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16 NOV 07

SGT Steven C. Ganczewski

Iraq

Fire team leader assigned to the 3-75 Ranger Regiment killed as a result of a 40' fall out of the A/C during a combat operation near Balad.

08 NOV 07

CW2 DavidAngelo F. Alvarez [PI]
CPT Christian P. Skoglund [PC]
CPT Cartize B. Durham (USAF)
SRA Kenneth P. Hauprich Jr (USAF)
SSG Robert D. Rogers (USAF)
SSG Mark A. Spence (USAF)
5 others injured

Italy

1/214 AVN

A/C crashed in an open area near the Piave River north of Treviso, between Maserata Sul Piave and Santa Lucia Di Piave after departing Aviano AFB. USAF personnel were from 31 FW.

11 SEP 07

CW2 David M. Stanley [PC]
CPT Scott N. Shimp [PI]
SGT Jeffrey S. Angel II [CE]

Alabama

C/4-101 AVN
#94-26560

A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three when the flight went IIMC. Chalk 1 & 3 recovered safely while Chalk 2 entered the clouds and developed an unusual attitude that was unrecoverable and hit a power line and crashed into a field near a house about 1815 hours near Skyline on a training mission flying from Fort Campbell to the municipal airport in Chattanooga.

22 AUG 07

CPT Corry P. Tyler [PC]
CW2 Paul J. Flynn [PI]
SGT Matthew L. Tallman [CE]
SPC Rickey L. Bell [OR]
CPL Jeremy P. Bouffard
SPC Phillip J. Brodnick
CPT Derek A. Dobogai
CPL Joshua S. Harmon
SPC Michael A. Hook
SPC Nathan C. Hubbard
SGT Garrett I. McLead
SSG Jason L. Paton
SPC Jessy G. Pollard
SPC Tyler R. Seideman

Iraq

D/4-6 ACS
#06-27077
A/C crashed while taking part in a nighttime operation in Multaka, near Kirkuk (flight of two). A/C incurred a T/R driveshaft failure, spun to the right multiple times and crashed.

17 JUL 07

SGT Nathan S. Barnes
1 injured

Iraq

C/4-3 AVN
Infantry PAX (4-31 INF RGT) killed when he was hit by small arms fire while preparing to exit A/C at an air assault LZ near Rushdi Mullah.

10 MAR 07

DAC John B. Bolling [IP]
3 WO1's injured

Alabama

1-212 AVN
#86-24561

A/C crashed at Skelly Stagefield near Opp while attempting a roll-on landing. On touchdown, A/C landed hard and M/R flexed down and struck the T/R driveshaft. IP died of massive head injuries on 12MAR07.

20 JAN 07

MAJ Michael V. Taylor [PC]
CPT Sean E. Lyerly [PI]
SFC John G. Brown [CE]
1SG William T. Warren [C]
COL Brian D. Allgood
SSG Daryl D. Booker
LTC David C. Canegata III
SGM Marilyn L. Gabbard
CSM Roger W. Haller
COL Paul M. Kelly
SSG Floyd E. Lake
CPL Victor M. Langarica

Iraq

C/1-131 AVN
"EASY 40"
A/C crashed NE of Baghdad near Khan Bani Sa`ad after being shot down ferrying troops to Baghdad.

21 DEC 06

CW2 James E. Whitehead [PC]
CW2 Patrick J. Paige [PI]
SGT Thomas L. Clarkston Jr [CE]

Washington

D/4-6 ACS
#92-26422
A/C crashed on the south side of 1,835' Mount Peak near the county fairgrounds during a night training mission from Ft. Lewis. A/C impacted the side of a mountain in a near-vertical high rate of descent.

11 OCT 06

CWO Scott W. Dyer

Afghanistan

3-3 SFG
SF Warrant Officer (PAX) was hit by small arms fire and fell from A/C during a combat operation near Banditemur.

08 AUG 06

SGT Jeffery S. Brown [CE]
SGT Steven P. Mennemeyer [MD]
4 injured

Iraq

82 MED (AA)
#86-24535 "LEATHERNECK 46"

A/C based in Korean Village near Ar Rutbah crashed into a lake 10 nm SE while on an area familiarization flight in Anbar Province.

21 JUN 06

SSG Heathe N. Craig [MD]
PFC Brian J. Bradbury

Afghanistan

159 MED CO (AA)
"DUSTOFF 62"
Rescue hoist failed causing Medic and wounded soldier to fall 30' to the ground while attempting extraction during combat operations in Naray. Medic had successfully extracted first wounded soldier.

09 JUN 06

1LT Landon R. Casillas [P]

Tennessee

50 MED (AA)

A/C made a precautionary landing at Outlaw Field after warning light came on during a routine maintenance mission. Soldier was killed by M/R blade strike after exiting A/C.

30 MAR 06

PFC Joseph J. Duenas

Iraq

101 DIV (AA)
Soldier killed as a result of a fall out of the A/C while returning from a combat operation near Kirkuk (At-Ta'mim).

07 JAN 06

CW4 Chester W. Troxel [P]
1LT Jaime L. Campbell [P]
SPC Michael I. Edwards [CE]
SPC Jacob E. Melson [CE]
MAJ Stuart M. Anderson
1LT Joseph D. DeMoors
MAJ Douglas A. LaBouff
CPT Michael R. Martinez
DAC Darren D. Braswell
CIV Charles S. Allen
CIV Arsenio Domingo
CIV Robert Timmann

Iraq

B/1-207 AVN REGT (AK ARNG)
#91-26346 "ICY 33"

A/C was part of a two-helicopter team providing support for the 101st CA and was flying from Mosul to Tall 'Afar when communications were lost. A/C went down in a sparsely populated area 7 mi east of the town of Tall 'Afar. A/C was attempting to change trail positions by gaining altitude to avoid rotorwash and then descending back to formation altitude. Crash occurred when the A/C descended past formation altitude and into the ground at a very shallow angle.

03 NOV 05

CPT Jeffrey P. Toczylowski

Iraq

1/10 SFG(A) soldier killed as a result of a fall out of the A/C during combat operation in al-Anbar Province.

29 NOV 04

CW2 Mark W. Evans Jr [P]
CW2 David H. Gardner Jr [P]
SPC Richard L. Brown [CE]
BG Charles B. Allen
CPT Todd T. Christmas
CW5 Douglas V. Clapp
COL James M. Moore

Texas

A/2-4 AVN
#98-26827

A/C struck a guy wire attached to the television station KXXV 1800' tower near Bruceville-Eddy, enroute from Ft. Hood to Texarkana shortly after 7 a.m. in heavy fog. The tower's warning lights where knocked out by a storm the previous week.

12 AUG 04

SGT Daniel L. Galvan [CE]
3 crewmembers injured
9 USMC PAX injured

Afghanistan

2/25 AVN
#96-26699

A/C crashed while demonstrating for visiting dignitaries how to deliver troops quickly to the battlefield when the Black Hawk plunged to the ground outside Camp Salerno near Khowst. A/C crested a 400' hill, then nosed into a dive so steep that wheel chocks rose off the floor and flew forward into the cockpit, jamming the collective.

26 APR 04

CW3 Bruce D. Boggs [P]
1LT Candace L. Voegele-Daniels [P]
SPC Christopher K. Bingaman [CE]

South Carolina

1/159 AVN
#89-26215

A/C crashed during NVG training exercise along the Great Pee Dee River.

08 JAN 04

CW2 Philip A. Johnson [P]
CW2 Ian D. Manuel [P]
SPC Michael A. DiRaimondo [MD]
SPC Christopher A. Golby [C]
SPC Nathaniel H. Johnson [C]
SSG Craig Davis
SFC Gregory B. Hicks
SGT Jeffery C. Walker
CWO Aaron A. Weaver

Iraq

571 MED
#86-24488 "WITCHDOCTOR 11"

A/C shot down during a medical evacuation mission in Fallujah.

15 NOV 03

CW2 Scott A. Saboe [P]
2LT Jeremy L. Wolfe [P]
SPC Jeremiah J. DiGiovanni [CE]
SPC Ryan T. Baker [C]
SPC William D. Dusenbery [C]
SGT John W. Russell

Iraq

A/4/101 AVN
#93-26531

Mid-air with Black Hawk, which was transporting troops between bases, and both crashed onto residential rooftops, erupted in flames and exploded near Mosul.

WO1 Erik C. Kesterson [P]
SGT Warren S. Hansen [C]
CPT Pierre E. Piche
SGT Michael D. Acklin II
SFC Kelly Bolor
PFC Sheldon R. Hawk Eagle
PFC Richard W. Hafer
PFC Damian L. Heidelberg
SPC John R. Sullivan
SPC Eugene A. Uhl III
PFC Joey D. Whitener
5 others injured

9/101 AVN
#94-26548
Mid-air with Black Hawk, which was transporting troops between bases, and both crashed onto residential rooftops, erupted in flames and exploded near Mosul.

07 NOV 03

CW3 Kyran E. Kennedy [P]
CPT Benedict J. Smith [P]
SGT Scott C. Rose [CE]
SSG Paul M. Neff II [C]
CSM Cornell W. Gilmore I
CW5 Sharon T. Swartworth

Iraq

B/5/101 AVN
#92-26431 "THE GOAT"

A/C was hit by an SA-16 near Tikrit and went down on an island on the east side of the Tigris river near the main palace complex.

21 OCT 03

SPC Paul J. Bueche
1 injured

Iraq

131 AVN (AL ARNG)
While servicing a tire with a nitrogen cart, the rim separated causing the tire to explode.

02 SEP 03

PFC Christopher A. Sisson

Iraq

A/2/501 AVN
#97-26764
A/C was chalk 2 in the second serial of 3 UH-60's inserting 82nd ABN troopers into a LZ about 25 mi SW of Baghdad. It was a 0% illum night with little to no wind into heavy dust. The crash occurred on landing when the crew didn't pick up the right lateral drift that was happening. When collective was lowered it took all of a second before the A/C had rolled over. Five of the troopers admitted to unbuckling their seatbelts before landing.

09 MAY 03

CW2 Hans N. Gukeisen [P]
CW3 Brian K. Van Dusen [P]
CPL Richard P. Carl [CE]
MD injured

Iraq

571 MED
#86-24507

#507 and #619 were called on a medevac mission near Samarra. #619 landed to pickup a wounded Iraqi child suffering from serious head injuries from unexploded ordnance, while #507 circled around the LZ. Just as the patient was loaded, the crew of #619 saw #507 dive rapidly and lost sight as it disappeared behind trees on the Tigris. Seconds later #619 saw the M/R blade fly over the trees. #507 struck a cable stretched across the river used to ferry boats after descending to avoid possible enemy fire and crashed into the river on it's left side, partially submerged. #619's crew landed nearby and helped rescue the medic.

02 APR 03

CW4 Erik A. Halvorsen [PC]
CPT James F. Adamouski [PI]
SPC Mathew G. Boule [CE]
SGT Michael F. Pedersen [CE]
CW2 Scott Jamar [PP]
CW3 Eric A. Smith [PP]

Iraq

B/2/3 AVN
#94-26557 "STORM 6"

A/C crashed due to disoriention in the darkness of night skies NW of Karbala while on a mission to reposition a C2 Hawk forward for a night C2 mission.

11 MAR 03

CW3 Kenneth L. Miller [PC]
CPT Christopher E. Britton [PI]
SPC Barry M. Stephens [CE]
SGT Lucas V. Tripp [CE]
SGT John L. Eichenlaub Jr
SGT Joshua M. Harapko
PFC Shawn A. Mayerscik
SSG Brian L. Pavlich
PFC Andrew D. Stevens
PFC Stryder O. Stoutenburg
PFC Tommy C. Young
2 others injured

New York

B/2/10 MTN DIV
#90-26273

A/C and PAXs had just finished an air assault exercise and were headed back to the airfield flying trail behind two other aircraft when it crashed into wooded area on western edge of Ft. Drum.

25 FEB 03

CW2 Timothy W. Moehling [P]
CW2 John D. Smith [P]
SPC Rodrigo Gonzalez-Garza [CE]
SPC William J. Tracy [C]

Kuwait

A/5/158 AVN
#88-26083

Crew was practicing use of NVGs in desert and flew into ground during sandstorm near Camp NJ at 0030 hours.

30 JAN 03

CW2 Thomas J. Gibbons [P]
CW3 Mark S. O'Steen [P]
SSG Daniel L. Kisling Jr [CE]
SGT Gregory M. Frampton [C]

Afghanistan

160 SOAR
#89-26185

A/C crashed on the Shomali Pains (East Training Range) during routine night training sortie 7 miles E of Bagram AB.

11 DEC 02

WO1 Jonathan C. Helman [P]
CW2 Maurice A. Lammie [P]
SPC Luke A. DeGroff [CE]
SPC Bryan P. Abercrombie [C]
SFC Anthony L. Sieng [C]

Honduras

1/228 AVN JTF-B
#87-24586

A/C was returning to its home base at Soto Cano AB from a routine night training mission when it crashed about 2055 hours near Lake Yajoa, 3 mi. E of Santa Cruz.

19 OCT 01

SPC John J. Edmunds
PFC Kristofer Stonesifer
3 injured

Pakistan

C/1/160 SOAR
#91-26374
A/C crashed during nighttime training as the result of a "brown out" -- a sand cloud kicked up by the helicopter's rotors as it landed, obscuring the pilot's vision.

12 FEB 01

CW2 Gregory I. Montgomery [P]
CW4 George P. Perry [P]
SGT Thomas E. Barber [C]
SPC Robert D. McDonald [C]
MAJ Robert L. Olsen
SPC Rafael Olvera-Rodriguez

Hawaii

2/25 AVN
#96-26709 & #96-26710

Mid-air during a nighttime exercise in a remote military preserve of the Hawaiian islands.

11 injured

04 AUG 99

CPT James M. Rogers
3 injured

Kentucky

D/1/160 SOAR
#91-26388

A/C settled into the trees approaching the FAST rope site on Ft. Campbell.

22 APR 99

CW2 Aaron K. Power [P]
SGT Anthony W. Brown [CE]
SPC Earl C. Eoff [CE]
SGT Robert G. Millward [C]
SPC James R. Murphy Jr
SPC Fury J. Rice
SGT Julius R. Wilkes Jr
4 others injured

Kentucky

A/5/101 AVN
#92-26457

The UH-60L went down in a remote, wooded area of the military post near the TN state line during a routine training mission after the A/C hit the stabilator on a dead snag, which resulted in the aircraft descending into the trees.

04 FEB 99

CWO Robert L. Brown [PC]
CWO David L. Hopkins [PI]
CE & 2 PAX injured

South Korea

2/2 AVN
#83-23926
A/C crashed in the Twin Bridges Training Area 20 mi. N of Seoul at approx 1235 hours while observing a division training exercise that was in progress (WARSTEED).

06 JUL 98

CIV Pam Guido
CIV Rebecca Riddell
Crew injured

Bahamas

2/3 AVN
#94-26562

A/C crashed into brush 1/4 mile from runway on takeoff on a MTF while assigned to the OPBAT counterdrug mission. The two fatalities were the pilot's wives.

30 JUN 98

1LT Norman T.S. Flecker [P]
CW2 Riley W. Mason Jr [P]
SPC Ryan J. Shears [CE]

South Korea

A/2/2 AVN
#97-26756
A/C crashed into a mountain approx 100' down-slope from the peak near Kapyong. Cause of accident was inadvertent IMC.

31 JAN 98

1LT Jeffrey C. Davis [P]
SPC Bethany Stewart [CE]
1 injured

North Carolina

1/159 AVN
#94-26598

Pilot and CE performing MOC on new fuel filter at Simmons AAF. At request of CE, pilot increases PCL to about 96%, causing gust-lock to break and blades start to turn. With blades being tied down, one bends and breaks, causing a severe out-of-balance condition that shakes the A/C apart.

08 JUL 97

CW2 Michael D. Pannell [PC]
CWO Brad J. Ronan [PI]
SPC Jack T. Tucker [CE]
1LT Timothy K. Alspach
SGT Thomas J. Fenton
SSG Leslie W. Martin
SPC Angela E. Niedermayer
SSG Loren R. Woodrow

North Carolina

C/2/82 AVN
#90-26305

On a day photo recon mission on Ft. Bragg, an ESSS-equipped A/C with full ERFS tanks makes a turn in excess of 60 deg bank and 90+ degrees of direction at 100' AHO. A/C loses altitude, dips down into the trees, and sustains a blade strike. A/C continues down in a level attitude to a hard landing on a road. The ERFS tanks separate, rupture, and explode.

18 JUN 96

CW2 Francisco J. Ruiz [P]
PVT Angel A. Bernal-Frias
1SG John A. Harrison
PFC Robert Hicks Jr
SPC Larry C. Hinson
SPC Nathan D. Shirley
39 others injured

Kentucky

#93-26536

As a flight of 3 UH-60L were approaching the drop zone to conduct FRIES training, the M/R blades of Chalk 2 meshed with the M/R blades of Chalk 1.

27 FEB 96

MAJ Geoffrey B. Sherrill

North Carolina

3 SFG
A/C taxied into hot refuel at Simmons AAF and all PAX's exited. A mechanical fault undetected by the flight crew allowed the blades to drift forward and struck the Major in the head when he walked to the front of the A/C rather than to the side.

15 AUG 95

CW3 Michael R. Baker [P]
CW2 Donal J. Cunningham [P]
SGT Robert A. Rogers [CE]
SPC Dale L. Wood [C]

Cyprus

C/7/158 AVN
#88-26024

Malfunction led to the right engine to catch fire and send it hurtling into the Mediterranean Sea 3 miles off the fishing port of Zyyi at approx. 2130 hours, after leaving the Akrotiri AFB on Cyprus in flight of two.

20 JAN 95

CW2 Russell A. Rockrohr [PP]
2 injured

Alabama

A/C crashed at approx. 1700 hours 2 miles SW of Samson missing a small cluster of houses and landed upside-down in the field near the Florida border.

14 APR 94

CPT Patrick M. McKenna [PC]
CW2 John W. Garrett Jr [PI]
SPC Jeffrey C. Colbert [CE]
SPC Cornelius A. Bass [G]
SSG Paul M. Barclay
COL Richard A. Mulhern
COL Jerald L. Thompson
COL Hikmet Alp (Turk)
1LT M. Barlas Gultepe (Turk)
MAJ Harry C. Shapland (British)
CIV Salid Said
CIV Barbara L. Schell
CIV Abdulsatur Arab
CIV Ahmad Mohammad

CW2 Michael A. Hall [PC]
WO1 Erik S. Mounsey [PI]
SPC Michael S. Robinson [CE]
PFC Mark A. Ellner [G]
SFC Benjamin T. Hodge
SSG Ricky L. Robinson
1LT Laura A. Piper (USAF)
1LT Ceyhun Civas (Turk)
LTC Guy Demetz (French)
LTC Jonathan C. Swann (British)
CIV Ghandi Hussein
CIV Bader Mikho

Iraq

C/6/159 AVN
#87-26000 & #88-26060
Accidental shoot down of two Eagle Flight Detachment Blackhawks over northern Iraq.

03 OCT 93

CW3 Raymond A. Frank [P]
SSG William D. Cleveland [CE]
SSG Thomas J. Field [CE]
P injured (POW)

Somalia

160 SOAR
#89-26188 "SUPER 64"

A/C was struck by an RPG and crashed in Mogadishu. All survived crash but were killed by Somali mob afterwards. Pilot CW3 Michael Durant taken POW was only survivor.

03 OCT 93

CW3 Clifton P. Wolcott [PC]
CW3 Donovan L. Briley [PI]
SSG Daniel D. Busch

Somalia

160 SOAR
#91-26324 "SUPER 61"

While leading a multi-aircraft flight on the assault of an objective in downtown Mogadishu, A/C was struck by an RPG and crashed.

25 SEP 93

SGT Eugene Williams [CE]
PFC Matthew K. Anderson [G]
SGT Ferdinan C. Richardson
P & CP injured

Somalia

B/9/101 AVN
"COURAGE 53"

A/C was hit by an RPG during a night reconnaissance mission. The blast ignited the fuel and two crew members were consumed by the blaze. As the A/C began to lose altitude, the pilot tried to steer it toward friendly forces located at the port. A/C hit the top of a building, the rotor blades shredded, and then A/C ricocheted to the ground and slid over a hundred yards down a street before it came to rest against an embankment.

23 FEB 93

SPC Gary L. Rhodes Jr [CE]
COL William J. Densberger
COL Robert J. Kelly
MG Jarret J. Robertson
CP & 1 PAX injured

Germany

C/7-158 AVN
#88-26059

A/C crashed and burned while attempting to land at Wiesbaden AFB at 1935 hours. The cause of the accident was an imbalance between the two external, wing-mounted fuel tanks.

12 MAR 91

1LT Joseph D. Maks [P]
CW2 Patrick A. Donaldson [P]
SPC Kelly D. Phillips [CE]
SGT Michael S. Smith [MD]

Iraq

36 MED DET
#86-24546

A/C medevac crashed while it was carrying two wounded Iraqi soldiers.

27 FEB 91

CW4 Phillip M. Garvey [P]
CW3 Robert G. Godfrey [P]
SGT Roger P. Brilinski Jr [MD]
SSG William T. Butts [C]
SSG Patbouvier E. Ortiz
3 others injured (POW)

Iraq

2/229 AVN
"BENGAL 15"
Attempting a rescue of a downed USAF F-16 pilot while under heavy AAA fire. A/C was hit, pitched forward and crashed into an earthen berm, landing nose first, the A/C dug into the soft sand and flipped over and exploded. Mission was a flight of three (2 AH64s/1 UH60) being vectored to last known location of downed F-16 by AWACS. Flight was vectored directly over a heavily defended Iraqi Republican Guard position. A/C tail cone was severed by AAA (23 and 57MM).

27 FEB 91

WO1 George R. Swartzendruber [PC]
WO1 David G. Plasch [PI]
SGT Lee A. Belas
SGT Jason C. Carr
SSG Jonathan H. Kamm
WO1 John K. Morgan
SGT Cheryl LaBeau-O'Brien
SFC Gary E. Streeter
1LT Donaldson Tillar III

Iraq

4/1 AVN
#78-23015
A/C was hauling the crew of UH-1H #14273 back to port and then jumped back into Kuwait when they were misoriented and shot down.

26 FEB 91

SPC Steven R. Trautman [CE]

Iraq

4/1 AVN
While conducting start up operations at FAA Vagrant, CE sustained a critical head injury from a blade strike.

21 FEB 91

CW3 Michael F. Anderson [PC]
CPT Charles W. Cooper [PI]
SSG Christopher J. Chapman [CE]
SSG Mario Vega-Velazquez [CE]
MSG Otto F. Clark [MD]
SGM Patrick R. Hurley
MSG Eloy A. Rodriguez Jr

Saudi Arabia

160 SOAR
#89-26215

While returning to a medical facility, the A/C encountered a sandstorm and the pilots lost visual reference with the ground at approx. 0330 hours.

19 JAN 91

SSG Garland V. Hailey [MD]

Saudi Arabia

236 MED
#82-23579
A/C impacted the ground during final approach to the 12th Evac Hostpital with two patients, due to mechanical problems.

27 JUL 90

SSG Christopher Cummings
SFC John R. Duryea
SFC Joseph Gradzewica
MSG Mark R. LaRochelle
CPT Gregory W. Sandborn
8 injured

Arkansas

3/160 SOAR
#86-24500
A/C crashed into a hillside 5 mi. S of Charleston, on a night flight in the early stages of a war game. Emergency lights on the control panel overloaded the pilot's NVG's before the A/C crashed. Three of those killed were with the 10 SFG.

09 JAN 90

CW2 Bruce J. Marchetti [P]
1LT Christopher Moss [P]
SGT Keith R. Hall [CE]
PFC Donald Mitchell

California

4/1 AVN
#89-26144
A/C crashed during desert exercises 14 mi. E of Ft. Irwin when it flew into a hill that stands 300' above the Mojave Desert.

30 NOV 89

SSG Adrian Rosado [MD]
2 injured

Panama

214 MED
Medevac crashed in Panama Bay while returning from a mission on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. A/C experienced a total loss of T/R thrust due to failure of viscous bearing in XSMN oil cooler on T/R driveshaft. Crew attempted an autorotation over water in day VFR conditions while turning base in the traffic pattern at Howard AFB.

22 JUL 89

CW3 Adelbert L. Morrow [P]
CPT Robert B. Wilson II [P]
CPT Marlon D. Joseph
SSG Stephen P. Thompson
CW4 Roy A. Westbrook
LTC William C. Whittingstall
1 injured

California

1/227 AVN
#86-24549
A/C on a C&C mission crashed at 0400 hours 14 miles NE of Ft. Irwin during a training exercise.

06 JUL 89

CW4 Jerry Haney [IP]
2 injured

Korea

2/2 AVN
#83-23886

A/C crashed after hitting high voltage power lines on a routine night training mission 8 miles E of Seoul at approx. 2200 hours.

08 MAR 88

CWO William D. Bolin [P]
CWO James M. Guill [P]
PFC Gregory T. Dean [CE]
SSG Richard L. Alter
PFC Clifford W. Bath III
CPT Michael Daniel
PFC James Draper Jr
CPT Pelham L. Felder IV
PV2 Andrew J. Franklin III
SPC Samuel A. Hintz
PFC Michael A. Jankowski
SPC Brian J. LeBlanc
PV2 Jeffrey L. Rivas
PFC Timothy S. Sayer
SSG Charles L. Shirley
SGT Dennis C. Sabot
1 other killed

Tennessee Kentucky

B & C/101 AVN
#85-24462

Midair collision at 250' at 2145 hours in flight at 90 mph and crashed in flames during a night training mission of the 101st on Ft. Campbell while under NVGs.

22 DEC 86

CW4 Leslie R. Carlson [P]
WO1 Victor L. Fitzgerald [P]
PFC Jeffrey A. Winget [CE]

Korea

52 AVN
#83-23886
Mid-air collision with another UH-60 (#83-23886) south of Seoul during night manuevers. Crew of 3 from other A/C were injured.

3 crewmembers injured

52 AVN
#83-23857
Mid-air with UH-60 above.

03 OCT 86

CWO Hayward L. Kimbro [P]
WO1 Phillip D. Lara [P]
PFC David K. Ashcraft Jr [CE]

Germany

4 AHC
#82-23623

A/C crashed about 9 miles SE of Bamberg when its rotor blade scraped the ground as it turned to avoid a glider.

11 MAR 86

CW3 Jerry L. Brown [IP]
WO1 Stanley E. Harris
WO1 Gary M. Reynolds

Alabama

9 ATB

A/C crashed in a wooded area 2 miles SW of Elba after take off during routine training flight.

09 DEC 85

KOR killed
3 injured

Korea

201 AVN
A/C crashed near Chongju when the chopper hit a power line while trying to assist the crew of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook that had made an emergency landing.

18 APR 85

DAC Bobby W. Hogan [IP]
WO1 Roy D. Gallagher
WO1 Buddy C. Parris

Alabama

A/C crashed at Tac Runkle, a training site near Elba, on a routine training mission out of Lowe AAF on Ft. Rucker, due to rotor blade spindle breaking while A/C was at 300'.

13 MAR 85

CW2 Arlington Ingalls [P]
CW2 Robert Q. Buchanan Jr [P]
SGT Luis L. Bacallao [CE]
PV2 Troy G. Pease [C]
PFC Ioannis Bougas
SFC Robert L. Brown
SP4 Mackie G. Chism
SP4 Sebastian Corriera III
SP5 Michael T. Paserba
PFC Paul S. Resnick
SSG Timothy S. Williams
PFC Richard D. Zimmerman

North Carolina

82 AVN

A/C was one of three in formation flying at 100 mph some 75-100' AGL when it crashed near the Nijmegen Drop Zone on Ft. Bragg due to a missing bolt in the flight control assembly.

22 MAR 84

WO1 Scott Bryant [P]
2 injured

Kentucky

A/C crashed during a routine training mission at Ft. Campbell at 1620 hours.

02 FEB 84

SGT Raymond J. Dickey
PFC Robert F. Larsen
CPT Gilliam T. Nelson
MSG John G. Santora Jr
6 injured

Honduras

A/C crashed in bad weather in a mountainous area 35 mi from the Nicaraguan border during war game exercise (Big Pine II).

25 OCT 83

CPT Keith J. Lucas [P]
Others injured

Grenada

160 SOAR
CPT Lucas, already suffering from a wound to the right arm on the first go-around, was killed when 5 rounds fired from above smashed through the windshield and struck him in the head and chest. A/C crashed around 0640 just on top of Amber Belair Hill, breaking in half and the M/R blades fell over the cliff and into the water and rocks below.

18 OCT 83

CW2 Gary Tinkham [P]
CW2 Micheal Stewart [P]
SGT John Borassa
PFC Robert Miller

Washington

C/9 CSAB
#81-23597

A/C burst into flames and crashed during NVG training flight near Mt. Rainer with flight of 3. MRB of Chalk 2 hit a dead tree, probably caused by spatial disorientation due to 60 degree slopes on each side of valley.

04 OCT 83

CW3 William H. Tuttle [P]
SP4 Richard J. Thompson [CE]

Panama

TF 160
A/C crashed in Carribbean Sea near Colon.

26 AUG 83

CW2 David W. Jordan [P]
CPT Robert E. Brannum [P]
WO1 Allen E. Jennings

Kentucky

TF 160
A/C crashed while on test flight in Christian Co.

05 AUG 82

CWO Charles E. Bryant II [P]
WO1 Ronald J. Jones [P]
PFC Mark Liebherr [CE]
SP4 John T. Mahon (Bus Driver)

Kentucky

158 AVN

A/C crashed into a military bus at the NBC Training Range killing the driver during training flight. Cause of accident was a teflon bearing that jammed in the cyclic or collective server shortly after lift-off locking the A/C into a nose-dive.

30 MAR 82

SGT Rickey D. Zizelman [CE]
3 injured

Georgia

TF 160

A/C based at Ft. Campbell crashed 6 miles NW of Pembroke enroute to training in North Carolina during a night flight caused by rotor speed bleed off in which they could not recover.

04 MAR 82

CPT William B. Dinkler [P]
CW4 Bernard E. Vincent [P]

North Carolina

A/C crashed at Ft. Bragg.

21 MAY 78

CIV Albert M. King Jr [P]
CIV John J. Pasquarello [P]
CIV John Marshall [FE]

Connecticut

Sikorsky

Prototype Blackhawk crashed in the Housatonic River at approx. 0910 hours while on a test flight for Sikorsky due to a maintenance error that caused the stabilator amplifier to be disconnected from all airspeed info.