Date Name(s) Location Insignia Notes

27 AUG 20 SSG Vincent P. Marketta

SGT Tyler M. Shelton

3 injured California 160 SOAR

MH-60

[Need A/C Tail#]

A/C crashed on San Clemente Island while on routine training exercise at approx 1946 hrs.

05 DEC 19

CW2 James A. Rogers Jr [P]

CW2 Charles P. Nord [P]

SGT Kort M. Plantenberg [CE] Minnesota C/2-211 GSAB (MN ARNG)

UH-60L

#84-23967



A/C crashed near Marty just after 1400 hrs approx 9 min or 16 mi SW of St Cloud AASF while on a LMTF. Crew called out a mayday before the crash. Investigation states that crew was conducting a maximum power check on the #1 engine in an area SW of the St. Cloud regional airport when the engine failed and the #2 engine was in an idle setting, causing a dual outage condition and crew was unable to recover.

26 SEP 19

MAJ Trevor P. Joseph

3 injured Louisiana C/1-5 AVN

UH-60L

#05-27053

C/S: EVAC 053

A/C crashed in the JRTC training area shortly after midnight while enroute to medevac a soldier with heat-related injury. #1 engine failed during approach to HLZ during NVG MEDEVAC mission.

19 AUG 18 CW3 Taylor J. Galvin [P] Iraq D/1-160 SOAR

MH-60M

[Need Tail#]

A/C crashed at approx 2200 hrs in Sinjar, Nineveh province while RTB from a counter-terrorism mission as part of CJTF-OIR. Crash occurred during NVG multi-ship brown-out landing when A/C encountered dynamic roll-over on touchdown.

12 SEP 17 SSG Sean Devoy [MO] Texas C/2-1 AVN

HH-60M

[Need Tail#]

A/C was conducting NVG medevac hoist training south of Gray AAF at approx 2230 hrs and medic died as a result of a fall after the hoist cable severed due to contact with airframe fwd of main landing gear.

25 AUG 17

SSG Emil Rivera-Lopez [CE]

5 rescued Yemen 3/160 SOAR

MH-60M

[Need Tail#]

A/C was conducting NVG hoist training a few feet above the water when it crashed 20 mi off southern coast of Yemen at approx 1900 hrs after experiencing an engine failure.

15 AUG 17

CW3 Brian M. Woeber [P]

CW2 Stephen T. Cantrell [P]

1LT Kathryn M. Bailey [P]

SSG Abigail R. Milam [CE]

SGT Michael L. Nelson [CE] Hawaii 2-25 CAB

UH-60M

#13-20556

A/C was on a 2-ship routine night training mission off of Kaena Point on Oahu when contact was lost at approx 2130 hrs. SAR was suspended after more than 5 days. Tandem flight was at 1,000 AGL and 110 KIAS when A/C entered a right turn. Nose began to pitch down and entered a slight climb. Approx 9 seconds into the turn, A/C bank and pitch attitude increased until it rolled to the left, abruptyly rolled back to the right and descended nose down until impacting the water. Investigation determined that crash was due to spatial disorientation.

17 APR 17

SPC Jeremy D. Tomlin [CE]

P & CP injured Maryland 12 AVN BN

UH-60L

#90-26303



A/C experienced a hard landing at approx 1337 hrs on the Breton Bay Golf Course and Country Club in Leonardtown between the third and fourth fairways, while on a routine training mission. T/R paddle separated at 1500' causing vibration and pilots initiated a PL at the golf course. Continued vibrations on T/R gearbox eventually caused the tailboom to separate just above the tail number at 1000'. Autorotation was performed and before landing, A/C spun three times coming into contact with a large tree causing studden stoppage. Cockpit was cut off from the top to about midway down and main cabin was compressed to approx 2' high.

23 NOV 15

CW3 Stephen B. Cooley [IP]

CW3 Michael F. Tharp [PI]

SFC Jason M. Smith [CE]

SFC Toby A. Childers [CE] Texas 2-291 AVN

UH-60L

#87-24651



A/C departed Hood AAF at 1710 hrs on an RL-2 progression, Terrain Flight and CMF in the vicinity of Landing Strip 22. After completing Terrain Flight Decelerations, the crew began conducting CMF at low level altitude. At approx 1726 hrs, during the second demonstration of the "Break Turn" manuever at 120 KIAS, approx 300' AGL, A/C entered a left bank attitude of approx 87 deg causing "mushing". The subsequent loss of altitude during the manuever caused A/C to impact a tree at approx 50' AGL and an angle of 37-55 deg, shearing the T/B from the fuselage. Fuselage continued to travel, spinning three times before impacting and coming to rest at the tree base approx 650' of the initial point of impact and the xmsn collapsed into the crew compartment.



A/C was assigned to 7-158 AVN (USAR).

10 MAR 15

CW4 G. Wayne Griffin Jr [SP]

CW4 G. David Strother [PI]

SSG Lance Bergeron [SI]

SSG Thomas C. Florich III [CE]



USMC 2D MSOB PAX:

SGT Marcus Bawol

SGT Trevor P. Blaylock

SSGT Liam Flynn

SGT Kerry M. Kemp

MSGT Thomas Saunders

SSGT Andrew Seif

CPT Stanford H. Shaw III Florida 1-244 AHB (LA ARNG)

UH-60M

#13-20624

C/S: MOJO 69



A/C was in flight of two that departed A-15 at approx 2016 hrs to conduct Rolled Duck and Helocast missions involving MARSOC Marines and began slow movement toward the shoreline. As A/C went over the water, crew experienced DVE and tried to gain control of A/C. Approx 2 min (2021 hrs) after going over water, A/C crashed in Santa Rosa Sound about 1 statute mi N of A-15. Second UH-60 in flight was RTB and landed safely. The 7 MARSOC Marines PAX were assigned to the 2D Marine Special Operations Battalion at Camp Lejeune. Investigation determined that the direct cause was spatial disorientation likely induced by crew failing to effectively transition from VMC to IMC in weather conditions that had lower ceilings and less visibility than they had been briefed as the minimum weather conditions authorized to conduct the mission.

28 MAY 14

PFC Jacob H. Wykstra

9 injured Afghanistan 16 CAB

UH-60M

#09-20192



A/C crashed in Maruf district in Kandahar province at approx 1130 hrs. A/C was tasked as flight lead at 2215 hrs for a 2-ship NVG insertion of a QRF to provide security for an unpartnered Medevac mission. During approach at the HLZ, crew initiated a go around due to forming dust cloud. While initiating the climb, the M/R rpm drooped, causing the A/C to move forward and down through the dust cloud and struck a cell phone tower. Investigation also determined that the ARF team had unbuckled their seat belts prior to landing resulting with some team members thrown from the A/C during impact. ARF PAX was with 4-4 INF.

15 JAN 14

CPT Clayton Carpenter [PI]

PC & CE injured Georgia C/3-160 SOAR

MH-60M

#05-20005



A/C was RTB from a night training flight when it experienced hard-landing during final approach at Hunter AAF at approx 2324 hrs. A/C was conducting an NVG VMC approach to runway and approx 80' AGL it began an unarrested right yaw, rotating several times and impacted the ground nearly upright with approx 10 deg left wheel low and 10 deg nose up attitude. Investigation determined that the T/R p/c change shaft failed which caused separation of p/c change shaft and the T/R servo resulting in pilot flight control inputs to be unresponsive.

02 JUL 12 SSG Robert J. Traxel Guatemala [Need A/C Unit]

UH-60

A/C was performing a MEDEVAC hoist training mission at approx 1100 hrs being filmed by PAO during Exercise Beyond the Horizon. MO ARNG soldier was approx 75' to the front of A/C under a large cedar type tree to film the departure. On takeoff, the A/C was climbing to gain altitude to clear the tall trees at the end of LZ directly over PAO when the rotor wash dislodged 3-4 large tree limbs which fell and struck the soldier.

19 APR 12

CW2 Nicholas S. Johnson [P]

CW2 Don C. Viray [P]

SPC Dean R. Shaffer Jr [CE]

SPC Chris J. Workman [DG] Afghanistan 2-25 AVN

UH-60L

#90-26206

C/S: DIAMONDHEAD 20



A/C was chase bird for Medevac acft responding to a 9-line request under NVGs, when it crashed at approx 2100 hours in the Khan Neshin-Dewalak area near Garmsir in Helmand Province during bad wx. A/C was enroute to assist in the evacuation of wounded Afghan police officers and during zero illum flight, A/C entered a gradual left turn that steepened into a 110 deg left bank with a nose-low descent at altitude where recovery was not possible.

13 OCT 11

SSG Robert B. Cowdrey [MO] Afghanistan C/3-82 CAB

UH-60M

#08-20164

A/C was on a MEDEVAC mission in Kunar Province arriving at LZ at approx 2000 hrs. A/C was peforming a two-wheel landing at an HLZ to allow MO to onboard 2 urgent patients. MO exited to get the third patient and was returning to A/C when he was struck by a M/R blade.

21 SEP 10 CW2 Jonah D. McClellan [PI]

CW3 Matthew G. Wagstaff [PC]

SSG Joshua D. Powell [CE]

SGT Marvin R. Calhoun Jr [DG]

MAJ Robert F. Baldwin

LT Brendan J. Looney (USN SEAL)

SCPO D. Blake McLendon (USN)

PO2 Adam O. Smith (USN SEAL)

PO3 Denis C. Miranda (USN SEAL)

3 injured Afghanistan B/5-101 AVN REGT

UH-60L

#93-26517

C/S: OZZIE 76



A/C crashed at approx 0400 hrs in northwestern Zabul Province in the Daychopan district near Chinaran village while on a spec ops mission. Flight of 3 Black Hawks departed PZ at 0351 hrs for a night insertion of ground force elements and was attempting to land on rocky terrain from a hover. Crew was initiating a go-around when low rotor audio alarm sounded and A/C impacted a rock formation nose first, cabin area and fuselage were torn from the cockpit and several passengers were ejected as fuselage rotated in the air. A/C power demanded exceeded the power available due to environmental conditions during excessive nose-low attitude in takeoff sequence, that caused decrease in rotor RPM.

21 JUN 10 SSG Brandon M. Silk [CE]

PVT Timothy J. Aplin (ADF)

PVT Benjamin A. Chuck (ADF)

PVT Scott T. Palmer (ADF)

11 injured Afghanistan C/5-101 AVN

UH-60L

#92-26448

A/C was lead in flight of 4 conducting an NVG assault mission in low contrast environment with zero illum. A/C descended from altitude of 270' AGL at a rate greater than 1000 FPM for about 10 seconds. Collective was applied too late and encountered a hard landing, causing total destruction of A/C at approx 0339 in the northern part of Kandahar province.

18 APR 10 SSG James R. Patton

P, CP & CE injured Iraq B/3-158 AHB

UH-60L

#95-26648

A/C crashed during a combat operation near Al-Mahzam area Camp Speicher outside Tikrit. SSG Patton was assigned to 3-75 Ranger Regiment.

No Further Details.

03 FEB 10 CW4 Gary M. Farwell [IP]

CW2 Clayton M. Hickman [CP]

SPC Matthew E. Clark [CE] Germany G/52 AVN REGT

UH-60A

#87-24621

C/S: DUKE 27



A/C was conducting an IFR approach to Coleman AAF when it crashed near Lampertheim at approx 1820 hours in the woods near a motorway junction (A67) at Viernheim and Lorsch. A/C requested lower alt from 6000' MSL at 1646:23Z due to icing, at 1646:52 decending to 5000 MSL, at 1657:01 initial decent to 3500, last radio transmit at 1708:50 at 3026 MSL. Decent was 2000 FPM at 1709:22, 6000 FPM at 1709:34, 2500 FPM at 1709:41 (1000 AGL), 8000 FPM at 1709:44 and 12000 FPM at 1709:47Z as radar contact was lost (impact). All radio transmissions including the last showed no evidence of any problem or stress, except for the icing at 6000 MSL about 20 minutes prior to the crash. The AR 15-6 dated 21 May 2010 could not establish a cause.



*Crew is also buried in a single casket at Arlington National Cemetery.

22 OCT 09 SSG James R. Stright [C]

9 injured Virginia 160 SOAR

MH-60L

#92-26410



A/C crashed into USNS Arctic off the coast of Fort Story at approx 2000 hours during a night fast-rope insertion training exercise. M/R system struck the ship's exhaust stacks and A/C fell approx 40' on the ship's deck.

19 SEP 09

SPC Michael S. Cote Jr [C]

12 WIA Iraq 38 CAB

UH-60A

#79-23272



A/C crashed inside the fenced perimeter of Joint Base Balad (Camp Anaconda) NE of housing area H-7 at approx 2008 hrs, after flying into IFR conditions after a dust storm overtook the acft.



Cote was attached to 38 CAB from A/1-52 AVN.

12 JAN 09

SSG Charles C. Mitts* [C]

2LT Zachary R. Cook

3 injured Texas 36 CAB (TX ARNG)

UH-60L

#91-26321



A/C crashed after takeoff at 1500 hours on the Texas A&M Campus (Duncan Field) while on a routine transport mission shuttling ROTC personnel to an annual training exercise at Camp Swift. A/C was about to go to Easterwood Airport for refueling and was at approx 100-150' AGL when it began to spin left uncontrollably, lost altitude and hit the ground. An unidentified T/R malfunction was determined to be the cause. Crew attempted to land the A/C in LZ to reduce collateral damage, injury or loss of life rather than flying out over populated area. *SGT Mitts died 2 days later of injuries.

16 NOV 07 SGT Steven C. Ganczewski Iraq 160 SOAR

UH-60

[Need Tail#]

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 at approx 2302 hrs 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 G/52 AVN REGT

UH-60A

#88-26025



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. Crash caused by the failure of bell crank in the yaw axis that locked the anti-torque pedals in a full left input.

11 SEP 07

CW2 David M. Stanley [PC]

CPT Scott N. Shimp [PI]

SGT Jeffrey S. Angel II [CE] Alabama C/4-101 AVN

UH-60L

#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.

17 JUL 07

SGT Nathan S. Barnes

1 WIA Iraq C/4/3 AHB

UH-60

[Need Tail#]

A/C was conducting a troop insertion at an LZ near Rushdi Mullah in support of OP Polar Megatron when it was hit by SA fire. INF PAX (4-31 INF) was hit while preparing to exit acft.

10 MAR 07 DAC John B. Bolling [IP]

2 WO1's injured

2LT injured Alabama 1-212 AVN

UH-60A

#86-24561



A/C crashed at Skelly Stagefield near Opp while attempting a roll-on landing. A/C approached too fast and not properly aligned with runway. A/C landed hard and M/R flexed down and struck the T/R driveshaft. IP died of massive head injuries on 12MAR07.

11 OCT 06 CW2 Scott W. Dyer Afghanistan 3-3 SFG

UH-60

[Need Tail#]

A/C was conducting a planned CONOP in the vicinity of Bandetimor and during approach, A/C became enveloped in a dust cloud and crew initiated a go-around. An SF Warrant Officer (PAX) believed they were close to touchdown, departed the A/C and fell 25' and was injured. Soldier was Medevaced to KAF where he died of injuries sustained in the fall.

08 AUG 06 SGT Jeffery S. Brown [CE]

SGT Steven P. Mennemeyer [MO]

4 WIA Iraq 82 MED (AA)

UH-60A

#86-24535

C/S: LEATHERNECK 46



A/C crashed approx 18km SE of Camp Korean Village at 2230 hrs while conducting an area familiarization flight from Korean Village. A/C was inverted in water approx 200m from shore.

No Further Details.

21 JUN 06

SSG Heathe N. Craig [MO]

PFC Brian J. Bradbury Afghanistan 159 MED CO (AA)

UH-60A

#82-23745

C/S: DUSTOFF 62

TF Titan K-Team was engaged by SA fire from 10-20 enemy fighters approx 14km NW of Camp Bari Khowt. As a result, 2 were KIA and 2 were WIA and Medevac was called in to extract the wounded and KIA soldiers. One casualty was successfully loaded and during extraction of second casualty, MO was in the basket when the hoist cable broke and basket fell 30' to the ground. Cable broke due to rubbing the cargo door track caused by oscillations during the hoisting.

09 JUN 06

1LT Landon R. Casillas [P] Tennessee 50 MED (AA)

UH-60A

#86-24523



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 2-17 CAV

UH-60

[Need Tail#]

While on an insertion mission during Operation Plzen in Kirkuk Province S of Hawija at 0404 hrs, PAX fell out of the A/C. Ground element loaded PAX back on the A/C and Medevaced to FOB Speicher where he died of wounds received in the fall.

03 NOV 05 CPT Jeffrey P. Toczylowski Iraq D/1-160 SOAR

MH-60K

#91-26368

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

12 AUG 04 SGT Daniel L. Galvan [CE]

P, CP & DG injured

9 USMC PAX injured Afghanistan 2/25 AVN

UH-60L

#96-26699



A/C was Chalk 2 of 2 UH-60Ls and 2 USMC AH-1Ws providing a daytime QRF demo for visiting dignitaries outside Camp Salerno near Khowst. Chalk 2 was ascending and descending over small hills in the area and crested a 400' hill, it then nosed into a dive so steep that wheel chocks rose off the cabin floor and flew forward into the cockpit, jamming the collective. A/C impacted the ground in a near level attitude, skidded 67', bounced once, skidded another 330', hit a manmade rock wall, pivoted vertically about its nose, yawed right 90 deg and rolled 270 deg coming to rest inverted at 1010 hrs.

26 APR 04

CW3 Bruce D. Boggs [P]

1LT Candace L. Voegele-Daniels [P]

SPC Christopher K. Bingaman [CE] South Carolina 1/159 AVN

UH-60L

#89-26215



A/C crashed during NVG training exercise along the Great Pee Dee River. A/C was Chalk 1 of 2 on flight as weather began to deteriorate. While enroute, Chalk 2 lost sight of lead for a short time. Lead told Chalk 2 that they would take up trail behind them and shortly afterward entered a fog bank and crashed.

21 OCT 03

SPC Paul J. Bueche

1 injured Iraq 131 AVN (AL ARNG)

UH-60

[Need Tail#]

A SGT and SPC were replacing and servicing a tire during a 500-hr phase inspection. The nitrogen cart's low-pressure did not have proper fittings, so they used the high-pressure side to inflate the tire. While inflating, the rim separated causing the tire to explode due to over inflation, killing the SPC and severely injuring the SGT.

02 SEP 03

PFC Christopher A. Sisson Iraq A/2/501 AVN

UH-60L

#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]

MO injured Iraq 571 MED CO (AA)

UH-60A

#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.

24 FEB 03

CW2 Timothy W. Moehling [P]

CW2 John D. Smith [P]

SPC Rodrigo Gonzalez-Garza [CE]

SPC William J. Tracy [CE] Kuwait B/5-158 AVN

UH-60A

#88-26083



A/C mission was to conduct night extraction training of 4 six-man teams from a LRS unit consisting of 2 UH-60A under NVGs. PIREPs indicated that IFR conditions existed in the local area. Flight lead requested an SVFR departure to the south, departing the airfield at 0010 hrs. At approx 10 minutes into the flight, at 100' AGL, Chalk 1 began to enter decreased visibility and announced initiating IIMC procedures. Lead began a climbing left turn, but Chalk 2 was unaware of lead's actions, continued along the route of flight. Shortly after Chalk 1 initiated IIMC break-up, Chalk 2 impacted the ground at an estimated 165 KIAS near Camp NJ at approx 0030 hours.

19 OCT 01

SPC John J. Edmunds

PFC Kristofer Stonesifer

P, CP & CE injured Pakistan C/1/160 SOAR

MH-60K

#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.

11 injured

04 AUG 99 CPT James M. Rogers

3 injured Kentucky D/1/160 SOAR

MH-60K

#91-26388



A/C settled into the trees approaching the FAST rope site on Ft Campbell. A/C encountered low RPM and some seconds later began an uncommanded descent. Pilot increased power but rotor RPM continued to decline, lost T/R effectiveness, spun 1 1/2 turns to the right, impacting the ground.

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

UH-60L

#92-26457



The UH-60L went down in a remote, wooded area of the military post near the TN state line during a day, contour, Pathfinder extraction mission flying at approx 80 KIAS and less than 50' above highest obstacle when the stabilator hit a dead snag, which resulted in the aircraft crashing through 75' tall trees.

04 FEB 99 CW2 Robert L. Brown [PC]

CW2 David L. Hopkins [PI]

CE & 2 PAX injured Korea C/2/2 AVN

UH-60A

#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

P, CP & CE injured Bahamas 2/3 AVN

UH-60L

#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.

31 JAN 98 1LT Jeffrey C. Davis [P]

SPC Bethany Stewart [CE]

1 injured North Carolina 1/159 AVN

UH-60

#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]

CW2 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

UH-60L

#90-26305



On a day photo recon mission on Ft Bragg at approx 1430 hrs, an ESSS-equipped A/C with full ERFS tanks made a turn in excess of 60 deg bank and 90+ degrees of direction at 100' AHO. A/C lost altitude, dipped down into the trees, and sustained a blade strike. A/C continued down in a level attitude to a hard landing on a road. The ERFS tanks separated, ruptured, and exploded.

18 JUN 96

CW2 Francisco J. Ruiz [PC]

PVT Angel A. Bernal-Frias

1SG John A. Harrison

PFC Robert Hicks Jr

SPC Larry C. Hinson

SPC D. Nathaniel Shirley

28 injured Kentucky A/9-101 AVN

UH-60L

#94-26536



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 at approx 1330 hrs.

27 FEB 96

MAJ Geoffrey B. Sherrill [MO] North Carolina 57 MED

UH-60A

#82-23687

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. MO was assigned to 3 SFG.

23 OCT 95 SSG Leonard A. Dorociak Korea D/2/2 AVN

UH-60

[Need Tail#]

Suffered fatal head wound while A/C was being moved out of hangar.

15 AUG 95

CW3 Michael R. Baker [P]

CW2 Donald J. Cunningham [P]

SGT Robert A. Rogers [CE]

SPC Dale L. Wood [C] Cyprus C/7-158 AVN

UH-60A

#88-26024



A/C was lead in flight of two during NVG mission that departed Akrotiri AFB. At about 700' AGL, Chalk 2 observed a flash from lead's #2 engine and observed lead in a high-speed descent impacting the Mediterranean Sea 3 mi off the fishing port of Zyyi at approx 2130 hrs. No 2 engine suffered an internal materiel failure.

20 JAN 95 CW2 Russell A. Rockrohr [PP]

IP & SP injured Alabama F/1-212 AVN

UH-60A

#84-23998



A/C was RTB after qual course flight when it experienced an abrupt, severe pitchdown of the nose. Crew was unable to fully recover from the near-vertical, nose-down descent and crashed at approx 1700 hrs 2 mi SW of Samson missing a small cluster of houses and landed upside-down in a field near the Florida border. PP was sitting in the jump seat when crash occurred.

25 SEP 93

SGT Eugene Williams [CE]

PFC Matthew K. Anderson [DG]

SGT Ferdinan C. Richardson

P & CP injured Somalia B/9/101 AVN

UH-60

[Need Tail#]

C/S: COURAGE 53



A/C was hit by an RPG during a night recon mission at 0200 hrs. 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 A/C ricocheted to the ground and slid over 100 yds 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 Jarrett J. Robertson

CP & 3 PAX injured Germany C/7-158 AVN

UH-60A

#88-26059



A/C crashed and burned while attempting to land at Wiesbaden AFB at 1935 hours. At 100' AGL, pilot noted stiffness in controls and bank angle continued to increase, began right turn, became uncontrollable and impacted ground on right side. Cause of the accident was material failure of the ESS in the right store causing fuel not to transfer to the main tank resulting acft to move its CG 13 inches.

26 FEB 91

SPC Steven R. Trautman [CE] Saudi Arabia 4-1 AVN

UH-60A

#80-23480



While conducting start up operations at FAA Vagrant (38RNT620105), CE sustained a critical head injury from a blade strike.

19 JAN 91

SSG Garland V. Hailey [MO] Saudi Arabia 236 MED

UH-60A

#81-23579

A/C was attempting NVG descent and turn to downwind leg for landing at 12th Evac Hospital with two patients. Crew lost VR with ground and attempt to arrest descent were too late and A/C struck ground in 10 degree left-side low, 5 degree nose-low attitude at an estimated 100 KIAS. Crew and patients that were restrained received no serious injuries, but MO received blunt force fatal injuries.

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

UH-60A

#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. At 50' AGL and 40 KIAS while on short final to unimproved LZ, A/C experienced uncommanded right yaw, which progressed into right spin. Crew took corrective measures to regain control. During autorotation, master warning panel lights came on causing NVGs to white out. A/C landed hard, coming to rest relatively level with left side of A/C crushed. Investigation revealed T/R control retaining washer had cracked and allowed T/R pitch beam to rotate, resulting in loss of T/R control. Three of those killed were with the 10 SFG.

09 JAN 90 CW2 Bruce J. Marchetti [P]

1LT Christopher Moss [P]

SGT Kenneth R. Hall [CE]

PFC Donald M. Mitchell [CE] California 4/1 AVN

UH-60A

#89-26144

A/C was enroute from field site to BN support area carrying internal load of 55-gal drums when it flew into a ridgeline that stands 300' above the Mojave Desert at 1532 hrs, 14 mi E of Ft Irwin.

30 SEP 89

SSG Adrian Rosado [MO]

3 injured Panama 214 MED

UH-60A

#84-23987

Medevac was on downwind leg over water for landing at Howard AFB, lost T/R thrust, spun and crashed into 9' of water in Panama Bay (approx 1/4 mi off Kobbe Beach) while returning from a mission on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal. Investigation determined the loss of T/R thrust was due to failure of viscous bearing in XSMN oil cooler on T/R driveshaft.

03 AUG 89

PAX killed Unknown [Need A/C Unit]

UH-60

[Need Tail#]

PAX was hit by rotor blades after 2 PAX left the A/C before crew told them to leave. CE was able to stop one of the PAX.

22 JUL 89

CW3 Adelbert L. Morrow [P]

CW4 Roy A. Westbrook [P]

CPT Robert B. Wilson II [PP]

CPT Marlon D. Joseph

SSG Stephen P. Thompson

LTC William C. Whittingstall

1 injured California 1/227 AVN

UH-60A

#86-24549



A/C was on a C&C mission and about 1 minute after takeoff flying at 20' AGL and 70 KIAS, master caution light illumniated. Fuselage struck a boulder and crashed at 0400 hours 14 mi NE of Ft Irwin during a training exercise. Crew were flying with night vision goggles (ANVS-6s). Crash was due to a stabilator failure causing it to lock in the down position.

06 JUL 89

CW4 Jerry L. Haney [IP]

2 injured Korea 2/2 AVN

UH-60A

#83-23866



A/C was on an NVG ATM training when it struck high voltage power lines 8 miles E of Seoul (near Kuri City) at approx 2200 hours. During attempt to land on sloping terrain, A/C rolled onto its right side and exploded.

28 AUG 88 1LT Kim J. Strader* [P]

AC, CE & MO injured Germany 63 MED DET

UH-60

[Need Tail#]



A/C was on Medevac standby at the Ramstein AFB airshow (Flugtag 88) when one of the Italian jets that collided in mid-air crashed into the parked Black Hawk. *1LT Strader died 20 days later of injuries.

08 MAR 88

CW3 William Dean Bolin [P]

CW2 James Marvin Guill [P]

SGT Gregory T. Dean [CE]

SPC Brian J. LeBlanc [C]

WO1 Joe Henry Tome [P]

CPT Pelham L. Felder IV [P]



SSG Richard L. Alter

PFC Clifford W. Bath III

CPT Michael Daniel

PFC James Draper Jr

PV2 Andrew J. Franklin III

SPC Samuel A. Hintz

PFC Michael A. Jankowski

PV2 Jeffrey L. Rivas

SGT Dennis C. Sabot

PFC Timothy S. Sayer

SSG Charles L. Shirley Tennessee Kentucky B & C/101 AVN

UH-60A

#85-24462 & #87-24605



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 201 AVN

UH-60A

#83-23838

A/C was on an NVG proficiency training mission and joined up with another UH-60 over a predesignated point and flew NOE in a staggered-right formation, proceeding north and climbing to 280' AGL enroute to airfield. Trail was to assume lead and would pass lead on right side, when it began drifting into lead and collision occurred. #1 impacted upsloping terrain in a three-point attitude, rebounded in air, spun right, and came to rest facing back down the flightpath. #2 began to break up in the air and fell out of control to the ground, fuselage struck ground in a right roll, nose-low attitude, approx 105' short of #1 and post-crash fire consumed the wreckage. Collision occurred approx 4 mi S of Camp Humphreys around 2010 hours.

P, CP & CE injured 201 AVN

UH-60A

#83-23857



Mid-air with UH-60 above.

15 OCT 86 SGT Paul C. Diederich Kentucky B/5/101 AVN

UH-60A

[Need Tail#]

After a rappell mission had been completed during Air Assault School training, one of the rappell masters decided to demonstrate Aussie rappell method. During his descent, one of the air transport tiedown fittings pulled loose from the A/C's roof and he fell approx 80' to the ground.

03 OCT 86 CW2 Hayward L. Kimbro [PC]

WO1 Phillip D. Lara [P]

PFC David K. Ashcraft Jr [CE] Germany 4 AHC

UH-60A

#82-23623



A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of 2 on a cross country navigational training flight. Lead A/C entered a protected area and traffic pattern at Burg Feuerstein airport when it entered a steep right bank to avoid a glider in the traffic pattern. Chalk #2, flying right rear entered a steep right bank, approaching 90 deg, to avoid collision with lead A/C and struck the ground at approx 150 KIAS.

11 MAR 86

CW3 Jerry L. Brown [IP]

WO1 Stanley E. Harris

WO1 Gary M. Reynolds Alabama 9 ATB

UH-60A

#82-23719



A/C was conducting VFR traffic pattern work at a remote training site about 2 mi SW of Elba. A/C was seen to takeoff and turn crosswind for right traffic at about 1000' MSL when A/C experienced two pitch-down events. Sufficient altitude was available for recovery from first event, but insufficient altitude was available for recovery from second event. A/C entered an excessively nose-down attitude and crashed in heavily wooded terrain, in a near-inverted attitude.

09 DEC 85

KATUSA killed [DG]

P, CP & CE injured Korea A/2/2 AVN

UH-60A

#82-23758

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. A/C was circle down and land at the accident site, descending to approx 300' AGL, flying up a valley at 10-20 knots when A/C hit several high-tension power lines, shredding the M/R blades and acft fell about 224', hit a dead tree and came to rest in a small creek.

18 APR 85

DAC Bobby W. Hogan [IP]

WO1 Roy D. Gallagher

WO1 Buddy C. Parris Alabama D/4 BN ATB

UH-60A

#82-23714



A/C crashed at Tac Runkle, a training site near Elba, at 1515 hrs while on a routine training mission out of Lowe AAF on Ft Rucker. A/C was on final approach to stagefield at 300' AGL when yellow M/R spindle failed in fatigue at the first thread root, causing blade to be thrown. Dynamic imbalance caused black and blue M/R blade spindles to fail within a few degrees of rotation and depart acft.

13 MAR 85

CW2 Arlington Ingalls [P]

CW2 Robert Q. Buchanan Jr [P]

SGT Luis L. Bacallao [CE]

PV2 Troy D. 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 2-82 AVN

UH-60A

#79-23314



A/C was one of three in formation flying at 100 mph some 75-100' AGL when it crashed at approx 1240 hours near the Nijmegen Drop Zone on Ft Bragg due to a missing bolt in the flight control assembly.

21 MAR 84 WO1 Scott E. Bryan [P]

CP & CE injured Kentucky A/158 AVN

UH-60A

#80-23471



A/C crashed during a routine training mission at Ft Campbell at 1620 hours. A/C was being flown at 60 KIAS and 70' AGL with an empty pallet beneath the acft. The airflow lifted the 300 lb pallet, causing it to hit the T/B and slide up the side of the T/B into the M/R system, and acft rolled right in a nose-low attitude, crashed through trees and came to rest inverted and immediately caught fire.

02 FEB 84

PFC Robert F. Larsen [CE]

SGT Raymond J. Dickey

CPT Gilliam P. Nelson

MSG John G. Santora Jr

6 injured Honduras A/101 AVN

UH-60A

#79-23268



A/C was flying a tactical support mission with another UH-60, transporting 12 soldiers from one location to another, when they entered a patch of fog. One A/C turned around and flew out of the valley while other continued. A/C hit trees 107' above the valley floor and crashed at approx 1330 hrs in a mountainous area 35 mi from the Nicaraguan border during war game exercise (Big Pine II) enroute from El Aguacate to San Lorenzo.

27 OCT 83

PAX A-2/75 RANGERS:

SGT Kevin J. Lannon

SGT Stephen E. Slater

SP4 Philip S. Grenier Grenada B/82 CAB

UH-60A

#79-23333



A/C was on an airmobile raid on the Calivigny Barracks which housed Cuban soldiers. Just before the helicopter landed near the Cuban held compound, the craft was hit by SA fire from the ground and crashed. Grenier was hit by the rotor. Slater and Lannon were killed by flying rotor debris.

25 OCT 83

CPT Keith J. Lucas [P]

Others injured Grenada 160 SOAR

UH-60A

#78-23002

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 M. Tinkham [P]

WO1 Micheal Stewart [P]

SGT John T. Bourassa [CE]

SP4 Robert A. Young [C] Washington C/9 CSAB

UH-60A

#81-23557



A/C burst into flames and crashed at approx 2100 hours approx 5 mi NW of Packwood during NVG training flight near Mt. Rainer with flight of 3. Flight descended into a valley along a creek and continued their planned route at about 100' above trees and 40 KIAS, when trail acft saw Chalk 2 make an abrupt right bank and crash into trees. Chalk 2 hit a 150' tall tree with M/R blades, rolled inverted, crashing nose first into the mountainside slope and rolled down the slope 120', rupturing the fuel cells causing post-crash fire. M/R was found about 100' down the hill near Skate Creek.

04 OCT 83 CW3 William H. Tuttle [P]

SP4 Richard J. Thompson [CE]

CP injured Panama TF 160

UH-60A

#78-22999



A/C crashed in Caribbean Sea approx 2 mi NE of Ft Sherman near the entrance to the Panama Canal.

26 AUG 83

CW2 David W. Jordan [P]

CPT Robert E. Brannum [P]

WO1 Allen E. Jennings Kentucky TF 160

UH-60A

#78-22993



A/C was on an MTF in Christian Co when witnesses saw the A/C yaw to the left and nose tuck down, parts were seen flying from the acft before it crashed on its left side at approx 1620 hrs. Investigation determined that incorrect/incomplete maintenance procedures during installation of M/R PC link.

05 AUG 82

CW2 Charles E. Bryant II [P]

WO1 Ronald J. Jones [P]

PFC Mark B. Liebherr [CE]

SP4 John T. Mahon (Bus Driver) Tennessee 158 AVN

UH-60A

#79-23267



A/C was in straight-and-level flight about 300' AGL when witnesses saw A/C nose over, complete 380-deg flip and crash in a nose-down, left-bank attitude onto the top of a military bus at 0915 hours at the NBC Training Range killing the driver. 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 Ricky D. Zizelman [CE]

3 injured Georgia TF 160

UH-60A

#78-22984



A/C based at Ft Campbell crashed 6 miles NW of Pembroke enroute to training in North Carolina during a night flight caused by engines ingesting pine needles, rotor speed dropped below 50% before impacting the ground.

04 MAR 82

CPT William B. Dinkler [P]

CW4 Bernard E. Vincent Jr [P]

2 uninjured North Carolina 2-82 AVN

UH-60A

#79-23324



A/C was on a PIC qual eval flight and crew was initiating an approach to a clearing and either on approach or departure, crew allowed A/C to enter trees at approx 40 KIAS. Corrective action was either too late or ineffective in stopping the descent and A/C crashed inverted in a wooded area just off Plank Rd at approx 1530 hrs, about 3 mi E of McCain on Ft Bragg due to stabilator issues.