104 TRN DIV (WA USAR) Keister was a news photographer for the Chattanooga Times and other PAX was the PIO at USAF Academy. 351 AVN and traveled 3/10 nm back towards the approach end of runway. [Need Tail#] SP4 Ray Duda [CE]. CPT David T. Johnson CPT Michael A. McCrory [CP] SGT Sidney T. Dew A/158 AVN #67-17640 2LT Michael P. Scott 11 ACR Mid-air with OH-58A over Ft Hood near Anderson Mountain during Operation Gallant Hand '73. [Need Tail#] UH-1 A/2 AVN COL Robert T. Basha NOTE: Most information for Vietnam crew losses have come from the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association DEP James D. McSweeney-LA Co SP4 Jeff R. Patterson D/1/9 CAV SP5 Gary L. Harelstad [CE]. WO1 Robert G. Schutz [P] The xsmn departed the A/C from the vibration. CIV Patrick R. Pennington. Thanks in large part to the helicopter's numerous appearances on the silver screen, it is now difficult to picture the Vietnam War without seeing the UH-1 Iroquois - better known as the Huey. Two aircraft involved were trailing. This website is not a product of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, or any other government agency. A/C crashed near Wertheim during weather related night crash during a mercy flight to Aschaffenburg to pick up a supply of blood. WO1 Desmond P. Downey Jr [CP] 2LT Harold W. Esselstein [P] #69-15679 SP4 Alfred C. Murphy [CE]. 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. WO1 Edward E. Dewinter Jr [P] #65-9913 After touchdown of simulated hydraulics off landing, slightly nose right, A/C abruptly lifted from runway and yawed right in an extremely nose-high attitude, went into a hard right yaw, causing nose to hit runway. UH-1H UH-1H A/C exploded and crashed in a wheat field near Ebenheid during a routine maintenance test flight. 55 AVN A/C from Ft Benning crashed and burned while firing machine guns on Ft Stewart's Metz range. A/C crashed on the downwind leg at Toth stagefield during full faced NVG training. SP4 Donald E. Shinnock. #70-16256 [Need Tail#] Lead aircraft spotted the OH-58, but failed to report its position to remaining flight taking off and getting in position. USAAVNS #65-9975 1LT Gregory J. Paredes [CP] Their blades meshed producing the mid-air. Rotor blade landed 500 meters from the A/C. #67-17621 #69-15329 336 AVN (USAR) which involved two slicks flying side-by-side. 2 PAX injured (USMC). SGT John J. CPT John L. Bearden [P] CW2 Manuel Gomez [P] [Need Tail#] SP4 Kurt J. Schroeder [CE] CPT Willard R. Woody [C]. Spring pin in fuel control failed because of stress corrosion, resulting in power loss. A/C was on final approach during hydraulics-off landing and did not maintain proper lane alignment which was aggravated by the application of left lateral cyclic at reduced airspeed. 101 ABN *Bendick and Johnson died 1 day later. PV2 Charles D. Allison UH-1H 7-1 CAV SGT Charles E. Lewis WOC Donald W. Strickland [SP], 2LT Kenneth W. Birdwell [P] UH-1H 1 injured. [Need Tail#] The Sky's no limit. A/C was climbing to cruise altitude shortly after takeoff in flight of two when it encountered T/R stoppage. UH-1H 197 AVN (10 AVN GP) #69-15294 D/5/117 CAV (NJ ARNG) A/C was on a night resupply mission and after supply dropoff, five PAX boarded for return flight. DAC William L. Kinsey [CE]. WO Donald K. Burch [P] WO1 Sheryl L. Siroonian [P] WO1 Edward A. Zelko [P] The Aircrew Badge, commonly known as Wings, is a qualification badge of the United States military that is awarded by all five branches of armed services to personnel who serve as aircrew members on board military aircraft. At 50-100' AGL, pitch was pulled but had no effect and A/C struck ground in near-level attitude and approx 15g. CPT Clarence M. Bratt [P] PV2 Randall J. Ladwig WO1 Charles M. Falcone [P] WO1 James Q. Warren [P] A/C hit pine tree during night training exercise (TAC X) crashed inverted and burned. A/C crashed near Runway 6 while attempting landing in foggy conditions at MacArthur-Long Island Airport. Accident caused by material failure of collective pitch sleeve lock. SFC Charles R. Metcalf [CE] CPT Myles H. Mierswa Jr [P] 1700 hours. UH-1H UH-1H M/R blade struck the ground and A/C flipped over and crashed in right nose-low inverted configuration. A/C was performing gun manuevers when excessive attitudes combined with CG issues due to fuel load in ferry tank, caused the mast to shear. Medevac crews were universally considered the most selfless of all combat aircrews in the war. CW2 John J. McCarthy [P] SP4 Edwin L. Stoller [MO] AVN DET/USAEUR CPT Patrick F. Craven [P] [Need Tail#] The safety board believes the SP may have flown the A/C into the ground while the IP was changing the VHF radio freq to check on wx moving in. eBay Money Back Guarantee. CE injured. A/C was flying from the unit's barracks at Baumholder to the Army training grounds at Grafenwoehr, when it lost its T/R, crashed and burst into flames in a garden on the edge of a sugar beet field near Unteralterheim. #70-16410 CP died of injuries on 07NOV69. 71 AVN A/C crashed into a mountain while searching for the OH-58 Involved that crashed into the same mountain. ID ARNG #68-16487 Wreckage discovered at 0850 hrs the following morning. WOC Brent D. Gularte [SP] USAAVNS WO1 Richard B. Olson 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. 16 OCT 72. USAAVNS A/C experienced mast separation, crashed and burned in a swamp near the Chocktawahatchee River about 6 mi NE of Ozark while on a routine training flight from Ft Rucker. Suspected that pilot's attention was diverted shortly before wire strike to master caution and right fuel boost pump light that illuminated. #63-8760 5 injured. USAAVNS SSG Donald K. Chavis [C]. SP4 David G. Cowan [CE]. 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. A/C from Ft Carson was on a SAR shortly before noon while ferrying searchers to look for the remains of a man stranded by a Christmas Eve plane crash, when engine and rotor rpm bled off during approach to LZ. UH-1H [Need Tail#] UH-1 CP was killed when stabilizer bar hit him in the back and pinned him against the instrument panel. Pilot reported weather was too bad and enroute back to field site when A/C crashed 5 miles NW of Rockingham near the Pee Dee River at approx 0645 hours. CPT Sashai Dawn [PC] CIV Max Keister. WO1 Glendon T. Rowen [CP] DEP Roy A. Chester-LA Co The Army Air Corps (AAC) is the combat aviation arm of the British Army. 11 AAD UH-1H #66-16348 UH-1 A/C was in flight of 7 acft on RTB from a 5-day field exercise to Goeppingen, proceeding in loose trail formation. A/C crashed during training flight from Hunter AAF approx 5 miles NE of Rincon. CPT Edward F. Roe II [SP] [Need Tail#] A/C crashed approx 5 mi W post near Monroe Mountain due to separation of drive link trunion bearing from swashplate. Primary causes of crash were determined to be crew fatigue, lack of experience and a 10 deg. Loss of rotor RPM, pilot initiated a full flare, close to the ground and impact occurred at 20 degree attitude, nose up with a 30 degree right roll at 60 KIAS. A/C crashed at approx 1100 hours near Townsend during annual training. [Need Tail#] UH-1H UH-1 #66-0572 SGT Floyd Smith [CE] #68-15438 #60-3543 Military Helicopter Enamel Hat Lapel Pin Pin Back 1 1/4" Vintage. Pilot was performing a second ILS approach when A/C traveled 3/10 nm past the runway approach end, turned approx 180 deg. HHC/194 BDE WOC Theodore R. Nashold [SP] UH-1 [Need A/C Unit] (Ft Carson based) UH-1 Sticker. Visibility was 3 mi with light rain and fog. WO James L. Mersman [P] 163 ACR (MT ARNG) The Army's 250-foot drop tower at Fort Benning, Georgia sees a newly designed training parachute installed to better match current parachute drop rates. CW2 Carol L. McKinney [CP] Investigation suspected that they continued flight using degraded visual cues that caused them to falsely interpret their altitude and visible horizon. 1LT Donald E. Spencer [P] IP was in full control of emergency landing until they hit power lines during the flare which flipped the A/C upside down. USAAVNS CW2 Michael S. Robinson [IP] PVT Jude W. Johnson [C] Crashed 5 miles E of Kerrville at approx 1430 hours. A/C was Chalk 2 in flight of three UH-1s in loose trail formation which departed Bishop airport enroute to Los Alamitos AAF. SP6 David M. Webb [CE]. #69-15319 WOC William L. Nutt [SP] 11 AAD [Need Tail#] USAAVNS The A/C crew was not injured. [Need A/C Unit] SP4 Ricardo J. Tornero [CE] 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. A/2/126 AVN (NY ARNG) #66-15230 out of the dive, the PIC repeated the maneuver but could not stop the excessive rate of descent during 2nd dive. What is wrong with Army Aircrews? SP4 Charles P. Perkins Jr [CE]. UH-1 DAC Morgan C. Probasco. #68-15387 A/C crashed at approx 1100 hrs about 5 mi N of Saginaw while on an acceptance flight out of the Globe plant near Blue Mound. SP5 Earl D. Rankhorn [CE] A/C and crew were based at Peden Barracks in Wertheim. SSG Edward Roberts [CE] SP4 George W. Marchessault [CE] PVT Charles C. Johnson Brown [CE] CW2 Mark H. Nelson [P] #69-15449 #65-9436. A/C crashed in a hilly wooded at approx 0210 hrs area near the E70 autobahn between Wildflecken and Bad Bruckenau during a medevac mission. JACKSON, Tenn. -- To enhance Army battlefield lethality, UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopter pilots recently tested technology which could drastically change how Black Hawk Army aircrews plan and . WOC Malcolm H. Littman Jr. [Need A/C Unit] UH-1H CW2 Stewart Hundere [AC] approx 0930 hrs, the A/C passed over the south shore of Klondike Lake and PIC made a steep cyclic climb and a 180-degree pedal turn with approx 60'-degree angle of bank, followed by a steep dive. Other aircraft were able to avoid wires. [Need Tail#] CW2 James M. Hines [P] UH-1D A/C suffered an engine power loss and came down at a slight angle, slicing off the tops of several trees and caught fire upon impact with ground. Chalk 1 continued straight and level, hitting the ground in an almost level attitude, slid 326' before coming to rest upright. CE injured. A/C was on a night mission supporting Project MASSTER when it went inadvertant IMC departing Pipeline Gunnery Range on Ft Hood at 0200 hrs and crashed about 600 yds from takeoff point near the Dalton Mountain helipad. #66-16704 A/C experienced a mechnical problem while taking off, crashed and burned approx 18 miles N of Junction City, near the intersection of K82 and Hwy 77. Pilot lost control after a small metal stud broke and key parts fell off the M/R assembly. #64-13564 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). How many choppers were shot down in Vietnam? 101 AVN NOTE: All victims are listed together since specific crews/pax were not known which aircraft they were on. SP5 Edward E. Poindexter A/82 ABN USAAVNS The CIV PAX was the 18-month old son of the pilot. 3 injured. UH-1H AIR TRP/116 ACR (ID ARNG) UH-1D (#67-16360). 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. UH-1 A/C crashed in a remote swampy area about 2100 hrs approx 3 mi NW of Ft Stewart while enroute on a MAST mission to rescue two victims of a car wreck under special VFR clearance. The A/C entered the tall trees and impacted. Hover to zoom. [Need A/C Unit] (TX ARNG)
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