Information on U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46D tail number 153961
Date: 11/17/1969
Incident number: 69111717.KIA
Unit: HMM-262
This was a Combat incident. This helicopter was REPAIRED IN THEATER
This was a Rescue and Recovery mission for Medical Evacuation
While in PickUp Zone this helicopter was on the Ground at 0000 feet and 000 knots.
South Vietnam
Helicopter took 20 hits from:
Explosive Weapon; Non-Artillery launched or static weapons containing explosive charges. (RPG)
causing Fragmentation Damage.
Systems damaged were: PERSONNEL, TRANSMISSION, HYDRAULIC SYS, FLT CONTROLS
Casualties = 01 KIA, 03 WIA . .
Aircraft was capable of one time flight.
Both mission and flight capability were terminated.
Original source(s) and document(s) from which the incident was created or updated:
Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center Helicopter database. Also: NSC, CH46,
JSIDR, HMM-262 Website (Naval Safety Center. Joint Services Incident Damage Report. )
Summary: Believed to be the HMM-262 CH-46D which crashed on land due to hostile causes.
Crew Members:
C CPL ROGERS THOMAS FRANKLIN JR KIA
This record was last updated on 09/23/1999
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