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| Date: | Wednesday 31 January 1973 |
| Time: | 16:24 LT |
| Type: |  Bell/Dornier UH-1D Iroquois (205A-1) |
| Owner/operator: | Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS) |
| Registration: | D-HATA |
| MSN: | 8062 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ratzeburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Fuhlendorf |
| Kiel-Holtenau (EDHK) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit the water of Lake Ratzeburg and submerged while flying low in fog; the patient (Hans Thews, 79) died; ex Luftwaffe 70+32.
Sources:
http://www.helionline.net/templates/sites/casualties.html
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//bw-kennungen-seit-1968-a-62214-8.html
Hamburger Abendblatt 1.2.1973, p73
http://flugunfall-db.bfu-web.de/Statistik/FUS-Hubschrauberstatistik1973-1992.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 21-Apr-2011 05:59 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Apr-2011 17:49 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Apr-2011 13:08 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Aug-2011 08:58 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Mar-2012 09:48 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 15-Jan-2013 12:27 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
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