ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77053
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 02-JAN-1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H Iroquois |
| Operator: | US Army (4-228 AVN BN) |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | El Salvador/Honduras border -
 El Salvador
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Shot down by an FMLN patrol in San Francisco canton, Lolotique district, Department of San Miguel, while flying at low altitude. Crew successfully autorotated down the side of a hill after crossing a ridgeline. A/C crashed into a 4 foot boulder, and then rotated 185 degrees around it. CW4 Daniel Scott was killed instantly as his side of the A/C struck the boulder. Dawson and Pickett were executed by FMLN.
CW4 Daniel F. Scott [P]
LTC David H. Pickett [P]
PFC Earnest G. Dawson Jr [CE]
Sources:
Scramble 257
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
http://www.armyaircrews.com/huey.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov--0001 00:00 | ASN Archive | |
| 10-Oct-2010 14:34 | harro | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2010 09:30 | penguin832 | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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