ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76858
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1990 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Bell OH-58A Kiowa |
| Owner/operator: | 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, US Army |
| Registration: | 70-15528 |
| MSN: | 41079 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Punta Diego, 80 km SW of Colon, Panama Canal -
 Panama
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Kobbe, Howard Air Force Base, Panama (BLB/MPHO) |
| Fort Kobbe, Howard Air Force Base, Panama (BLB/MPHO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During a night exercise on the night of February 20-21 1990, the flight encountered bad weather associated with local thunderstorm activity. The mission was aborted and the helicopter was returning to its base at Fort Kobbe when contact was lost. Wreckage from the helicopter was found the next day near Punta Diego, 80 km South West of Colon, Panama, and the two crew - WO1 James W. Carl [Pilot] and Captain Richard D. Tyndall [Air Observer] - were killed. One UH-1H (69-15851) crashed while searching for the downed Kiowa. The nine persons on the UH-1H (two crew plus seven troops) were also killed
Capt. Tyndall was flying as an observer aboard the aircraft, and was in charge of village searches. The troops were on a five-day mission conducting "a real-world search of the Colon province of Panama for weapons and hostile activity,"
Sources:
1. Flight International 8-14 May 1991
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1970.html
3. http://www.armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html
4. https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=140895
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Kobbe
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 01-Dec-2010 06:44 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2016 21:59 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2016 22:00 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2016 22:00 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2016 22:01 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2016 22:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2016 22:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2016 22:10 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 18-Jun-2023 04:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Other fatalities]] |
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