ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55638
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| Date: | Saturday 3 May 2003 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell/Dornier UH-1D Iroquois (205A-1) |
| Owner/operator: | HFR 30 Heeresflieger |
| Registration: | 72+ . . |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Prizren, Kosovo -
 Kosovo
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Contacted the rock face during low level flight in a narrow 15 km NW of Prizren and crash-landed into the River Beli Drim.
Two German, one Belgian and one US crewmen, escaped injuries. The wreck was recovered and noted OCT 2004 at Diepholz, awaiting disposal through VEBEG. Registration is still unconfirmed, but beginning with 72+... Two UH-1D (72+11 and 72+71) noted on dump at Diepholz JUL 2006.
Sources:
http://www.nato.int/kfor/chronicle/2003/chronicle_05/07.htm
Scramble 309
http://www.sondereinheiten.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4947
AFM JUL 2003/APR 2005, p74 (photo)+75
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jun-2010 13:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2010 12:51 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 31-Oct-2011 07:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Country, Source] |
| 14-Mar-2012 08:28 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2016 19:54 | harro | Updated [Country] |
| 31-Dec-2019 21:40 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Dec-2020 09:55 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2021 18:16 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 27-Aug-2021 18:36 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
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