ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175408
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Date: | Thursday 19 October 1972 |
Time: | 14:00 |
Type: | Bell OH-58A Kiowa |
Owner/operator: | 3 Cavary Regiment, US Army |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Guadalupe Pass, Culberson County, Texas -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Enid, Oklahoma |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) 9 October 1972; One of three OH-58 Kiowa helicopters carrying personnel on a recruiting mission to Enid, Oklahoma. Helicopter crashed at approximately 14:00 hours local time, just north of Guadalupe Pass, Culberson County, Texas (at approximate co-ordinates 31°51′39″N 104°49′18″W), after encountering bad weather. Two persons on board killed: later named in contemporary press reports as CW2 Stephen C. Schlag [Pilot] and P4 James D. Porter [CE]
Sources:
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http://www.armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html 2.
https://www.vhpa.org/DAT/datS/G62003.HTM 3.
http://www.thebattleofkontum.com/rosters/htroopao.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-Apr-2015 13:52 |
Dr. John Smith |
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