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Date: | Tuesday 18 October 1983 |
Time: | 21:00 |
Type: | Sikorsky UH-60A Black Hawk |
Owner/operator: | US Army |
Registration: | 81-23557 |
MSN: | 70.278 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Mt. Ranier -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Fort Lewis, WA |
Destination airport: | Packwood Area |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Part of flight of 3 doing night vision training. Flame (flare?) was seen, then fell to ground and burst into flames. CW2 Gary Tinkham, WO1 Micheal Stewart, SGT John Bourassa & SP4 Robert Young died.
Sources:
Scramble
Army Aircrews, DOD casualty records.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2010 14:30 |
ASN Archive |
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16-Oct-2015 17:39 |
RodgerAsai |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |