Accident Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur 2000 066, Sunday 31 March 1996
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Date:Sunday 31 March 1996
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic H53 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur 2000
Owner/operator:Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force)
Registration: 066
MSN: 65-224
Year of manufacture:1970
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Judean desert -   Israel
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed soon after take-off. Crew Eyal Geller and Offer Shwartz.

Sources:

1. http://myplace.frontier.com/~anneled/IAFinventory.html#helicopters

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Mar-2011 04:28 Metatron Added
23-Mar-2011 04:25 TB Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
23-Mar-2011 04:39 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ]

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