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The helicopter broke up in flight [2] while traveling about 229 mph (199 kn) at an altitude of about 2,000 feet (610 m); [3] the main rotor contacted and severed the tail boom due to severe vertical oscillations. The crew were performing one engine inoperative (OEI) recovery testing; the test induced a scissors-mode vibration in the main rotor ...
Crewmen fighting a fire after the crash of a Sea Stallion helicopter on USS Guam in 1981. 19 July Aboard USS Guam, while operating 50 km (31 mi) southeast of Morehead City, North Carolina, United States, a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashed into another CH-53 and a Bell UH-1N Twin Huey upon landing. Four crewmen died and 10 were ...
3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...
Wreckage from Arrow Air Flight 1285R in storage at a Gander Airport hangar on 16 December 1985. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF, was chartered to carry U.S. Army personnel, all but 12 of them members of the 101st Airborne Division, back to their base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
The crash is under investigation. The CH-53E is a heavy-lift helicopter that can move troops and equipment and carry as much as 16 tons of cargo, according to the US Navy. The Marines aboard the ...
A Russian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter crashed into the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea. The Russian Ministry of Defense blamed equipment failure as the preliminary cause. [383] 11 April. A Robinson R22 helicopter of the Philippine Navy crashed in Cavite City, Cavite Province. The two pilots were initially injured in the crash but later died ...
The helicopter left Palm Springs International Airport in California and was flying southeast towards Boulder City, Nevada, for that year's Super Bowl in Las Vegas. [3] The weather was unfavorable, with rain and snowfall reported in the area [ 4 ] —a remote area with few light sources to aid navigation. [ 5 ]
SA 315B Lama, 2003. The Lama was developed specifically to provide a rotorcraft with exceptional high-altitude performance. In practice, the type found considerable use within regions that possessed extensive mountain ranges, such as South America and India, being capable of lifting loads and deploying personnel in areas that had been previously impossible to have otherwise achieved.