ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76989
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 January 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1 Iroquois |
| Owner/operator: | US Army |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Great Smoky Mountains National Park in TN near the TN & NC border -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Crashed on a rescue mission shortly after spotting the downed plane near the border (it had hit on the NC side and skidded into TN).
Was turning around and hit a V-shaped lime which grabbed the rotors and torn it off.
The 4 Survivors were able to explain it all.
Sources:
Scramble
Army Air Crews and many local paper reports of the day
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 09-Nov-2022 07:21 | Rodger Asai | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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