ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 197071
Last updated: 4 October 2020
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| Date: | 01-AUG-2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky HH-60 Black Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | US Army |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Achin district, Nangarhar province -
 Afghanistan
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The helicopter sustained a hard landing as a result of a technical failure. Both crew members sustained minor injuries.
The 2018 militarytimes database (compiled from FOI requested submitted to the different branches of the US armed forces) confirmed that a US Army HH-60 overturned on a medevac landing in brownout conditions sustaining Class A (over US$ 2million) of damage in Afghanistan.
Sources:
https://www.khaama.com/us-helicopter-makes-hard-landing-in-afghanistan-2-us-soldiers-wounded-03254/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyQxIJDIKdg
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/06/military-times-aviation-database/
A US HH-60 Black Hawk suffered a mechanical issue that resulted in a hard landing during operations near Achin, Nangarhar early this morning pic.twitter.com/zvYqntT8qz
— Resolute Support (@ResoluteSupport) 1 août 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2017 09:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Aug-2017 16:51 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 01-Aug-2017 17:28 | GeoffR | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2017 17:52 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Damage] |
| 06-Nov-2017 09:38 | rvargast17 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 15-Mar-2020 20:23 | StokieSteve | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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