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| Date: | Monday 28 April 1975 |
| Time: | c. 21:42 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8S |
| Owner/operator: | TG44 Luftstreitkräfte |
| Registration: | 972 |
| MSN: | 10521 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Marxwalde (Neuhardenberg) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Platkow |
| Marxwalde (Neuhardenberg) |
Whilst practice night landings at Platkow shooting range the left engine suffered a bird-strike (owl). On return to Marxwalde this engine caught fire. The helicopter crashed on the attempt to make an emergency landing and burned. OberstLtn Theo Pötzsch, Major Manfred Röder and Hptm Christian Erfurt.
Sources:
1. http://home.snafu.de/veith/tfg-44.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2011 16:40 | TB | Added |
| 02-Mar-2011 16:42 | TB | Updated |
| 02-Mar-2011 17:01 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2011 17:36 | TB | Updated [Date, Phase, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jul-2012 06:50 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 15-Aug-2012 06:57 | TB | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jan-2020 13:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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