Bell UH-1B accident near Valencia, CA
On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1B (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Valencia, CA. No one was seriously hurt. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 23, 1982
- Place
- Valencia, CA
- Aircraft
- Bell UH-1B · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 0 serious, 6 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 34.410°N, 118.559°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020917X03516
Conditions
- Local time
- 9:20 AM
- Light
- Night, bright
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Wind
- 0° at 2 kt
- Visibility
- 10 mi
From Wikipedia
On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, California, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were on the ground, and injured the six helicopter passengers. It led to years of civil and criminal actions against the personnel overseeing the film shoot, including director John Landis, and the introduction of new procedures and safety standards in the American filmmaking industry.
Text from Wikipedia, “Twilight Zone accident”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
