ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 77457
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| Date: | Sunday 8 June 2003 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas AH-64A Apache |
| Owner/operator: | US Army/KFOR |
| Registration: | 87-00473 |
| MSN: | PV492 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Novo Brdo, 12 mi N of Gnjilane -
 Kosovo
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Camp Bondsteel |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed after wire strike and caught fire. Chief W/O 3 Andrew Robbins and W/O Devon DeSouza.
Cause: Helicopter crashed after colliding with a thick cable strung between two hilltops whilst the crew were flying too low over unfamiliar terrain at night. The investigation attributed the crash in part to too heavy a burden being placed on the senior pilot Robbins.
Sources:
Scramble 291
AFM AUG/OCT/DEC 2003
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 27-Nov-2020 14:50 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2021 10:00 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2021 12:14 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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