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Date: | Thursday 28 April 2011 |
Time: | c. 11 LT |
Type: | Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow |
Owner/operator: | US Army - 1-14th AVN |
Registration: | 98-5054 |
MSN: | PVD054 |
Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Near Monroeville, AL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Fort Rucker / Ozark - KOZR |
Destination airport: | Fort Rucker / Ozark - KOZR |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow 98-5054 ("85054 / 54B", c/n PVD054/PV-189) made an emergency landing near Monroeville, AL, on a routine training flight after it struck a cable that was stretched 50 feet across the Alabama River that guided the ferry there.
The Dutch instructor pilot was killed and the Dutch student pilot made the emergency landing two miles away from the place of the accident.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/alabama/plane-crashes-near-monroeville]
http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/04/apache-helicopter-crashes-in-alabama-killing-dutch-instructor/
http://blog.al.com/live/2011/04/monroe_county_authorities_inve.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20110710113046/http://www.wkrg.com:80/alabama/article/chopper-accident-kills-pilot/1206534/Apr-28-2011_11-21-pm/
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Apr-2011 23:53 |
RobertMB |
Added |
29-Apr-2011 10:18 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
29-Apr-2011 10:20 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Narrative] |