A/C was observed to fall straight down and strike ground and explode.
04 APR 71. A/C crashed near Runway 6 while attempting landing in foggy conditions at MacArthur-Long Island Airport. [Need Tail#]
3 miles SW of Panmunjom. SGT James R. Hendrix Jr [CE]. CW3 Norman B. Lowe [PP]
A/C crashed at approx 1320 hrs just after placing a cross atop St Mary's Roman Catholic church under construction in Goeppingen. A/C crashed in Lake Tahoe at approx 1618 hrs during a flight with an unauthorized civilian PAX onboard. 129 AVN
WOC John P. Palazzolo [SP]. 36 MED DET (MAST)
Dawson and Pickett were executed by FMLN. A/C crashed near Elba while on a training flight practicing slope landings when A/C overturned and rolled down a hill. CPT William R. West [CP]
2LT Andrew W. Stocker [P]
UH-1
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CW3 Clarence P. Burkett Jr [P]
CW2 Robert T. Leaver [IP]
The TH-1H was one of the newest of more than 15 variants of the original UH-1 Huey first flown in 1956. .
WOC James C. Garland [SP]
53 AVN DET
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Investigation suspected that they continued flight using degraded visual cues that caused them to falsely interpret their altitude and visible horizon.
1700 hours. 1LT Charles W. Wilks [IP]
Thua Thien Province. [Need Tail#]
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army aircrews hueybemidji state hockey jersey. Cause was determined to be explosive engine failure as the result of corrosion of the #1 bearing.
It broke up on impact and sank, leaving a fuel fire on the surface. Jet pilot was also killed. B/38 AVN BDE (IN ARNG)
PFC Daniel F. Macon [C].
UH-1D
Pool [SP]. UH-1
#62-1947
193 AVN
Employed as troop transports, Medevac aircraft, and gunships, the Huey transformed the battlefield in Southeast Asia. UH-1H
M/R blades meshed and both exploded upon impact near King's Pond. At 2017 hours the A/C impacted the ground in a 30-deg. Wreckage discovered at 0850 hrs the following morning. WOC Kenneth Miller [SP]. IP initiated simulated forced landing and noticed rapidly decaying engine and rotor RPM. #70-15709
CE injured
PFC Earnest G. Dawson Jr [CE]. D/101 AVN
CW2 Bruce E. Lyon [CP]
#66-16423
2LT William M. Warhime
#67-17408
WOC Steven D. Wells [SP]. UH-1H
UH-1M
A/C crashed in a remote swampy area about 2100 hrs approx 3 mi NW of Ft Stewart while enroute on a MAST mission to rescue two victims of a car wreck under special VFR clearance. A/C was peforming a maintenance test flight with crew of 3 and 3 PAX when it crashed near the base dental clinic near the intersection of 52nd St and Kansas Ave on Ft Campbell at approx 1030 hrs. CPT Michael A. McCrory [CP]
USAAVNS
UH-1
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INV Michael D. Davis-Riverside Co
WOC Donald W. Strickland [SP], 2LT Kenneth W. Birdwell [P]
The 57th Medevac Detachment was one of .
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WO1 Glendon T. Rowen [CP]
4 injured. #69-15016
#66-16931
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for COX SKY JUMPERS US ARMY HUEY HELICOPTER GAS TOY BOXED at the best online prices at eBay! SP5 Earl D. Rankhorn [CE]
The fire, located 10, ALTONA, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews from 3rd Battalion . CW4 James R. Bollar [P]
WO1 Kerry P. Hein [CP]
CWO Floyd Branchfield [P]
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(Army) Army aircrews are going to. Its mission is to develop, acquire, field, and sustain equipment that improves the combat. A/C crashed shortly after takeoff from Hunt Stagefield at Ft Rucker after experiencing an engine failure. D/1/1 AD
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A/C exploded and crashed in a wheat field near Ebenheid during a routine maintenance test flight. CW2 Paul S. Timmer Jr [P]
#68-15739
CIV Patrick R. Pennington. CPT Samuel D. DeLozier [P]
UH-1B
UH-1B
11,846 helicopters According to the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, a total of 11,846 helicopters were shot down or crashed during the war, resulting in nearly 5,000 American pilots and crew killed. USAAVNS
SFC David L. Alvarez [C]. HHC/194 BDE
out of the dive, the PIC repeated the maneuver but could not stop the excessive rate of descent during 2nd dive. [Need Tail#]
Gear coupling froze as result of extreme heat. [Need Tail#]
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PV2 Charles D. Allison
A/C was hovering to refuel when wind from the rear tipped the acft and spun it around and M/R hit the ground causing acft to roll on its right side. SP4 Terry W. Clark [CE]
CW3 Rodney G. Goheen [P]
SGT David M. Coleman [CE]
A/C hit trees and crashed in swampy area. WOC Guy K. Nelson [SP]. Butler. 841 MED (WA ARNG)
UH-1
SP5 David O. Moore.
1/212 AVN
M/R blade struck the ground and A/C flipped over and crashed in right nose-low inverted configuration. PFC Donald W. Persinger
SP4 Raymond W. Colby
A/C departed the airport for a half-hour flight with the PAX and minus one crewmember.
#69-15013
WOC Michael B. McGowan [SP]
UH-1H
WO Donald K. Burch [P]
Mid-air crash with an OH-6A #67-16656 during routine training at Lawson AAF. PFC Ira D. Holland [CE]
PFC Donald R. Hughes. UH-1H
PVT Gary A. Holz [G]
CW2 George J. Reynolds [P]
UH-1
He was climbing a rope suspended from a helicopter when he lost his grip and fell. A/C was attempting emergency landing after experiencing engine trouble. UH-1B
CW2 James B. Hayes [P]. WO1 Vincent C. Gibson [P]
A/C departed field site to check weather. Chalk 1 continued straight and level, hitting the ground in an almost level attitude, slid 326' before coming to rest upright. AFOTEC's mission is to inform the warfighter and acquisition through operational test. USAAVNS
SP4 Ricardo J. Tornero [CE]
71 AVN
A/C crashed approx 5 mi W post near Monroe Mountain due to separation of drive link trunion bearing from swashplate.
$17.95. P & 5 PAX injured. ELLENVILLE, N.Y. - A day of routine training to employ water buckets with military helicopters turned into a real-world firefighting mission for two New York Army National Guard UH-60 crews on Tuesday.The 10 Soldiers, based at Albany International Airport,, ELLENVILLE, N.Y. - A day of routine training to employ water buckets with military . UH-1
Heated flight suits would help protect aircrews from . 283 AVN
How many choppers were shot down in Vietnam? Approx 10 seconds later, A/C disappeared from radar after it apparently entered into mast bumping that caused M/R separation, striking the fuselage at least 4 times and crashed inverted in a wooded mountainous area 15 miles south of Obberot while enroute from Ansbach to Stuttgart.
During descent, a high freq vibration was felt followed by a severe vertical vibration. UH-1H
CW3 Carl J. UH-1H
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1 injured. [Need Tail#]
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WO1 George F. Camara [P]
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CPT William A. Lashley [P]
1 CAV
507 MED
421 MED
CPT James H. Henry [P]
Pilot lost control after a small metal stud broke and key parts fell off the M/R assembly.
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SP4 Jerome S. Ryan Jr [C]
E/1 CAV RGT
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Pilot reported weather was too bad and enroute back to field site when A/C crashed 5 miles NW of Rockingham near the Pee Dee River at approx 0645 hours. topped the ridgeline overlooking the Conecuh River valley and saw the valley was covered in a dense fog layer. A/C was RTB from a training flight at night due to deteriorating weather when it crashed, under power into heavily wooded area near Lake Tholocco approx 4nm NE of airfield. UH-1H
WO1 Sheryl L. Siroonian [P]
CIV Everett T. Shockley. UH-1H
WO1 Joe K. Hornberger [P]
PFC Gerald F. Court [CE]. M/R blade landed about 500 yds north of crash site on the Rarey Rd. UH-1D
From this designation came Huey, the name by which it has remained known. The badge is intended to recognize the training and qualifications required by aircrew of military aircraft. UH-1H
#63-8522
IP injured. CPT Laurence R. Sexton [MP]
A/C crashed in a hilly wooded at approx 0210 hrs area near the E70 autobahn between Wildflecken and Bad Bruckenau during a medevac mission. SP4 Douglas Lee Adams [CE]
1LT George G. Bendik* (USAF)
SFC Lynn V. Keen [MO]
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SP4 David G. Cowan [CE]. 1/3 ACR
SP4 Thomas E. Heaverin [MO]
UH-1D
E/501 AVN
2LT Richard A. Veon [SP], WOC Louis A. Brooks Jr [SP]
There were heavy rainstorms in the area at the time.
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The CE that survived was thrown from the descending A/C at about 200' and lived. P & CE injured
IP & SP injured. PFC Gary D. Bennight [C]
A/C pitched forward into a high speed dive while changing position in formation flight cutting through 250' of trees on Ft Stewart. A/C departed home field at 0900 hrs for a local flight to a nearby drop zone for staff officers to observe an airborne drop. P & CE injured. CPT Robert D. Brown [P]
PFC Donald R. Krause
CW2 Julius H. Ingram [P]
CPT David W. Watson [P] 1 injured. CW2 David W. Sawin [P]
2LT Harris C. Vahle Jr [P]
At approximately 1527 hours, a UH1B armed helicopter on a CA mission crashed and burned in the vicinity of coordinates BR837005. The xsmn departed the A/C from the vibration. #66-15245
PFC Dennis J. Disselhorst
WO1 Charles M. Falcone [P]
#64-13510
UH-1H
Military Helicopter Enamel Hat Lapel Pin Pin Back 1 1/4" Vintage. SGT Todd W. Smit
SSG Mifflin Tichenor Jr. HHC/101 AVN
#66-16348
UH-1H
CW2 John A. Clark [P]
WOC Barry L. Cowles [SP]
UH-1D
In 1955, the US Army asked for a new utility helicopter for use as . CPT Thomas L. Westbrook [IP]
A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. 1. #66-0572
CWO Dewey C. Little Jr [P]
A/C slung a short shaft, hit a wire during autorotation and crashed. USAAVNS
49 AD PAX:
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SSG George T. McKinney
One common thread I have noted in offline discussions with other servicemembers, regardless of branch of service, whether inside oroutside Army Aviation is that my fellow crewmembers . SP4 Carl E. Campbell [CE]
1/11 AA
UH-1
The partial separation of the exhaust pipe from the rear of the engine case allowed the hot exhaust gasses to impinge upon the #1 T/R driveshaft hanger bearing. Special VFR approach into weather which was below IFR minimums was attempted. A/C entered a nose-high climb, with a 180-degree turn at the top, followed by a nose-low descent return-to-target manuever when the T/R hit a tree and crashed and burned on West Ft Hood at approx 0945 hours during Starburst '87 exercises. PdM AW is a product management office within the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier portfolio. Medevac crews were universally considered the most selfless of all combat aircrews in the war. 96 ARCOM (USAR)
SSG Edward Roberts [CE]
351 AVN
195 AHC
A/C crashed at approx 1100 hrs about 5 mi N of Saginaw while on an acceptance flight out of the Globe plant near Blue Mound. SGT Charles E. Lewis
DEP Roy A. Chester-LA Co
Killed during a rocket attack standing near his Huey while Troop was staging at Kontum Airfield. B/82 CAB
#66-16715
UH-1H
D/5/117 CAV (NJ ARNG)
A/C crashed on a training flight near Elba. Probably cause was inverted or near-inverted attitude during bad weather causing severe rotor flapping and subsequent mast separation.
55 AVN
UH-1
A/C went into a descending right turn and struck two guy wires of a power line at 2130 hours and exploded into a hillside at the foothills of the Laguna Mountains. A/C from Ft Campbell crashed 14 mi S of Cadiz and approx 2 mi SW of Veghel LZ at 1330 hrs on a training flight during FTX Orbiting Eagle IV after losing the T/R at night at low level, and went inverted into the trees.
UH-1H
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SSG David G. Rayborn [MO]. Probable cause was spatial disorientation. CPT Harvey R. Jokinen
[Need A/C Unit] (NH ARNG)
D/2-4 CAV
UH-1D
Primary causes of crash were determined to be crew fatigue, lack of experience and a 10 deg. SCARNG
#71-20284
SP4 Charles S. Walker [CE]
A/C crashed between Elba and New Brockton on a training flight from Ft Rucker.
1LT Daniel Winchester Jr. 4 CMD AVN BN
CPT Harry D. Kinman
Phase 2 of this effort is ongoing and complements the emergency response method All four crew members aboard perished. UH-1H
A/C crashed during Operation Brimfrost at Ft Wainwright. *Zilla died May 23 of his injuries. USAAVNS
*Bendick and Johnson died 1 day later. A/C crashed at approx 2330 hrs near Bonifay while on a routine night training flight a few days before graduation at Ft Rucker. #63-8760
CPT John L. Dunnavant [P]
A/C crashed near the islet of Evreos in the Saronic Gulf of the Aegean Sea SE of Corinth on a routine flight from the Southern European Task Force Base in Vicenza, Italy. A/C crashed at approx 1100 hours near Townsend during annual training. Miscellaneous units made up the remainder of Army helicopter aviation in Vietnam. Separation of white drive link caused an uncontrollable descending right turn and crash into trees. CP was killed when stabilizer bar hit him in the back and pinned him against the instrument panel. Flight slowed to about 50 KIAS and crossed a tower at less than required 50' clearance when Chalk #4 descended onto the tower while returning to cruising altitude.
A/C was skimming along only 4-6' above the rugged prairie at an estimated speed of 100 mph, when the pilots banked into a sharp turn, causing M/R blades to strike the ground.
CPT Clarence M. Bratt [P]
SFC Charles R. Metcalf [CE]
A/C crashed on gunnery range in final weeks of WOC training. UH-1H
SFC Juan R. Guerra
WO1 Danny Richard Little [P]
3 ACR
SPC Kurt M. Magill
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WOC Ronald L. Nussbaum [SP]
USAAVNS
ENS Nicholas J. Ciccarelli (USN)
SP4 Terence D. Miller
UH-1V
WO1 Randy R. Locklear [P]
MAJ Richard C. Bulliner [P]
CW3 Charles N. Hurt [MP]
WO1 James D. Boyer [P]
Loss of rotor RPM, pilot initiated a full flare, close to the ground and impact occurred at 20 degree attitude, nose up with a 30 degree right roll at 60 KIAS. #71-20223 & #66-0818
CPT Daniel H. Plemmons [P]
#593
A/2/126 AVN (NY ARNG)
UH-1H
2LT [SP] injured. CW2 John C. Johnson Jr [P]
3/498 MED
UH-1H
6 injured. UH-1B
A/C crashed at 0906 hours about 2 1/2 miles from the main gate and only 1000' east of Colorado 115 while on a routine training mission. UH-1D
A/C's mast separated and M/R blades struck fuselage, crashed and burned during training at Ft Rucker. MAJ Robert H. Pearce (USMC)
: I am a CH-47 Flight Engineer Instructor at Ft. Rucker, AL that works for Flight School XXI. The Army's 250-foot drop tower at Fort Benning, Georgia sees a newly designed training parachute installed to better match current parachute drop rates. PVT John W. Harris
#67-17423
121 AVN
UH-1B
WO1 Robert G. Schutz [P]
USAAVNTBD
CPT Charles W. Worley [P]
UH-1H
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B/158 AVN Struck by an RPG in LZ Airborne. UH-1H
#70-16337
A/C crashed in Clark Hill Reservoir in 50' of water 300 yards from shore near Plum Branch. A/C was in flight of 7 acft on RTB from a 5-day field exercise to Goeppingen, proceeding in loose trail formation. UH-1H
WOC Albert H. Parker [SP]. PFC Jaff J. Decker [CE]
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Brown [CE]
UH-1
2LT William R. Groce
UH-1H
shortly after takeoff along the western sector of the DMZ at 2145 hours approx. CPT David T. Johnson
Medevac acft crashed and burned at Salt Lake City International Airport at approx 2146 hours on the Army's portion of the airport's west ramp. CW2 Stanley R. Menze [IP]
#66-0952
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UH-1H
young and young funeral home hartsville, sc theodore wilson obituary army aircrews huey CW2 Clarence L. Benoit [CP]
A/C took off from local airport and flew along the shoreline of Medical Lake for several miles about 300 yds offshore cruising about 90-100 KIAS and 20-30' AGL, initiated a slight right turn, entered a shallow descent allowing tail to hit water first, rotated forward and entered the water in a right, nose-low attitude. A/C crashed due to a failure of the A-7 fuel control, while on MAST mission to rescue personnel in a downed civilian Cessna. UH-1D
USAAVNS
197 AVN (10 AVN GP)
3/17 CAV
vw golf door lock problems. SSG Linda S. Simonds [MD]
7-1 CAV
#69-15324
A/C crashed in dense fog near Grafenwoehr enroute to assist in the evac of an accident victim. USAAVNS
SGT Brian R. Meuchel [CE]. UH-1
Pilot and medic in Chalk 2 acft were killed. SFC Ward A. Cornell
Best Review Site for Digital Cameras. [Need Tail#]
SGT Sidney T. Dew
PIC was flying from CP seat was unable to turn on landing light during autorotation and pulled collective too high causing A/C to fall through, hit the ground and burn, approx 4 miles NE of Chaparral on the McGregor Range while on a training mission from Ft Bliss.
A/C crashed and burned 3 mi south of Turkey Creek Ranch while on a routine training mission from Ft Carson at approx 1050 hours. 114 AVN
3 injured. Pilots (Group & BN Safety Officers) tried to beat a thunderstorm flying back to Campbell AAF. COL Cheatham was chief of the MAAG for southern Formosa.
1SG Solon B. HU-1A
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DAC John Bryan [IP]
SP5 George A. Minter [CE].
UH-1H
WOC Stephen L. McGrew [SP]
WOC James W. Connor [SP]. *CE died 31DEC75 of injuries. #64-13564
A/C was performing NOE at 60 KIAS and 35-50' AGL. #64-13571
A/C crashed at 2225 hours during heavy rains, low ceilings and limited visibility approx 9 miles north of Taegu while attempting rescue of downed Marine UH-1N helicopter assigned to DET B HML-367. Rotor blade landed 500 meters from the A/C. #68-15387
Approx 2 min after takeoff, 4nm NW of airfield, A/C struck an 80' tree, 59' above the ground and traveled another 345' as it descended through a heavily wooded area, striking several more trees before ground impact. 336 AVN (USAR)
A/C crashed and burned in the Santa Rita mountains about 5 miles from Sonoita while taking part in exercise Cloud Gap (classified research project). Once testing is completed and UIPE Air 2PUG is approved, it will be fielded to all U.S. Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Army aircrews across fixed wing, rotary wing, ejection seat and large frame aircrafts. A/C was in flight of 8 flying routine checkout from Atlanta to Broken Bow when it crashed 4 miles W of Forrest City near I40 after hitting power lines across the highway. SP5 Carroll C. Zanchi [CE]
CPT Edward F. Roe II [SP]
WOC Brent D. Gularte [SP]
D/1/10 CAV
336 AHC (USAR)
USAAVNS
A/C crashed and burned in a heavily wooded area about 1 1/2 mi S of Troy airport near the Oak Grove Methodist Cemetery at approx 2000 hrs. After 48 minutes into the flight, A/C flew over Nowlin Lake at approx 20' AGL passing close to a boat, climbed, then descended and proceeded on a northerly course flying about 50' above the water where it hit powerlines. PFC Ronald J. Shelton
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ALTONA, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews from 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation, dropped more than 100,000 gallons of water on a 526-acre forest fire burning in Flatrock State Forest on July 13 and July 15. D/4 AVN
COL Robert T. Basha
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The Aircrew Badge, commonly known as Wings, is a qualification badge of the United States military that is awarded by all five branches of armed services to personnel who serve as aircrew members on board military aircraft. UH-1
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As A/C began a straight-up hover to about 80', it entered fog and clouds, paused, turned left and then began a descent, pickup up airspeed, traveling approx 1000m, crashed on a rising slope, rebounded into the air hitting two trees and came to rest on level terrain. Warren AFB, Wyo., during a joint exercise at the Powder River Training Complex in western South Dakota, Dec. 7, 2017. The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the combat aviation arm of the British Army. UH-1B
At 1550' AGL, A/C appeared to resume level flight attitude, lost fwd airspeed and entered flat right spin, stopped spinning at 500' AGL and fell vertically into Lake Ilopango and immediately sank to depth of 200'. CW2 Eular M. Young [P]
MAJ Hubert C. Carter [P]
AB-412 Grifone Italian Army, Carabinieri, SAR, civilian variant. A/C crashed 4 mi NW of Pembroke while on a routine training mission from Ft Stewart. Investigation revealed that IP allowed student pilot to put the A/C in an attitude from which it was impossible to recover. CW2 Dale R. Schmidt [P]
ID ARNG
UH-1D & UH-1H
A/C from Ft Carson was on a SAR shortly before noon while ferrying searchers to look for the remains of a man stranded by a Christmas Eve plane crash, when engine and rotor rpm bled off during approach to LZ. The A/C started a right descending turn when the T/B separated, followed by mast bumping with the rotor separating, crashed and burned upon impact. LTC James M. Basile (USAF)
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A/C crashed 18 miles N of Dothan near the Choctawatchee River while on a routine training mission. [18] 24 May Edward L. Burkhaulter [IP]
A/C flew into the Nha Trang Bay while searching for another Huey crash. The bearing failed due to lack of lubrication. A/C crashed into the east side of San Bernardino National Forest approx 15 SE of Big Bear Lake (Hell For Sure Canyon) at about 6000' level. SGT Daniel R. Deyarmin
P & 5 PAX injured. P & CE injured. [Need Tail#]
WOC Robert W. McComb [SP]
SP4 Charles P. Perkins Jr [CE]. 1267 MED (MO ARNG)
1LT Glenn W. Whitcher* [P]
JACKSON, Tenn. -- To enhance Army battlefield lethality, UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopter pilots recently tested technology which could drastically change how Black Hawk Army aircrews plan and . C injured. A/C and crew were based at Peden Barracks in Wertheim. In-flight breakup occurred causing M/R system and T/B separation before high-speed impact into trees. CPT Dennis H. Uyenoyama [P]
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UH-1B
CPT Francis J. Silvert Jr [IP]
CW2 Gary D. Armstrong [IP]
CW2 Howard W. Blanton Jr [P]
SP5 Harvey J. Salas [MO]. [Need Tail#]
UH-1
A/C was performing gun manuevers when excessive attitudes combined with CG issues due to fuel load in ferry tank, caused the mast to shear. SP4 Daniel V. McGrew
SP4 Brian A. Tetta [C]
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Pilot attempted VFR into IFR weather by pilot not instrument qualified under direction from demanding officer. #60-3543
No - mayday was heard; crash attributed to unknown inflight breakup. #71-20260
USAAVNS
WOC Dennis G. Hector [SP]. 104 TRN DIV (WA USAR)
A/C crashed into a mountain while searching for the OH-58 Involved that crashed into the same mountain. 1LT Vicki L. Boyd [PI]
USAAVNS
Armstrong killed on rescue Huey during takeoff. 237 MED
It was originally intended to be an air ambulance. Accident caused by material failure of collective pitch sleeve lock. 2LT Donald J. Kallem [P]. CW2 John J. McCarthy [P]
F/701 MAINT BN
A/C was peforming an NVG Medevac mission of a wounded military advisor when they entered IMC, initiated proper emergency procedures, re-entered VMC, was in level attitude at cruise airspeed when it struck the side of a hill 38' below the ridgeline at approx 2256 hrs. A/C was flying in chalk 2 position when the T/R hub failed, made a perfect landing down into the pine forest only to set down on a tree stump, which damaged the fuel tank. 11 AAD
2 SP injured. SP5 Gerald Rybacki [MO]. A/C was on a medevac mission under NVG's when AAA fire hit the T/R causing acft to enter an uncontrollable spin. UH-1
The soldiers had been conducting
Combination of high airspeed and steep banks resulted in loss of altitude causing M/R blade to hit top of tree. CW2 Kenneth A. Getchell [P]
Crash occurred at approx 2355 hrs near Shaw Mountain on the NW portion of Ft Hood. A/C crashed in dense fog around 0003 hours EDT near Yarmouth on a combined passenger delivery and training missing from Providence to Camp Edwards. P was killed when his bullet proof seat back severed an artery in his neck. SP4 Jimmie L. Barbaree [CE].
SP5 Billy G. McGee [CE]
Mid-air collision with a USAF F-84 S of Snowdoun near the Sprague community at approx 1,500-1,700' AGL at approx 1501 hrs. A/C rolled and tumbled a distance of 130' until coming to rest on its right side on a heading of 225 deg, approx 530' downstream from the wires. MSG Robert E. Lucey Jr. C/106 AVN (DE ARNG)
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SPC Rodney L. Blodgett
A fisherman rescued the 3 injured about 300 yds offshore. CPT Philip R. Ramsey [P]. [Need Tail#]
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#73-21836
A/C crashed and burned at approx 0900 hrs while on a paratrooper training mission at drop zone located on the Kentucky-Tennessee line on Ft Campbell. T/R hit during low level autorotation practice, M/R system severed from A/C, hit ground and rolled right. 1LT Jerry R. Brown [CP]
SP4 Jerome L. Brachel [CE]
A/C departed home station IFR at 1057 hrs and at 1134 hrs crew contacted radar control and reported severe turbulence at 6000' MSL. WOC Stanley C. Owens [SP]. 1 injured. A/C crashed shortly before noon 9 miles NE of Cheraw during Air Assault II exercises due to engine failure followed by extended glide to clearing and hit trees. A/C spun into the Walker Quarry area of Milford Lake at 1100 hrs from a 120' hover and submerged in 35' of water during a routine training mission from Ft Riley. A/C crashed about 4 miles north of Cheraw during Air Assault II exercises. CW4 Daniel Scott was killed instantly as his side of the A/C struck the boulder. UH-1H
C/101 AVN
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1LT Noel C. LaPlante [AC] WO1 Terry V. Knight [CP] SP4 Harvey M. Reynolds [CE] SGT Larry E. Steppee .
SSG Michael R. Robson [MO]
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A/C crashed in a Kawasaki village field near Camp McTureous. WO1 James S. Cameron Jr [CP]
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UH-1H
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CW2 John M. Mercer* [CP].
It then burst into flames. [Need Tail#]
CPT Terrance K. Woolever [P]
(#67-16360). #65-9808
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2 injured. CW4 Daniel S. Scott [P]
PFC Ralph A. Cooper
CW2 David A. [Need Tail#]
IP told student he was assuming controls, but student would not release controls.
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PVT Barry J. Chatwin*
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1LT Franklin Pena [SP]. Visibility was poor at time of accident. UH-1D
WO1 Paul M. Kemp [CP]
SP4 Ray Duda [CE]. 326 MED BN
16 OCT 72. During a night-aided flight at 75' AGL and 60 KIAS, pilot made an evasive right turn to avoid another acft and while still in a slight descent, hit 10' berm. MAJ James C. Rothwell [P]
A/C was cleared to land on sod next to runway, when it touched down hard and crew attempted to recover, became airborne again, flipped inverted, rolled and came to rest upright. A/C in flight of three crashed into a field near the village of Hermersdorf during a training flight. A/C was performing a simulated air attack while on a service support mission in conjunction with annual training test when it struck wires, pitched up and crashed inverted into a small tributary of the North Han River near Chuncheon at 1030 hours. 6 AVN DET
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CW3 John D. Raybon [PC]
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CW2 Stewart Hundere [AC]
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Crow [IP]. UH-1H
A/C crashed 9 miles east of Eufaula while participating in a training exercise with the Ranger Department of Ft Benning Infantry School due to engine failure on low level gunnery training run. CPT Ronald R. Jongejan [P]
A/C was lead in a formation flight of 5 UH-1s which had completed three troop insertions and were RTB when A/C struck three 3/4" seven-strand powerlines at approx 175' AGL, severing control tubes and crashed near Pocheon at approx 1301 hrs. Flight flew over serveral sets of power lines then descend to lower altitude after crossing. Army Air Crews is a tribute list of army aviation crewmembers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Although not the focus of EMU INC., they deserve at least a brief mention: . SGT Charles B. PFC Homer Dawson
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A/C crashed at approx 2100 hrs near Oak Grove airport S of Ft Worth while enroute to 300 Aviation Squadron base during violent stormy weather.
DAC Chansy Hang [IP]. 120 AVN
The CIV PAX was the 18-month old son of the pilot. #69-15329
A/C crashed at the base of Mt Listerane in the Rincon Mountains at approx 1300 hrs while transporting from Ft Worth to Sharp Army Depot in California. SGT Larry D. Roalstad [CE], WO1 Anthony V. Huggins [P]
Air mission cmdr placed the Inf airmobile operation on a wx hold due to ceiling 100' and visibility 1/2 mi, but ordered the flight to be repositioned. 10 injured. 377 MED
A/C descended while in left-banked attitude and impacted water at high speed, sinking to depth of 220m. CW3 Robert C. Machholz [P]
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