Bell UH-1N

C/N 31713

Written off 1991





Helicopter Bell UH-1N Serial 31713 Register 159776 used by US Marine Corps USMC. Aircraft history and location





Aircraft History





159776

usa US Marine Corps

1991-10-16USMC
w/o 16oct91
This crash was the result of a failure of the main driveshaft, killed all 4 on board. Shaft failed at 2500 feet AGL, induced a mast bump, sheared off mast, and also chopped off tailboom, feel into a newly planted soy field in Calipatria, California
I spent a week there recovering the bodies and the wreckage. All of the dead had recently returned from the Persian Gulf and Desert Shield Desert Storm. HMLA-169 HMLA-169




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