Hard landing Incident Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight 153389,
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Date:Monday 26 April 2004
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic H46 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing CH-46E Sea Knight
Owner/operator:HMM-161 USMC
Registration: 153389
MSN: 2287
Year of manufacture:1966
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Al Anbar province -   Iraq
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Helicopter made hard landing in brownout conditions.
Recovered by US Army and loaded onto trailer for transport to repair depot. Trailer driven under too low a bridge, result in helo's rear pylon being broken off and damage to rear fuselage. Helicopter returned to USA but deemed uneconomical to repair and was written off.

Sources:

Scramble 328
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Apr-2013 06:51 krasatpi Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
11-Feb-2020 16:43 Iwosh Updated [Operator, Operator]

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