83-24110

 

 

         
Nightstalkers Unit Crest.
   83-24110, Boeing D model kit number M3040, was a CH-47D helicopter, later modified to an MH-47D. The U.S. Army acceptance date was 13 July 1984. The administrative strike
          date was 16 July 1990. As of 16 July 1990, 83-24110 had accumulated 1,273.5 D model hours and 4,792.9 total aircraft hours. 83-24110 was a conversion from the original A model Chinook 64-13111. On 12 April 1983, 83-24110 was inducted into the D model program, converted, and initially assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) - "Nightstalkers", United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. On 12 June 1990, 83-24110, while assigned to Fort Campbell, crashed. While operating in Panama, the aircraft contacted the ground in a 90-degree left yaw during an aided night approach (under night vision goggles [NVGs]) to a beach landing area. The entire crew experienced a brown-out condition prior to ground impact. The aircraft rolled onto its right side, pinning the crew chief who had been ejected through the cabin door. He sustained an incomplete green-stick fracture of the lower right fibula. The pilots and the other crewmembers egressed unassisted. They were not injured. There is one report that the aircraft was to be transported by barge and ditched in Panama Bay to become the foundation for a reef. The last known location of 83-24110 is unknown. Aircraft status: Crashed.

 

 

         
MH-47D 83-24110 being slung out after the crash.

 

 

         
MH-47D Chinook 83-24110 at the crash site in Panama.

 

 

         
MH-47D Chinook 83-24110 at the crash site in Panama.

 

 

         
MH-47D Chinook 83-24110 at the crash site in Panama.

 

 

         
MH-47D Chinook 83-24110 at the crash site in Panama.

 

 

         
MH-47D Chinook 83-24110 at the crash site in Panama.

 

 

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