ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73218
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Date: | Tuesday 5 January 1982 |
Time: | |
Type: | Aérospatiale/DENEL SA 330H Puma |
Owner/operator: | South African Air Force (SAAF) |
Registration: | 168 |
MSN: | 1456 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | -
Angola
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hit by a single AK-47 tracer round, causing a hydraulic pipe to rupture and cut away a rotor actuator rod. The helicopter flown by Capt John Allen Robinson lost control and struck the ground inverted.
Sources:
scramble.nl
saairforce.co.za
acig.org
southafricawargraves.org
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Feb-2010 04:52 |
TB |
Added |
28-Feb-2010 21:04 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
03-Mar-2010 09:31 |
TB |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2012 04:08 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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