Date: | Wednesday 24 June 1964 |
Time: | |
Type: | de Havilland Canada CV-2B Caribou (DHC-4) |
Owner/operator: | United States Army |
Registration: | 62-4196 |
MSN: | 142 |
Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 20 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 8 km NE of Ridgeway, SC -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Several planes were involved in Exercise Hawk Star I. A landing strip was set up on a rolling, downhill pasture near Ridgeway, SC. During a night takeoff, the Caribou lost power on one engine. It swerved into a grove of trees, then settled in flames against a fence. Several soldiers were repairing the fence at the time and were hit by the plane.
Sources:
DeHavilland Caribou Roster Location
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