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| Date: | Monday 8 February 1993 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H |
| Owner/operator: | Aviación del Ejército Argentino |
| Registration: | AE-416 |
| MSN: | 13569 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Pichanal, Salta -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
***Struck a tree while trying to avoid high tension wires in bad weather on medical relief flight. Co-pilot and two medics killed and pilot Tte 1ro H. Betemps and a technican injured.
*/**Also reported date 15 or 9 February and two medics, pilot and co-pilot killed.
Sources:
*Scramble 304
** http://www.nuevamayoria.com/ES/INVESTIGACIONES/seguridad/060915.html
***AFM July 2002, p73
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2015 18:34 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2015 08:58 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2019 19:21 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2019 19:28 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Dec-2019 19:37 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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