Incident McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache 86-8953,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77411
 
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Date:Monday 7 January 1991
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic H64 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache
Owner/operator:US Army (4/229th Aviation Regiment-Pilot in )
Registration: 86-8953
MSN: PV323
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Port of Damam Saudi Arabia -   Saudi Arabia
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
APU fire on ground. While ground taxing back to the ramp maintenance area after an inflight maintenance operational check (MOC) the crew turned on the APU subsequently a fire erupted in the APU area.

Sources:

Scramble
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
The Pilot in Command

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Sep-2010 14:30 ASN Archive
10-Oct-2010 14:35 Anon. Updated [Total fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
25-Jun-2023 16:50 Anon. Updated [[Total fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]]

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