A/C was on a routine instrument training flight with IP and 2 students and was seen at approx 400' AGL in a steep dive that continued until A/C crashed and exploded 3 miles SE of Marianna airport. #69-15187
PFC Jose H. Garcia
IP initiated simulated forced landing and noticed rapidly decaying engine and rotor RPM.
USAAVNS
1LT Jimmie L. Reynolds [P]
SP5 Charles Rusk
507 MED
#66-16032 & UH-1B #66-16055
After pulling
A/C was climbing to cruise altitude shortly after takeoff in flight of two when it encountered T/R stoppage. SGT Todd W. Smit
LTJG Robert W. Fobes Jr (USN)
#67-17408
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195 AHC
A/C was performing a hydraulics off go around at a Skelly Stage Field. CW2 Harold E. Carty Jr [IP]
*CE died 31DEC75 of injuries. PFC Dennis J. Disselhorst
He was climbing a rope suspended from a helicopter when he lost his grip and fell. WOC Robert W. McComb [SP]
76 AVN (VA ARNG)
UH-1H
SGT Brian R. Meuchel [CE]. Pilot died from head injury when helmet came off during impact due to improper chin strap adjustment. UH-1
A/C was performing NOE at 60 KIAS and 35-50' AGL.
#593
WO1 Daniel B. Foy [P]
UH-1
Investigation revealed A/C was approx 900 lbs overweight for density altitude at takeoff point. A/C became uncontrollable, hit the ground and slid about 60', coming to rest on its right side. A/C crashed into a tree and exploded in flames about 1600 hrs in 11 Mile Canyon, approx 10 mi W of Florissant, during a medevac of an injured mountain climber that fell off a cliff. [Need A/C Unit]
SP5 David O. Moore. CPT Jesse C. Yates [P]
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'. UH-1H
PIC broke formation and descended to an altitude of 50'-75' AGL for about 2 miles. CW2 Larry N. Sain [P]
1LT David J. Hendry [CP]
4 injured. A/C crashed on gunnery range in final weeks of WOC training.
UH-1
LT Nevzat Elvermez [SP]. The safety board believes the SP may have flown the A/C into the ground while the IP was changing the VHF radio freq to check on wx moving in. USAAVNS
#68-15387
There were heavy rainstorms in the area at the time. WO1 James Q. Warren [P]
Heavy fog was reported in the area at the time of the crash. A/C from Ft Lewis crashed and burned after it struck power lines about 8 miles N of Ellensburg, near the Reecer Creek area while reconnoitering for Exercise Coulee Crest. #63-8762
Two Hueys participating in a mock disaster drill took off from airfield in loose trail formation for about 3 mi before turning back toward the airfield. #65-9975
#69-15925
DET H 504 AVN
CW4 James A. Nichols [P]
Crash occurred at approx 2355 hrs near Shaw Mountain on the NW portion of Ft Hood. 1 other killed (USMC)
2LT William A. Warren. WOC Albert H. Parker [SP]. Wood [P]
A/C crashed and burned in an open area near Lake Tholocco while attempting an emergency landing during IP course training at Ft Rucker. #74-22348
CW2 Kenneth A. Getchell [P]
CW2 Anthony R. Rakowski [P]
841 MED (WA ARNG)
121 AVN
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A/82 ABN
CPT Edward F. Roe II [SP]
CW2 Harold M. Kelly Jr
Phase 2 of this effort is ongoing and complements the emergency response method UH-1
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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). UH-1H
The fuel spilled on the Huey and caught both on fire. USAAVNS
UH-1H
In order to qualify as an aircrew member and receive the . UH-1M. Chalk 1 continued straight and level, hitting the ground in an almost level attitude, slid 326' before coming to rest upright. 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. CPT Joseph Winford McDaniel [P]
UH-1
UH-1D
CW2 Howard W. Blanton Jr [P]
IP & SP injured. 326 MED BN
A/C was on a low-level, NOE NVG navigation training flight approx 2 miles E of Samson at 2100 hours in Geneva County. Investigation determined that A/C encountered an engine failure and M/R blade struck through the cabin. 11 AAD
GYPSUM, Colo. -- In the early morning of July 16, an Army UH-60 Black Hawk rescue crew was alerted to a severely injured hiker who had fallen 500 feet down one of Colorado's tallest peaks. UH-1
One wire wrapped several times around the mast, swashplate and flight controls before breaking, resulting in total control loss, striking branches of large cottonwood tree on the NW bank of river. *Miller was the first helicopter fatality in the Indiana ARNG.
WO1 Edward A. Zelko [P]
WO1 Richard B. Olson
In-flight breakup occurred causing M/R system and T/B separation before high-speed impact into trees. (Army) Army aircrews are going to. CW2 David W. Sawin [P]
CW3 Donald F. Landmesser [IP]
6 injured.
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A/C struck a mountain outcropping and crashed into Beaver Lake at approx 0805 hours while on a news photographic mission, taking pictures of survival training given to all new AF cadets. 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
2LT Harold W. Esselstein [P]
#68-15288
LTJG Philip R. O'Connell (USN)
CW4 Daniel S. Scott [P]
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DAC William L. Kinsey [CE]. PFC James E. Cullen
#69-15016
UH-1
UH-1H
CW2 Robert E. Goebel [CP]
UH-1H
SFC David L. Alvarez [C]. Member of Army team of helicopter acrobats was killed when he fell 40' while performing at a carnival in Madison. A/C was repositioning from field FARP to cantonment area, at approx 20-30' AGL and 30 KIAS, when A/C went into a rapid descent, crashed and burned. #73-21694
A/C crashed in a Kawasaki village field near Camp McTureous.
P & 5 PAX injured. UH-1
CW2 Phillip A. Jones [PP]
A/C crashed into a mountain while searching for the OH-58 Involved that crashed into the same mountain. [Need Tail#]
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. During hover before takeoff, pilot was making a pedal turn and was blinded by landing light being switched on, lost ground reference and control of A/C and crashed at approx 1800 hrs in the upper Ship Creek Valley at Ft Richardson. SSG Horace P. Robinson [C]
A/C crashed while flying an observation mission on an Organization of American States peacekeeping mission during border disputes between Ecuador and Peru. [Need Tail#]
#71-20218
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. M/R blades meshed and both exploded upon impact near King's Pond. They then formed up in a side-by-side formation to fly past a picnic area at approx 25' AGL and 90-100 KIAS when M/R blades made contact and crashed. CW2 James R. Harbeson [P]
A/C crashed and burned at 1140 hours E of Winlock off Freeway near Frost Rd.
A/C rolled right and entered right, nose-low, spiraling descent. 101 ABN
A/C departed maintenance ramp at Fliegerhorst Casern to the north and after clearing the boundary fence and about 200' AGL, the M/R assembly separated and fuselage crashed to the ground. CPT Harry D. Kinman
A/C departed the airport for a half-hour flight with the PAX and minus one crewmember. Toys & Hobbies; Toy Models & Kits; 1/48 UH-1C Huey Helicopter Iroquois Military Models US Army Aircraft Vietnam War. D/101 AVN
Primary causes of crash were determined to be crew fatigue, lack of experience and a 10 deg. #69-15531
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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. A/C crashed in a densely wooded area south of Cleveland, near the Tarkington VFD at FM 321 and Texas 163 while flying to Beaumont port for deployment to Desert Storm. PFC Ronald J. Shelton
#68-? The A/C struck the tail rotor and crashed on top of Wilson. UH-1
CW2 Manuel Gomez [P]
WOC Lowell A. PFC Jaff J. Decker [CE]
#66-16931
Jet pilot was also killed. UH-1H
SP4 Terence D. Miller
C injured. Its mission is to develop, acquire, field, and sustain equipment that improves the combat. CWO Dewey C. Little Jr [P]
CW2 John J. McCarthy [P]
UH-1H
PFC Charles R. Kaiser
Shaft sheared from coupling after seizure. Flight flew over serveral sets of power lines then descend to lower altitude after crossing. Xsmn displaced in flight, allowing M/R blade to sever tailboom. [Need A/C Unit]
MSG Robert E. Lucey Jr. C/106 AVN (DE ARNG)
P, CP & CE injured
CE injured. 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. The soldiers had been conducting
MAJ Hubert C. Carter [P]
SFC Juan R. Guerra
#66-0787
A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at 0500 hours from Hohenfels AAF near Nuremberg, during a routine flight over the Hohenfels
MAJ Milton R. Roberts [P]
USAAVNS
UH-1
B/122 ENG BN (SC ARNG)
B/3-5 CAV
197 AVN (10 AVN GP)
Fairchild tankers among KC-135s inspected for faulty tail parts, base officials confirm 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. B/82 CAB
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A soldier of a field arty observation party exited properly to front of A/C but while attempting to return to acft to pick up additional equipment, walked into the T/R during a training exercise at Ft Irwin. UH-1H
CW2 Bruce E. Lyon [CP]
2LT Curt Heady [P]
ID ARNG
A/C crashed approx 2 miles W of the main gate at Ft Irwin at 1815 hours while enroute to a field support site. *Meints was in my unit in 88-89. WO1 Neil G. Paulson [P]
SGT John W. Scott [SP]. USAAVNS
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INV Michael D. Davis-Riverside Co
CW3 Jerome A. Kroese [P]
114 AVN
2 WOCs injured. CW4 Dickie C. Hill [P]
A/C experienced mast separation, crashed and burned in a swamp near the Chocktawahatchee River about 6 mi NE of Ozark while on a routine training flight from Ft Rucker. SFC Peter A. Graves
[Need Tail#]
UH-1H
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3 injured. PFC Ira D. Holland [CE]
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SGT Floyd Smith [CE]
CPT Richard D. Donaldson [IP]
LTJG Julian W. Johnson* (USN)
[Need Tail#]
UH-1
UH-1
Among those killed were the deputy commander of the US Military Group and 5 Army helicopter crew members and medical specialists. WO Ronald E. Medlin [P]
#915
Pilot was performing a second ILS approach when A/C traveled 3/10 nm past the runway approach end, turned approx 180 deg. A/C on a medical evacuation mission crashed into a mountain at approx 3000' level, outside of Soto Cano AFB near Comayagua. $17.95.
*Bendick and Johnson died 1 day later.
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28 AVN (PN ARNG)
SGT Charles E. Lewis
#64-13696
#69-15675
#71-20223 & #66-0818
5 injured. SP5 John M. Rudock [CE]
UH-1B
USAAVNS
PFC Donald R. Hughes. 2 injured. 351 AVN
DAC Joseph Samut-Tagliaferro [P]
#71-20179
MO injured. 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. CPT Philip R. Ramsey [P]. SPC Frederick E. Lawrence.
CIV Sven E. Carlson
#73-21836
377 MED
SP4 Carl E. Campbell [CE]
#69-15436
It happened to the O-2 aircraft in 2010, and now the UH-1 Iroquois helicopter,. SP4 Donald E. Shinnock. CIV Max Keister. WO1 Paul A. Holley [P]
At approximately 1527 hours, a UH1B armed helicopter on a CA mission crashed and burned in the vicinity of coordinates BR837005. UH-1H
A/C crashed 2 miles from Matteson Range on Ft Rucker in heavy thunderstorms while on a routine mission. SP4 Thomas E. Heaverin [MO]
PFC Warren D. Switzer
SP5 Carroll C. Zanchi [CE]
#64-13571
E/3 AVN BN
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. 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. [Need Tail#]
T/B hit the tops of some trees, knocking off the T/R and 90 deg gearbox, collective was increased and A/C began spin to the right.
WO1 Paul M. Kemp [CP]
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. UH-1H
Other Army Helicopter Aviation Units in Vietnam. A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. Edward L. Burkhaulter [IP]
Mid-air between two UH-1B during formation flight on Ft Benning. 82 AVN
UH-1H
CPT David W. Watson [P] 1 injured. CPT Myles H. Mierswa Jr [P]
A/C crashed at approx 2350 hrs 2 miles northeast of Muldraugh at the top of a rocky cliff, 40' above Wilson Rd during a flight to evaluate a new night vision device (starlight scope) at Ft Knox. A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three UH-1s in loose trail formation which departed Bishop airport enroute to Los Alamitos AAF.
COL Robert T. Basha
#66-15245
The Army Aircrew Combat Uniform (A2CU) is a two-piece flight suit formerly in the universal camouflage pattern, but now operational camouflage pattern that offers the soldier protection from flash fires.The coat is similar to the ACU in design, with a stand-up collar featuring a front extension, shoulder patches, a front zipper, two inside hanging chest pockets with flaps; adjustable waist . UH-1D
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. 1/325 ABN
UH-1B
229 MED DET
CPT Charles W. Worley [P]
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. PFC Terrance T. Klein
UH-1H
CE injured. UH-1D
At some point during spin, CE was thrown clear of acft and impact with ground caused xmsn to fall over which crushed the medic and the pilots were pinned against the instrument panel. Exact cause of stress corrosion could not be determined. CW3 Rodney G. Goheen [P]
UH-1
A/C crashed near Ras Nasrani during a prephase maintenance test flight in Sinai. 16 OCT 72. 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. #65-9822
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. Thua Thien Province. Ground time between flight operations should be sufficient to allow flight crew to eat and obtain at least 8 hours of uninterrupted rest. (U.S. Air Force photo) WWII USAAF Aircrews During World War II, U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircrews fought in a vast global war from the hot, dry deserts of North Africa to the dangerously frigid wilderness in Greenland, Iceland, and Alaska. UH-1H
SP5 Harvey J. Salas [MO]. WO1 Keith A. Reider [P]
UH-1M
UH-1H
The Army employed it in various roles, including that of an armed escort or attack gunship in Vietnam.
UH-1H
SGT Johnny M. Rogers [CE]
GSGT Dale A. Erlert (USMC)
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. [Need Tail#]
HU-1A
Pilot attempted VFR into IFR weather by pilot not instrument qualified under direction from demanding officer. SGT James R. Teel [CE]
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AFOTEC's mission is to inform the warfighter and acquisition through operational test. GI-Issue Personal Defense Weapons There is an adage in Army Aviation that you will leave a burning helicopter equipped solely with what is affixed to your body. #70-16340
and traveled 3/10 nm back towards the approach end of runway. (#67-16360). 6 injured. UH-1 Iroquois; . Investigation suspected that they continued flight using degraded visual cues that caused them to falsely interpret their altitude and visible horizon. The A/C crew was not injured. CW2 Donald D. Bryant [PI]
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BELL
SGT Jeffrey L. Kildow [CE]
2 PAX injured (USMC). CPT William S. Inklebarger [P]
#70-16230
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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 approx 5 mi W post near Monroe Mountain due to separation of drive link trunion bearing from swashplate. WO1 David E. Crissman [CP]
UH-1H
PFC Ralph A. Cooper
SSG Benjamin R. Greenplate [CE]
SSG David G. Rayborn [MO]. PFC Earnest G. Dawson Jr [CE]. PFC Mark R. Welch [CE]
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UH-1B
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. MAJ James C. Rothwell [P]
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A portion of the M/R blade went into the left side of the cabin and struck victim in the head. CW2 Michael E. Smith [P]
CIV Jules W. Des Jardins
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. WOC Guy K. Nelson [SP]. A/C was attempting a mountain peak landing and at approx 150' above landing site, rotor RPM dropped to 6400. SGT Charles B. SP5 Manuel E. Moore
WO1 Glendon T. Rowen [CP]
1LT Kenneth Holt [P]
1/11 AA
Rotor blade landed 500 meters from the A/C. USAAVNS
A/C lost power, made a low-altitude, 180-deg turn back to landing area, bled off rotor RPM and crashed nose low into a field in East Finley Township during flight test at approx 1250 hours.
55 AVN
A/C crashed while on a parachute drop mission near the Corregidore Drop Zone due to mast bumping. UH-1
USAAVNS
out of the dive, the PIC repeated the maneuver but could not stop the excessive rate of descent during 2nd dive.
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WOC Dennis D. Lukow [SP]
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.
UH-1H
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. pop up description layer Submit corrections/updated info here . #68-15644
WO1 George F. Camara [P]
Flying conditions at the time were described as marginal with a heavy cloud cover from 700' to 9,000'. A/8 AVN BN
B/1/228 AVN
UH-1H
SP4 Jimmie L. Barbaree [CE]. The UH1 was the archetypal utility helicopter used in Vietnam. A/C was observed to fall straight down and strike ground and explode. UH-1H
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.
LTC David H. Pickett [P]
#70-16252
A/C crashed while performing hydraulics-off emergency procedure at Skelly Stagefield.
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