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| Date: | Monday 7 January 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache |
| Owner/operator: | US Army (4/229th Aviation Regiment-Pilot in ) |
| Registration: | 86-8953 |
| MSN: | PV323 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Port of Damam Saudi Arabia -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
APU fire on ground. While ground taxing back to the ramp maintenance area after an inflight maintenance operational check (MOC) the crew turned on the APU subsequently a fire erupted in the APU area.
Sources:
Scramble
Flight International 13-19 May 1992
The Pilot in Command
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 10-Oct-2010 14:35 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jun-2023 16:50 | Anon. | Updated |
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