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Date: Tuesday 11 June 1991
Time:
Type: Bell-Boeing V-22A Osprey
Owner/operator: Bell Helicopter Textron
Registration: 163915
MSN: 90005
Year of manufacture: 1991
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: Wilmington, DE -
United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature: Military
Departure airport: New Castle County Airport, DE
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative: The left nacelle struck the ground while the aircraft was hovering 15 feet in the air, causing it to bounce and catch fire.
Sources:
Flight International 19-25 June 1991
http://www.g2mil.com/v22_crash.jpg http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Osprey/V_22_Osprey.htm
Media:
VIDEO
Revision history:
Date/time Contributor Updates
09-Apr-2010 01:59
TB
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase]
09-Apr-2010 07:12
TB
Updated [Operator]
18-Jan-2016 19:02
Aerossurance
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
18-Jan-2016 19:03
Aerossurance
Updated [Operator]
27-Jan-2017 19:52
TB
Updated [Operator, Narrative]
07-Jun-2022 18:43
Iceman 29
Updated [Embed code]
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