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| Date: | Wednesday 28 December 1988 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Sikorsky CH-53 Yas'ur (Sea Stallion) |
| Owner/operator: | Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force) |
| Registration: | 545 |
| MSN: | 65-343 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mount Sagi 996 -
 Israel
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Mount Sagi |
Heavy cargo lift problems while en route to Mount Sagi. Tailboom seperated; crashed & caught fire (video). The pilot (Mordechay Sharon) was killed, the co-pilot (Yoav Naor) recovered.
Sources:
1. http://myplace.frontier.com/~anneled/IAFinventory.html#helicopters
2. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/videos/israeli53tailloss.avi
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2010 01:49 | TB | Added |
| 04-Aug-2010 10:50 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 23-Mar-2011 06:46 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Mar-2011 14:00 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ] |
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