ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175417
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Date: | Tuesday 15 May 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bell OH-58A Kiowa |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mount Toro, Santa Rosa Mountains, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Monterey, California |
Destination airport: | Salias, California |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) 15 May 1973: crashed and burned on Mount Toro,Santa Rosa Mountain Range. California, 15 miles (24 km) south of Palm Springs, between Monterey and Salinas while on a routine training flight. The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. Contemporary press reports named the sole fatality as 1st Lt Bruce M. Donnelly.
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http://www.armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html 2.
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GRid=43272575 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Apr-2015 15:37 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
09-Jul-2023 02:28 |
Ron Averes |
Updated |
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