120 AVN 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. #69-15320 The M1952A vest provided only fragmentation protection and was useless against small arms fire. CPT William R. Apblett II [P] 2LT Chris M. Trotter. CIV Everett T. Shockley. Search was officially suspended on 10MAR81. UH-1H A/C crashed into Eklutna Glacier north of Anchorage during a routine training mission. 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. A/C crashed at approx 1100 hours near Townsend during annual training. WO1 Charles M. Falcone [P] DEP James D. McSweeney-LA Co Keister was a news photographer for the Chattanooga Times and other PAX was the PIO at USAF Academy. #65-9913 [Need Tail#] 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. #68-15739 A/C experienced a power failure and hit high tension wires and plunged into the Santa Ana River bed about 1/2 mile S of Lakeview Ave while enroute to repair another A/C in the Riverside area. CW2 Carol L. McKinney [CP] [Need Tail#] $17.95. 1/3 ACR A/C became uncontrollable, hit the ground and slid about 60', coming to rest on its right side. CW2 Gary C. Nistler [P] 101 AVN [Need Tail#] DAC Chansy Hang [IP]. SP5 Leonard Velucci. SP5 Harvey J. Salas [MO]. SP4 Donald G. Van Dyke Military Helicopter Enamel Hat Lapel Pin Pin Back 1 1/4" Vintage. 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. 2LT Harold W. Esselstein [P] CPT Clarence M. Bratt [P] PdM AW is a product management office within the Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier portfolio. PFC Dennis J. Disselhorst 82 AVN UH-1 When the Army adopted its own two-letter designation system, the H-40 became the HU-1 (Helicopter Utility). PFC Dexter B. Baggett 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. CW2 Mark H. Nelson [P] Mid-air collision of two HU-1s about 1-1/2 mi E of Elba while on a tactical training flight from Ft Rucker. UH-1H F/701 MAINT BN A/C was in flight of four when it crashed at 1757 hours approx 8 mi SE from Camp Atterbury during routine NOE training due to failure of the forward reduction gear assembly component of the A/C's engine. 101 AVN B/38 AVN BDE (IN ARNG) CPT Andrew W. Burgland [P] 1LT Noel C. LaPlante [AC] WO1 Terry V. Knight [CP] SP4 Harvey M. Reynolds [CE] SGT Larry E. Steppee . #69-15319 [Need Tail#] CH-146 helicopter from Take on Helicopter in military, medical, civilian, police variant. SP4 Robert E. Lee Murphy [CE] 141 SC CO (AR ARNG) A/C was on a low-level navigation training mission using contour flying techniques when it hit two wires about 80-85' AGL and crashed in an open field near the Main River north of Wuerzburg, 1.2 miles south of Karlstadt. UH-1D SP4 Terence D. Miller [Need A/C Unit] (NH ARNG) A/C crashed shortly after takeoff at 0500 hours from Hohenfels AAF near Nuremberg, during a routine flight over the Hohenfels PFC Ira D. Holland [CE] CW2 David W. Sawin [P] UH-1 The A/C entered the tall trees and impacted. SP5 Manuel E. Moore USAAVNS UH-1H IP injured. 10 injured. UH-1B A/C crashed while flying an observation mission on an Organization of American States peacekeeping mission during border disputes between Ecuador and Peru. A/C crashed at approx 1320 hrs just after placing a cross atop St Mary's Roman Catholic church under construction in Goeppingen. UH-1H ARMY AIR CREWS: Army Aviation Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths information websites Dedicated to the soldiers and families of the United States Army's Aviation Branch who have paid the ultimate price for freedom and liberties enjoyed today by all Americans. A/C crashed at approx 1325 hrs in a steep ravine near Timber Mountain while attempting to take off from mountain with all unit IP's, ASO, and CO at Ft Carson. [Need Tail#] The 57th Medevac Detachment was one of . A/C departed Hood AAF at 1330 hrs and arrived at field site near Gorman Falls at approx 1400 hrs where they dropped off supplies and picked up 3 PAX. USAAVNS The TH-1H was one of the newest of more than 15 variants of the original UH-1 Huey first flown in 1956. . PFC Daniel F. Macon [C]. A/C observed entering cloud, reappeared in steep descent, pulled out and climbed back into cloud then steep descent. SGT Brian R. Meuchel [CE]. 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. USNTPS [Need Tail#] B/1/228 AVN CW3 Geoffrey L. Nett [P] 2LT Richard D. Puckett [SP] Crow [IP]. UH-1H At 2017 hours the A/C impacted the ground in a 30-deg. maneuvers in the Owens Valley during a weekend USAR drill. WO1 Robert G. Schutz [P] A/C crashed in Lake Tahoe at approx 1618 hrs during a flight with an unauthorized civilian PAX onboard. SPC Joel L. Meints* [CE] USAAVNS 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. B/82 CAB SFC Lynn V. Keen [MO] SFC Doyle D. Cannon [MO]. Investigation revealed A/C was approx 900 lbs overweight for density altitude at takeoff point. USAAVNS PVT Gary A. Holz [G] PVT John W. Harris 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. UH-1H 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. Pilot lost control after a small metal stud broke and key parts fell off the M/R assembly. UH-1 Iroquois; . A/C crashed and burned in an open area near Lake Tholocco while attempting an emergency landing during IP course training at Ft Rucker. [Need Tail#] USAAVNS Phase 2 of this effort is ongoing and complements the emergency response method WOC Malcolm H. Littman Jr. [Need A/C Unit] UH-1V P & CE injured. SSG Mifflin Tichenor Jr. HHC/101 AVN USAAVNS UH-1H UH-1H USAAVNS UH-1D CW2 Robert R. Riegle [P]. SP4 George W. Marchessault [CE] UH-1H 101 AVN 1LT Louis J. Stauber A/C crashed into a 4 foot boulder, and then rotated 185 degrees around it. CW4 Walter F. Nunley [P]. [Need Tail#] 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. SPC Samuel K. May A/C flew into the trees on a moonless night 5 mi SW of Andalusia, while conducting a low-level navigation course at Ft Rucker 8 days before the scheduled graduation of class 71-41. WOC Mark Hitzig [SP]. 229 MED DET [Need Tail#] 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. B/122 ENG BN (SC ARNG) A/8 AVN BN A/C crashed on the western edge of Ft Campbell while on a routine training flight. LTJG Robert W. Fobes Jr (USN) UH-1H Flight crew should not be scheduled for continuous alert and/or flight duty (required awake) in excess of 18 hours. WO James L. Mersman [P] During a left turn, pilot initiated deceleration by raising nose. The xsmn departed the A/C from the vibration. 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. A/C was in a 10-ship formation on the Kimpo Peninsula supporting a search for a suspected NK agent, when the #1 hanger bearing seized and the short T/R drive shaft came apart in flight. Wood 1LT James A. Johnson [SP]. CPT David L. Hill [IP] At approximately 1527 hours, a UH1B armed helicopter on a CA mission crashed and burned in the vicinity of coordinates BR837005. #PinoyAviatorsNEWS PAF UH-1H HUEY CRASHED, KILLING 2 PILOTS, 2 AIRCREWS & 3 ARMY SOLDIERS ONBOARD A Philippine Air Force (PAF) UH-1H "Huey" helicopter with tail number 517 from the 205th Tactical. 5 injured. 15 MED DET #69-15675 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. Crew tried to maintain VMC in IMC. Member of Army team of helicopter acrobats was killed when he fell 40' while performing at a carnival in Madison. 1LT Charles W. Cupples [IP] SP4 John V. Jones [CE]. CPT John L. Bearden [P] WO1 David E. Crissman [CP] P & 4 PAX injured. 374 AA (USAR) CE & PAX injured. #65-9665 CPT William A. Lashley [P] SFC Charles R. Metcalf [CE] SP5 Edward E. Poindexter SP5 Bruce L. Dunn [CE]. SP6 David M. Webb [CE]. Primary causes of crash were determined to be crew fatigue, lack of experience and a 10 deg. The M/R came off due to mast bumping, cutting into the A/C causing the explosion and crash. [Need Tail#] 1LT Daniel Winchester Jr. 4 CMD AVN BN #65-9436. LTC Elliott W. Polcene Jr [OB] [Need Tail#] *Miller was the first helicopter fatality in the Indiana ARNG. [Need Tail#] Probable cause was spatial disorientation. 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. PV2 Charles D. Allison Updates ongoing as research is completed. CP injured. CPT Thomas M.D. #915 #68-15366 SGT Steve R. Grisham [CE]. Visibility was 3 mi with light rain and fog. Killed during a rocket attack standing near his Huey while Troop was staging at Kontum Airfield. PVT Wayne G. Stevens 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! #68-? UH-1H UH-1H P, CP & CE injured Spring pin in fuel control failed because of stress corrosion, resulting in power loss. UH-1H #64-13696 MAJ Robert H. Pearce (USMC)