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A/C rocked forward on nose, bounced and hit an embankment causing fuel cells to rupture. SCARNG
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1LT Gregory P. Powers [IP]
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. After being installed on more than 100 U.S. Army helicopters, the Northrop Grumman Common . 1 injured. UH-1H
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PVT Wayne G. Stevens
A/C involved in midair crash with an TH-13 #67-17067 3 mi N of Hanchey AHP during training at Ft Rucker. [Need Tail#]
In an attempt to maintain contact with the flight, pilot entered a slight descending left turn.
A/C was seen in a descending right turn, M/R system separated and fell vertically, crashed and burned near Virginia 721 in King and Queen County on a routine training flight while returning from Patuxent NAS to Richmond. SP4 Charles S. Walker [CE]
PFC Carl L. Brown
Investigation determined that the torque on the clamping bolts of the swashplate outer ring trunnion bore was less than prescribed resulting in the trunnion bore wearing through the retaining bolts and coming out in flight. 195 AHC
326 MED BN
pop up description layer Submit corrections/updated info here . These factors led the German Luftwaffe in 1935 to establish a sea based unit, eventually being named the Seenotdienst (airsea rescue service) under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Konrad Glotz at Kiel for the sole purpose of recovering aircrews in the ocean.By 1939 the Luftwaffe had expanded this rescue force by adding Heinkel59 float aircraft specifically modified for this mission. CW2 James H. Miles [P]
DAC Chansy Hang [IP]. CW3 Geoffrey L. Nett [P]
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. 2 PAX injured, 1 CAV
A/C crashed in a field near Allen Stagefield near Wicksburg at approx 1510 hours while on a routine student pilot training mission. UH-1H
A/C crashed 2 miles from Matteson Range on Ft Rucker in heavy thunderstorms while on a routine mission. WOC William L. Nutt [SP]
CW2 Hugh B. Pearce [P]
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1LT Scott R. Cummins. UH-1
While flying through the canyon, A/C completed a steep right turn and then rolled into a steep left turn. UH-1
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1LT Peter J. A/C was on a MAST blood run and had dropped off the blood at Madisonville, KY hospital and was returning to Ft Campbell flying at 75' AGL when it hit a powerline severing the M/R push-pull tubes. Keister was a news photographer for the Chattanooga Times and other PAX was the PIO at USAF Academy.
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NOTE: All victims are listed together since specific crews/pax were not known which aircraft they were on. SP4 David E. Michon
CW2 Lawrence A. Powell [CP]
SPC Joel L. Meints* [CE]
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A/C was on a medevac mission under NVG's when AAA fire hit the T/R causing acft to enter an uncontrollable spin.
A/C was on a routine training mission out of Ft Rucker when it crashed and burned near the Crenshaw-Covington county lines just off of CR 43 and a 1/4 mile from Hwy 331 about 7 mi S of Brantley. CW2 James B. Hayes [P]. WO1 Michael R. Dawson [CP]
Other Army Helicopter Aviation Units in Vietnam. UH-1
WO1 Charles M. Falcone [P]
PV2 Charles D. Allison
A/C crashed 18 miles N of Dothan near the Choctawatchee River while on a routine training mission. B/227 AHB
2 PAX injured (USMC).
By implementing an overarching emergency handling logic across the Aviation branch, Army aircrews will be better prepared to respond to emergencies in context with the profiles required in LSCO.
MAAG A/C based at Feng-shan crashed into a hillside 10 miles S of Taipei at 0953 hours. P & CE injured. CW2 Gary C. Nistler [P]
Investigation suspected that they continued flight using degraded visual cues that caused them to falsely interpret their altitude and visible horizon. A/C crashed on gunnery range in final weeks of WOC training. PAGE AIRCRAFT
CPT Clarence M. Bratt [P]
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A/C rebounded into the air and struck the ground with a 30 degree left roll, rebounded once more in the air with remaining fuselage and rolled 1 1/2 times coming to rest inverted. 3/498 MED
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PFC Daniel F. Macon [C]. SFC Charles R. Metcalf [CE]
CW2 Randall J. Colton [P]
A/C shed the xmsn cowling, then removed the M/R control tubes.
SP5 Henry L. Andrews* [CE]
A/C crashed at approx 1145 hrs at Ft Polk during pilot check ride performing hydraulics off landing. #68-16200
UH-1H
SGT Daniel R. Deyarmin
The UH-1 evolved from a 1955 US Army competition for a new utility helicopter. CW2 John C. Johnson Jr [P]
A/C crashed and burned in heavy woods during a training mission on Ft Benning. IP & SP injured. 11 NOV 65. UH-1D
Crew thought they spotted a downed aircraft and descended to approx 20-30' above trees, slowed acft below ETL, spun right and into trees, hitting the ground nose down. maneuvers in the Owens Valley during a weekend USAR drill. #62-12520
A some point during the Vietnam War, a U.S. Army specialist named David drew up a plan to give UH-1 Huey helicopters more firepower. ARMY AIR CREWS: 1966 Vietnam Huey Crewmembers Line of Duty Deaths This page last updated: 27APR18 Top of Page This website is not a product of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, or any other government agency.
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Army Air Crews is a tribute list of army aviation crewmembers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Pool [SP]. 1LT Jimmie L. Reynolds [P]
Pilot applied power for go-around but A/C continued to descend and lose RPM. UH-1
The initial Army designation was HU-1, which led to the common unofficial nickname of "Huey." COL Cheatham was chief of the MAAG for southern Formosa. [Need Tail#]
CP injured. WOC William B. Hiltebeitel [SP]
A/C was placed in a bank angle that exceeded both pilot and acft capabilities for the acft weight configuration further aggravated when the pilot applied collective and aft cyclic in an attempt to recover which placed additional loads on an already overloaded rotor system. UH-1H
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A/C crashed in Clark Hill Reservoir in 50' of water 300 yards from shore near Plum Branch. 2LT Harold W. Esselstein [P]
PFC Jose H. Garcia
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. The M/R came off due to mast bumping, cutting into the A/C causing the explosion and crash. CW4 David W. Sooter [P]
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Gear coupling froze as result of extreme heat. 11 AAD
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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.
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CH-146 helicopter from Take on Helicopter in military, medical, civilian, police variant. The fuel spilled on the Huey and caught both on fire. 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. SP4 Charles P. Perkins Jr [CE]. 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. 2LT Richard D. Puckett [SP]
CPT Samuel D. DeLozier [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. CW2 Howard W. Blanton Jr [P]
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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. CPT David W. Watson [P] 1 injured. #68-15739
A/C was performing NOE at 60 KIAS and 35-50' AGL. SP4 Carl E. Campbell [CE]
MAJ Richard C. Bulliner [P]
C injured. UH-1H
#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. Rotor blade was found approx 1 mi from crash site. UH-1H
LTJG Philip R. O'Connell (USN)
LTC Joseph L. Lujan
3/17 CAV
A/C was observed to fall straight down and strike ground and explode. UH-1H
Pilot was performing a second ILS approach when A/C traveled 3/10 nm past the runway approach end, turned approx 180 deg.
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CW2 Michael J. Foley [P]
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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). CW2 John P. Parnin [IP]
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A/C departed field site to check weather. A/C became uncontrollable, hit the ground and slid about 60', coming to rest on its right side. UH-1D
CPT Walter M. Parke Sr [P]
E/501 AVN
SP4 Kurt J. Schroeder [CE]
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. [Need Tail#]
Combination of high airspeed and steep banks resulted in loss of altitude causing M/R blade to hit top of tree. UH-1H
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A/C exploded and crashed near Wicksburg while on a training flight from Ft Rucker. 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-1H
Mid-air between two UH-1B during formation flight on Ft Benning in light rain conditions. USAAVNTBD
CW2 James R. Harbeson [P]
D/101 AVN
UH-1H
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A/C crashed in a Kawasaki village field near Camp McTureous.
IP was in full control of emergency landing until they hit power lines during the flare which flipped the A/C upside down. [Need A/C Unit]
1LT Daniel E. Graybeal [P]
1/212 AVN
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. UH-1H
1/3 ACR
CE injured. James E. Robinson [ME]. Here are six facts about it. WO1 James S. Cameron Jr [CP]
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Crow [IP]. PIC broke formation and descended to an altitude of 50'-75' AGL for about 2 miles. Probably cause was inverted or near-inverted attitude during bad weather causing severe rotor flapping and subsequent mast separation. AHT/163 ACR (UT ARNG)
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The fire, located 10 miles south of the Canadian border just outside New York's Adirondack Park, began on July 12. DAC John Bryan [IP]
A/C crashed near Ras Nasrani during a prephase maintenance test flight in Sinai. At 1426 hrs while flying at approx 75' AGL and 90 KIAS and approx 7000m from field site, A/C struck a 2-wire, triple-strand power line crossing the river to Lemons Springs Camp. PVT John W. Harris
Pilot died from head injury when helmet came off during impact due to improper chin strap adjustment. D/1/9 CAV
CPT James H. Henry [P]
11 AAD
PFC Elijah Lister Jr
Primary causes of crash were determined to be crew fatigue, lack of experience and a 10 deg. DEP James D. McSweeney-LA Co
USAAVNS
SP5 Warren W. Lemberg [CE]. The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the combat aviation arm of the British Army. SP4 Alfred C. Murphy [CE]. USAAVNS
A/C rolled right and entered right, nose-low, spiraling descent. 40 AHC (CA ARNG)
377 MED
SFC Lynn V. Keen [MO]
A/C crashed while performing hydraulics-off emergency procedure at Skelly Stagefield. A/7 AVN
197 AVN
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precessing main attitude indicator. 55 AVN
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. [8] The helicopter quickly developed a nickname derived from its HU-1 designation, which came to be pronounced as "Huey". #63-8522
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CW3 James N. Farrell Jr [P]
CPT William R. West [CP]
AB-212 Twin Huey Italian Army, Italian Air Force, Italian Navy variant. 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. [Need A/C Unit]
336 AVN (USAR)
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2LT Jason J. Baker (USAF)
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Of those servicepeople, 2,382 were killed while serving aboard UH-1 Iroquois, better known as the ubiquitous "Huey." 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.
Visibility was 3 mi with light rain and fog. 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. UH-1H
10 injured. 1SG Solon B.
Crew was performing a routine cross-country training flight from Ft Lewis to Stockton, when the A/C landed at South Lake Tahoe Airport.
AIR TRP/116 ACR (ID ARNG)
USAAVNS
CPT James L. Crow Jr [CP]
A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. 2LT Michael P. Scott
(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. #71-20179
SGT Sidney T. Dew
CW4 Walter F. Nunley [P]. WOC Stanley C. Owens [SP]. COL Robert T. Basha
Green [CP]
and traveled 3/10 nm back towards the approach end of runway. UH-1B
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A/C crashed in Lake Tahoe at approx 1618 hrs during a flight with an unauthorized civilian PAX onboard. 55 AVN
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. WOC Conrad L. Walton [SP]
A/C crashed into Eklutna Glacier north of Anchorage during a routine training mission. united methodist church global methodist. AVN DET/USAEUR
PFC Bonnie C. Handley. nose-down level attitude resulting in a 57 G's crash force.
WOC Donald M. McDowell [SP]
A/C crashed and burned at 1140 hours E of Winlock off Freeway near Frost Rd. A/C had just refueled and was taking off from a tactical site at Clear Creek when it lost a T/R blade which struck and fractured a M/R blade. #915
1 injured. Separation of white drive link caused an uncontrollable descending right turn and crash into trees. UH-1B
A/C lost control on approach and crashed and burned at Rodriguez Range during a night-time extraction of troops. It happened to the O-2 aircraft in 2010, and now the UH-1 Iroquois helicopter,. 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. A/C crashed in the Sea of Japan while enroute to its base in Kangnung. [Need Tail#]
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Mid-air collision at 1519 hours between two UH-1H's at Camp Ripley Military Reserve near Little Falls during an Army National Guard exercise. P & 5 PAX injured. CW4 Dickie C. Hill [P]
CWO Frederick Tate [P]
101 AVN
COL James A. Cheatham
Killed as a result of fall from rope while descending on wreckage of private plane that crashed on Smart's Mountain. Rotor blade landed 500 meters from the A/C. Accidentally shot when M-60 in cargo area discharged while preparing to move a downed Huey crew from Hill 422 to Chu Lai. A/C was performing a hydraulics off go around at a Skelly Stage Field. T/R hit during low level autorotation practice, M/R system severed from A/C, hit ground and rolled right. WOC Steven D. Wells [SP]. USAAVNS
Lead aircraft spotted the OH-58, but failed to report its position to remaining flight taking off and getting in position. MAJ Harold F. Sutton [P]. #69-15675
Cause was determined to be explosive engine failure as the result of corrosion of the #1 bearing. SGT Richard G. Romero-Imperial Co
UH-1B
UH-1D Huey US Army, Takistan Army variant. Toys & Hobbies; Toy Models & Kits; 1/48 UH-1C Huey Helicopter Iroquois Military Models US Army Aircraft Vietnam War. vw golf door lock problems. SP4 Howard K. Kearney Jr. USAAVNS
WOC Michael B. McGowan [SP]
CW2 Stanley R. Menze [IP]
The A/C crew was not injured.
A/2/126 AVN (NY ARNG)
CW2 Dale R. Schmidt [P]
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SP5 Gerald Rybacki [MO]. UH-1
Ground time between flight operations should be sufficient to allow flight crew to eat and obtain at least 8 hours of uninterrupted rest. 76 AVN (VA ARNG)
SP5 Billy G. McGee [CE]
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3 injured. A/C crashed on a training flight near Elba. ELT was not installed on A/C and aircraft could not be located after a month long search. In 1955, the US Army asked for a new utility helicopter for use as . SP4 Ricardo J. Tornero [CE]
WOC Donald W. Strickland [SP], 2LT Kenneth W. Birdwell [P]
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CW3 Donald F. Landmesser [IP]
4 injured.
WO1 James Q. Warren [P]
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CP was killed when stabilizer bar hit him in the back and pinned him against the instrument panel. CW2 Kevin R. Killman [P]
The CE that survived was thrown from the descending A/C at about 200' and lived. Medevac crews were universally considered the most selfless of all combat aircrews in the war. A/C was being ferried from the Bell Helicopter Co. plant in Hurst to the Sharpe General Depot in California, when it exploded and crashed between Stephenville and Mineral Wells in the Morgan Hill area at 1215 hrs. SGT Jeffrey L. Kildow [CE]
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A/C crashed and burned at 0500 hrs in a hilly region near the coast of Northern California about 60 mi S of Ft Ord while on a routine flight of four. A special missions aviator instructor with the 54th Helicopter Squadron prepares for takeoff at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., on May 13, 2014. out of the dive, the PIC repeated the maneuver but could not stop the excessive rate of descent during 2nd dive. Wreckage discovered at 0850 hrs the following morning. PFC Donald W. Persinger
1SG Wood died 2 days later. 1 injured. *Bendick and Johnson died 1 day later.
P injured. After takeoff, A/C entered right descending turn into canyon and crashed into canyon wall approx 150' below rim. Warren AFB, Wyo., during a joint exercise at the Powder River Training Complex in western South Dakota, Dec. 7, 2017. CE was thrown from the A/C, CP received broken back. 1LT James A. Johnson [SP]. army aircrews huey7ds grand cross banner schedule7ds grand cross banner schedule A/C tookoff from Ft Knox on a flight to "burn off" some time so it could be carried in for a scheduled inspection. 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. After pulling
SSG Mifflin Tichenor Jr. HHC/101 AVN
MAJ James C. Rothwell [P]
From this designation came Huey, the name by which it has remained known. 3 injured. #66-16704
SP5 Leonard Velucci. 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. CE injured.
Shot down by an FMLN patrol in San Francisco canton at approx 1430 hours in Lolotique district, Department of San Miguel, while flying at low altitude. CW2 Michael S. Robinson [IP]
CPT Philip R. Ramsey [P]. At an altitude of 15-20' AGL and very slow airspeed, the A/C pitched nose up and climbed to 50-60', rolled inverted and crashed. Mid-air with OH-58A over Ft Hood near Anderson Mountain during Operation Gallant Hand '73. #64-14273
Suspect A/C was overgross and crew attempted to hover downwind in winds of 18 knots gusting to 30 knots.
Investigation determined that A/C encountered an engine failure and M/R blade struck through the cabin. CW2 Anthony R. Rakowski [P]
CW2 Guy L. Andrews Jr [CP]
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Recognisable by their distinctive blue berets, AAC soldiers deliver firepower from battlefield helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to overwhelm and defeat enemy forces. A/C was on a night unaided Joint drug interdiction mission (Operation Border Ranger) when it was going to intercept a suspect vehicle. 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. #71-20206
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 while on a parachute drop mission near the Corregidore Drop Zone due to mast bumping. UH-1
SP5 Earl D. Rankhorn [CE]
SP4 Thomas E. Heaverin [MO]
CW3 Charles N. Hurt [MP]
4-228 AVN BN
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