ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138610
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Date: | Monday 19 September 2011 |
Time: | 13:00 LT |
Type: | Bell AH-1W Super Cobra |
Owner/operator: | HMLAT-303 / USMC |
Registration: | 161015 |
MSN: | 26942 |
Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Fallbrook, close to MCAS Camp Pendleton - KNFG, California -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | MCAS Camp Pendleton - KNFG |
Destination airport: | MCAS Camp Pendleton - KNFG |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Bell AH-1W Super Cobra (161015 / QT-451) of USMC HMLAT-303 / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing that went down during a training exercise near Fallbrook, close to MCAS Camp Pendleton (KNFG), CA, killed two Marines and set off a two-acre brush fire on the base on Monday.
Base firefighters were battling the blaze two hours after the 1 p.m. accident involving the twin-engine, two-seat attack helicopter, a Marine statement said.
Sources:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/19/two-dead-helicopter-crash-camp-pendleton/ https://www.10news.com/news/2-killed-in-camp-pendleton-helicopter-crash-identified http://www.cbs8.com/story/15498875/military-helicopter-crashes-in-north-county http://dailymail.com/News/NationandWorld/201109193313 http://www.airliners.net/photos/airliners/2/6/3/0651362.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Sep-2011 00:40 |
gerard57 |
Added |
20-Sep-2011 01:04 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Oct-2011 01:39 |
RW-018 |
Updated [Time, Registration, Operator] |
07-Oct-2011 05:18 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
07-Oct-2011 06:41 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
23-Jul-2013 06:30 |
krasatpi |
Updated [Narrative] |
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