ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76929
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 August 1990 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Bell OH-58D Kiowa |
| Owner/operator: | 'C' Company, 1 Brigade, 14th Airborne, US Army |
| Registration: | 83-24129 |
| MSN: | 40390 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fort Rucker, Dale County, Alabama -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Rucker, Alabama |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Ex-OH-58A 69-16169 remanufactured. Written off (destroyed) 21-8-1990: Aircraft crashed at approximately 22:30 hours on a night training mission near a rural airfield in Alabama on a sortie from Fort Rucker. Crew allowed aircraft to descend below safe approach angle. Both crew killed - later named as Captain Joseph Leonard Bourgeois [Instructor Pilot] and CW4 William J. Moriarty [Pilot Under Training]
Sources:
1. Flight International 8-14 May 1991 p,44 at https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1991/1991%20-%201201.html
2. http://www.armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html
3. http://peacetime-casualties.mooseroots.com/l/24324/Joseph-Leonard-Bourgeois
4. https://billiongraves.com/grave/William-J-moriarty/6513858
5. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1983.html
6. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1969.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2010 14:30 | ASN Archive | |
| 01-Dec-2010 13:24 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2016 20:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2016 21:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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