ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 47653
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 November 2008 |
| Time: | 20:11 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache |
| Owner/operator: | Ellinikós Stratós |
| Registration: | ES1015 |
| MSN: | PV890 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | N of Kymi Evoia -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tanagra AB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed and caught fire. Unit 1 TEEP
The Hellenic Army Aviation Boeing AH-64A Apache attack helicopter was engaged in simulated low-level attacks during night time against a Hellenic Army HAWK missile air-defense battery in mountainous terrain with a companion AH-64A. It is theorized that either the tail or the main rotor of the helicopter touched the ground. The crew radioed a message that they had hit the ground. The companion AH-64A alerted search and rescue and detected the flaming wreckage of the crashed Apache. Rescue efforts were hampered by exploding ammunition of the crashed Apache's 30 mm gun. This is the first AH-64A fatal accident in Hellenic Army Aviation after 25,000 hours of accident-free flights. Both members of the deceased Apache Hellenic Army Aviation, a major and a captain, were experienced with more than 1,200 and 500 hours of flight duty respectively. Pilot Dimitrios Ekouras (36).
Sources:
www.naftemporiki.gr
defencenet.gr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8voGBy52n48
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Nov-2008 03:20 | nikitas | Added |
| 06-Nov-2008 09:30 | nikitas | Updated |
| 06-Nov-2008 11:18 | LEP | Updated |
| 07-Nov-2008 07:59 | FISHER01 | Updated |
| 08-Nov-2008 11:11 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 07-Sep-2010 12:06 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2010 12:07 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2010 12:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 19-Sep-2014 12:41 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2014 13:09 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2014 18:53 | TB | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2017 14:09 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
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