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Gapyeong County Cobra helicopter crash

9 Feb 2026 · Hyeon-ri, Jojong-myeon, Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province

Bell AH-1 Cobra · Crash

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
2 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
Unknown
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Military

Bell AH-1 Cobra

Aircraft type
Bell AH-1
Category
Helicopter · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
Unknown
Operator
Unknown
Onboard fatalities
2
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded

Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.

From the Wikipedia article

The Gapyeong County Cobra helicopter crash was on 9 February 2026 at 11:00, an AH-1 Cobra in flight, Hyeon-ri, Jojong-myeon, Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

The Republic of Korea Army held a preliminary review by the General Death and Injury in the Line of Duty Review Committee and determined it to be a death in the line of duty.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Korean Wikipedia article “가평군 코브라 헬기 추락 사고” (revision 42372313, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Korean Wikipedia article: 가평군 코브라 헬기 추락 사고
Article
가평군 코브라 헬기 추락 사고
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
42372313 · 2026-08-24 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
ko Wikipedia article "가평군 코브라 헬기 추락 사고" (page 4142685, revision 42372313), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia infobox: date
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
none
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): An AH-1 Cobra of the Republic of Korea Army, whose crew died in the line of duty: a military flight. The article: "The Republic of Korea Army held a preliminary review by the General Death and Injury in the Line of Duty Review Committee and determined it to be a death in the line of duty."
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Korean Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.