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Boeing CH-47 accidents and incidents

Occurrences involving a Boeing CH-47, with variants merged.

6 records from 1971 to 2011, 5 of them fatal. Most often in Afghanistan.

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Occurrences65 accidents · 1 incidents · 3 mapped
Fatal occurrences5Fatality total known for 5 of 6
Reported fatalities102Plus 0 serious injuries reported
Years1971–201118 Aug 1971 – 6 Aug 2011

By year

Boeing CH-47: occurrences by year
YearOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
19711 occurrences in 1971, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1971 (1).137
19781 occurrences in 1978, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1971 (1).18
19981 occurrences in 1998, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1971 (1).11
20041 occurrences in 2004, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1971 (1).117
20051 occurrences in 2005, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1971 (1).00
20111 occurrences in 2011, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1971 (1).139

Airports most often reported

Boeing CH-47: airports most often reported
AirportOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)Monterey Regional Airport (MRY): 1 occurrences, 16.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.16.7%11
Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (RHV)Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County (RHV): 1 occurrences, 16.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Monterey Regional Airport (MRY), 1).16.7%11
Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK)Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK): 1 occurrences, 16.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Monterey Regional Airport (MRY), 1).16.7%11

Countries

Boeing CH-47: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
AfghanistanAfghanistan: 2 occurrences, 33.3% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.33.3%139
GermanyGermany: 1 occurrences, 16.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Afghanistan, 2).16.7%137
Soviet UnionSoviet Union: 1 occurrences, 16.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Afghanistan, 2).16.7%18
United StatesUnited States: 1 occurrences, 16.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Afghanistan, 2).16.7%11
UnknownUnknown: 1 occurrences, 16.7% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (Afghanistan, 2).16.7%117

Deadliest occurrences

Boeing CH-47: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
Extortion 17 shootdown6 Aug 201139Tangi Valley, Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan1
CH-47 helicopter crash near Pegnitz18 Aug 197137Pegnitz, Germany1
Mount Athos helicopter crash11 Sept 200417Singitic Gulf, off Mount Athos1
1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown21 Jun 19788Inside the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, after straying from the Iranian border1
LAX98FA086 · Beech J3511 Feb 19981Morgan Hill, CA, United States2

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  1. Extortion 17 shootdown

    6 Aug 2011 · Tangi Valley, Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan · 39 fatal

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  2. Chinook helicopter shootdown – June 2005

    28 Jun 2005 · Unknown location · not on the map

  3. Mount Athos helicopter crash

    11 Sept 2004 · Singitic Gulf, off Mount Athos · 17 fatal · not on the map

  4. LAX98FA086 · Beech J35

    11 Feb 1998 · Morgan Hill, CA, United States · 1 fatal

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  5. 1978 Iranian Chinook shootdown

    21 Jun 1978 · Inside the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, after straying from the Iranian border · 8 fatal · not on the map

  6. CH-47 helicopter crash near Pegnitz

    18 Aug 1971 · Pegnitz, Germany · 37 fatal

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