ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76903
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| Date: | Thursday 21 February 1991 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: |  Bell OH-58C Kiowa |
| Owner/operator: | 'A' Company, 4th Batn, 229 Aviation Regt, US Army |
| Registration: | 69-16113 |
| MSN: | 40334 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 55 miles SE of Al Dawadmi, Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz (Dawadmi) AFB -
 Saudi Arabia
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Al Dawadmi, Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz (Dawadmi) AFB (OEDM) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Call sign "Tango 15": Written off (destroyed) 21 February 1991. Helicopter flew into the ground on combat reconnaisance mission to Phase Line LION at NT 062952 due to bad weather. Wreckage located 55 miles south east of Al Dawadmi, Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz (Dawadmi) AFB (OEDM), Iraq, on the Iraq/Saudi Arabia border.
Both crew members killed: contemporary press reports named the two fatalities as CW2 Hal H. Reichle [Pilot] and SPC Michael D. Daniels [Observer].
NOTE: Accident appeared to have taken place on the night of 20th/21st February, hence conflicting dates in several sources. Howevr, one source states that the crash happened on 20th February 1991, with the two crew were originally reported as non-battle losses, but reclassified as Killed In Action on 22nd February 1991.
One source states that the crash was due to the OH-58C Kiowa being downed by ground fire/AAA
Sources:
1. http://www.armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1969.html
3. http://www.dstorm.eu/pages/en/usa/h-58.html
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20141216052244/http://www.ofm-ks.com:80/Files/kia_full_list.aspx
5. https://history.army.mil/CHRONOS/23feb91.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 10-Oct-2010 15:03 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2012 02:15 | Jakub Cikhart | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2015 23:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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