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    Airframe Family: Pilatus PC-6 Porter / U-23 / OV-12 / V-20 / PC-8
    Latest Model:UV-20A Chiricahua
    Last Military Serial:79-23253 US
    Construction Number:802
    Compressed ID:Pilatus UV-20A sn 79-23253 US cn 80...
    Latest Owner or Location:Golden Knights

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UV-20A.

    From May 1979 to August 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 79-23253.

    Operated by Berlin Brigade.

    August 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 79-23253.

    Operated by Golden Knights.

    December 2001


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth

    15 March 2002

    Destroyed in a crash.
    The UV-20A Chiricahua of the United States Army Parachute Team Golden Knights collided in mid-air with private Cessna 182C Skylane N8813T during skydiving operation near Marana AZ The Cessna landed safely, but the pilot of the UV-20 was killed.
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