ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 4948
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 February 1973 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1B |
| Owner/operator: | Corp. of Frontier |
| Registration: | HP-668 |
| MSN: | 393 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 mi SE of Corpus Christi, TX -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Corpus Christi, TX |
| Corpus Christi, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
autorotation with power recovery. M/r blades flapped and cut off tail pylon.
Two Panamaian Air Force members died and two Americans injured. Crashed in a field.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=71012&key=0
The Victoria Advocat 7 February 1973, p14B
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-May-2010 08:29 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 01-Feb-2022 18:05 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2022 18:07 | TB | Updated [Registration, Operator] |
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