ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152113
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| Date: | Monday 27 May 1963 |
| Time: | day c. 11 |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1B Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Aviation 4th armored division |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Reusch/Göppingen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | lifting from ground. |
| top of church | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed from a height of 40 metres during logging of a nine metres long church tower tip (Christ-König-Kirche). Pilot and co-pilot killed, mechanic survived serious injured.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 28.5.1963, p16/1.6.1963, p12
http://www.atelier-sick.de/infos.html
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//uh-1b-absturz-christkoenigskirche-39970.html
William J Sellers in Augusta Georgia (there on site)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2012 09:44 | TB | Added |
| 29-Dec-2012 11:25 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2020 18:34 | JerSMarS@comcast.net | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 25-Mar-2020 18:35 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 27-Apr-2022 17:12 | PolandMoment | Updated [Narrative] |
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