ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77447
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Date: | Tuesday 9 October 2001 |
Time: | 21:00 |
Type: | McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache |
Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation |
Registration: | 86-9019 |
MSN: | PV389 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Lagow -
Poland
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed during routine night-time training mission during Polish-US exercise Victory Strike II on Drawsko Pomorskie and Wedrzyn ranges. Chief WO III Michael E. Reece killed and Chief WO II Robert W. Rugg injured. Cause: the helicopter struck 90ft (27,5m) high trees whilst travelling at about 90kts (167km/h) due to poor crew co-ordination.
Sources:
Scramble 273
AFM December 2001, p74/DEC 20004
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2010 14:30 |
ASN Archive |
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24-Oct-2019 17:46 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
16-Jul-2021 12:26 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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