- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 13, 1975 |
Time: | 2115 |
Location: | Near Sakon Nakhon, Thailand |
Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Nakhom Phanom AB - Utapao AB |
AC Type: | Sikorsky CH-53C (helicopter) |
Registration: | 68-10933 |
cn / ln: | ? |
Aboard: | 23 (passengers:19 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 23 (passengers:19 crew:4) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The copter was observed in an uncontrollable descent to earth in an inverted attitude after which it crashed and burned. Cracking of a rotor spindle assembly which led to separation of the main rotor. |
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