Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 27 October 1953
Aircraft Type: Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 127764
Location: off Iwakuni MCAS –
ÿ Japan
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: Tail section of the Mi-17 helicopter.Tail section of the Mi-17 helicopter.
Category: Accident
A Japanese Hunter-Killer exercise involving a Mitsubishi Mi-17 helicopter crashed off Iwakuni, Japan during a training phase. The helicopter’s tail section broke off.A Japanese Hunter-Killer exercise involving a Mitsubishi Mi-17 helicopter crashed off Iwakuni, Japan during a training phase. The helicopter’s tail section broke off.
Description
Ditched off Iwakuni, Japan during a hunter-killer exercise. Tail broke off.
Primary Cause
Pilot error during a maneuver.Pilot error during a maneuver.Share on:
