Rotor came off, crashed on top of meat department Piggly Wiggly grocery store, north woods , jacksonville NC
I remember that accident as if it were yesterday, was 9 at the time , located 3 or 4 doors down from the crash, ran in the house told mother that helicopter come apart in the sky
I lived on Davis Street in Northwood at the time,my dad was a barber, I was 10 playing in the backyard,I looked up and saw the helicopter starting to come apart then go down
I remember this crash
“ I remember this crash as I was around 7 years old at the time. Playing outside with my sister and a friend we all heard a loud noise. As we turned around we saw the tailrotor of the UH-1 disengaged and it began to descend quickly and then we saw smoke. It had crashed into the local Piggly Wiggly. We had helicopter parts in our yard. I remember what I thought were dozens of aircraft coming to the scene. My father was stationed at Camp Lejeune during this time. I think this may have had an impact on me because when I was old enough I joined the US Army and became a mechanic on the UH-1. Then I went off to Fort Rucker for flight school. ”
I remember this also. I was 6 and playing in the backyard on Vernon Drive with a friend next door. I was watching it fly in the distance and then it just came apart. Few seconds later there was a loud bang. It plummeted. My dad was in Vietnam and my mom got real emotional when she came out to see what happened.
I was 9 years old and lived on south shore Dr. I remember seeing a blade sticking out of Elizabeth lake
