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San Benito County OV-10 Aircraft Accident Fatality 1997

  • Location:

    California

  • Date:

    06/10/1997

  • Incident Type:

    Fixed Wing Incident

  • Description:

    On June 10, 1997, at 0938, a North American-Rockwell OV-10A Bronco, N94LM, was destroyed when it impacted the side of a hill southeast of Hollister, California, one mile east of CDF Bear Valley Station. The pilot, David Robert Kyle, was fatally injured. The flight departed from Meadows Field, Bakersfield, California, on a local training flight and was being operated by the Bureau of Land Management as a public-use aircraft. Kyle, an experienced helicopter and fixed wing pilot, had logged just 21 hours on this aircraft type; this was cited as a factor in the accident.

    Fixed Wing Incident or Accident, Fatality, Aviation, Training

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