.130)
Scramble (database for serial & unit)
Flightfaz (Nov/Dec2013 Mishap Review:Multi-ship AASLT (includes picture of "111" crash-site)
https://www.army.mil/article/88805/legionnaires_overcome_difficult_challenges_to_secure_ch_47 (includes pictures of the a/c being cut-down and lifting onto a trailer)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Mar-2020 06:59 |
StokieSteve |
Added |