More detail on this person: UH-1H slung a short
shaft while testing night vision devices - hit
wire during autorotation with Burkett, Kinman, and
Sinclair.On 16 May 73 we lost a UH-1 at Ft Knox
with all crew and passengers killed. One of them
was a classmate of mine, CW2 Kenneth A.
Getchull (as listed in the VHPA directory but I
think it was actually spelled Getchell). We heard
that the aircraft was on final when it struck some
high tension lines and severed the mast. I
believe CW3 Steve Sink was aboard the aircraft
also. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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Date posted on this site:
07/12/2023
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From: Steve Harper, Maj, AVN (Ret)
Kenneth and Charles Getchell were brothers.