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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1959 |
| Time: | AM 7:50 |
| Type: | Piasecki HUP-2 Retriever |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) NAS Atsugi |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aichi prefecture Yatomi City -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed while evacuating flood victims. Two japanese passengers died. Two others feard dead. US pilot and japanese co-pilot slightly injured.
Sources:
中日新聞 3 October 1959
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2017 18:46 | TB | Added |
| 11-Jun-2024 05:47 | masahiro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Damage] |
| 11-Jun-2024 05:48 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Plane category] |
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