ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33293
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| Date: | Monday 28 April 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bell OH-58A Kiowa |
| Owner/operator: | 269th Aviation Battalion, US Army |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Craney Island, Carteret County, North Carolina -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Craney Island, North Carolina |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (destroyed) 28 April 1980: the OH-58 Kiowa from Fort Bragg crashed shortly after takeoff on Craney Island, Carteret County, South Carolina [at approximate co ordinates 34°41′40″N, 76°33′19″W] near the water's edge of a Navy fuel pier. Weather was 10 knot winds and scattered heavy thundershowers and 1 mile visibility. The helicopter went down sideways in a marshy drainage ditch about 150 feet from a fuel line at the fuel depot.
The pilot (sole person on board) was killed: contemporary newspaper reports named the sole fatality as 1st Lt Stephen D. Castro (the pilot)
Sources:
1. http://www.armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Apr-2015 19:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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