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| Date: | Friday 19 June 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky RH-53D Sea Stallion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 158687 |
| MSN: | 65-360 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lynnhaven Bay, VA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Oceana |
| Chambers Field NAS Norfolk |
Crashed just after refueling. Helicopter exploded and crashed due to a catastrophic failure of the rotor head assembly which caused a mid- air explosion killing all 7 crew members and completely destroying the Helicopter. The remains of the airdrame came to rest in the Lynnhaven bay in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Sources:
Flight Int. 1-7 July 1992
- JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2008 10:30 | harro | Added |
| 25-Jun-2014 11:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 13-Jul-2018 13:51 | Relative to crew chi | Updated [Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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