Incident Bell/Dornier UH-1D Iroquois (205A-1) 70+45, Monday 22 July 1974
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Date:Monday 22 July 1974
Time:16:03
Type:Silhouette image of generic UH1 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell/Dornier UH-1D Iroquois (205A-1)
Owner/operator:HTG 64 Luftwaffe
Registration: 70+45
MSN: 8105
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Hamburg-Langenhorn -   Germany
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Wandsbek (BW hospital Lesserstrasse)
Destination airport:Hamburg-Langenhorn
Narrative:
Crash-landed from a height of eight meters at Langenhorner Chaussee during its 432nd civil ambulance mission after main rotor blades hit a light post; one women on the ground was injured in the face by part of a main rotor blade; doctor on board: Dr Karl-Friedrich Rothe (35); the helicopter was repaired.

Sources:

Hamburger Abendblatt 23./24./25.7.1974
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//forum/showthread.php?62214-BW-Kennungen-seit-1968/page8

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-Apr-2011 05:11 TB Added
30-Apr-2011 10:11 TB Updated [Operator, Narrative, ]
25-Aug-2011 08:33 Uli Elch Updated [Aircraft type, ]
02-Jan-2020 09:24 stehlik49 Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
17-Apr-2025 18:20 TB Updated [Time, Source, ]

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