![]() Crew consisted of NV and OR ARNG.Ĭrashed 13KM North of FB Lane 42S TB 8562 0349. Crew slowed A/C in attempt to achieve single-engine airspeed, however rotor RPM dropped and A/C fell almost vertically to the ground in the Shahjoi district of Zabul province, about 50 yards from the main highway between Kabul and Kandahar.Ī/C was flying from Ft Rucker to Hunter AAF when it struck one of two 1,000' television station towers (WFXL) and its 1-inch support cables at 140 KIAS near Doerun in rural Colquitt County and crashed.Ī/C was conducting operations on a mountaintop LZ, in support of Operation Mountain Lion near Asadabad in Kunar province, when the rear M/R blades made contact with a tree, totally collapsing the rear rotor system 5 seconds after contact, causing the A/C to crash on a nearby cliff and catch fire.Ī/C was shot down by an RPG in the Deh Chopan district in southern Zabul province, while returning from a troop insertion. A/C was Lift 1, Serial 1, Chalk 2, but due a delay on HLZ to offload a gator, Flipper 75 along with Chalk 3 took off significantly after Chalk 1 and in effect became a second serial on the same route.Ī/C was Chalk 3 in flight of three conducting a night troop movement when #2 engine failure occurred at about 300' AGL. The impact of the missile projected the aft end of the aircraft up as it burst into flames followed immediately by a nose dive into the crash site with no survivors. The missile struck the aircraft in the left engine. A/C was traveling at approx 70-80 KIAS, 200-250' AGL on an easterly heading when it was hit from the rear. On egress of TF Fury insertion of Lift 1, Flipper 75 was engaged and struck with a Missile at 41SPR919727 shortly after crossing over the Helmand River. A/C was on downwind approach at approx 2,275' AGL and 100 KIAS when it experienced a material failure causing M/R blades to strike the fuselage in flight.Ī/C crashed in the Kajaki region of southern Helmand province after unloading troops on an assault mission after being struck by a MANPAD. Soldier killed during sling-load training at the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Center, as part of Maple Guardian Exercise.Ī/C went down near the Al Taqaddum air base in Iraq's Anbar province while conducting a routine post-maintenance check flight. A/C entered a descending left turn at about 600' AGL and 100 KIAS, made a slight right turn and 30 deg pitch-down angle, fired its flares, pitched up then hit the ground and exploded. Upon landing, A/C rolled onto its right side and was destroyed in post crash fire.Ī/C was Chalk #3 when it crashed about 62 miles W of Basra near Talil AB at approx 0001 hours during a 4-ship flight from Kuwait to LSA Anaconda at Balad AB. A/C was struck in the left main fuel tank by an RPG causing left side to become engulfed in flames and #1 engine failed due to fuel starvation. CW4 Carter was from CO ARNG and SGT Hamburger from NE ARNG.Ī/C received an RPG and SA fire shortly after landing at a military outpost (Ghakhi Pass) in Kunar province.Ī/C crashed at approx 0330 hrs near Darreh-ye Bum in Qadis district after departing a successful operation (Operation Lexington) to disrupt arms smuggling and drug trafficking against anti-Afghan forces.Ī/C made a hard landing in Kunar Province after being hit by small arms fire and an RPG. NOTE: CW2 Nichols, SPC Bennett and SPC Duncan were from B/7-158 AVN (KS USAR). ![]() A/C was on an IRF mission to assist members of the 75th Rangers engaged in a fierce firefight. *Died 10 days later of injuries sustained.Ī/C crashed at approx 0300 hours at Tangi Joi Zareen, in the district of Sayd Abad in Wardak Province after a hit in the aft rotor blade which resulted in a severe mechanical and dynamic imbalance resulting in loss of control. Crew allowed A/C to drift forward of intended landing area to a location that did not allow necessary aft rotor clearance.Ī/C was performing a sling load operation under NVGs when soldier from 2-7 INF was struck by an 800 lb barrier gate that was toppled by rotor wash at approx 0330 hrs. A/C was in process of an NVG 2-wheel pinnacle landing at 6200' MSL when the aft M/R system contacted adjacent terrain, rolled several times and post-crash fire consumed A/C. Please Help to Keep This Website Operational!Ī/C crashed after hitting a tree after taking troops for a night raid to Kharwar District in Logar Province.Ī/C crashed at approx 2015 hrs on Ft Bliss training area near Orogrande while conducting high altitude mountainous environment training (HAMET).
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