Date:	Thursday 28 April 2011
Time:	c. 11 LT
Type:	Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow
Owner/operator:	US Army - 1-14th AVN
Registration:	98-5054
MSN:	PVD054
Year of manufacture:	1987
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Near Monroeville, AL -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Fort Rucker / Ozark - KOZR
Destination airport:	Fort Rucker / Ozark - KOZR
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Boeing AH-64D Apache Longbow 98-5054 ("85054 / 54B", c/n PVD054/PV-189) made an emergency landing near Monroeville, AL, on a routine training flight after it struck a cable that was stretched 50 feet across the Alabama River that guided the ferry there.
The Dutch instructor pilot was killed and the Dutch student pilot made the emergency landing two miles away from the place of the accident.

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/alabama/plane-crashes-near-monroeville]
http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/04/apache-helicopter-crashes-in-alabama-killing-dutch-instructor/
http://blog.al.com/live/2011/04/monroe_county_authorities_inve.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20110710113046/http://www.wkrg.com:80/alabama/article/chopper-accident-kills-pilot/1206534/Apr-28-2011_11-21-pm/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
28-Apr-2011 23:53	RobertMB	Added
29-Apr-2011 10:18	RobertMB	Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative]
29-Apr-2011 10:20	RobertMB	Updated [Narrative]