ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 198407
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 August 2017 |
| Time: | c. 21:30 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | US Army |
| Registration: | 13-20556 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles W of Kaena Point, Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wheeler Army Airfield |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Black Hawk went missing between Kaena Point and Oahu's Dillingham. A spokesman for the 25th Infantry Division, said two helicopters were taking part in a nighttime training mission and, at 9:30 p.m, the second helicopter lost visual and radio contact with the first one.
The missing helicopter crashed at sea, c2mi offshore. USCG Hercules and Army Black Hawk aircrews spotted debris near Kaena Point, Oahu at 11:28 p.m. The USCG said 17 August 2017 it was now searching up to 50 miles off the coast.
On Monday 21 August 2017 search operations for the helicopter were suspended. All occupants are deemed to have died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/16/black-hawk-helicopter-with-5-crew-members-on-board-crashes-off-hawaii-coast-guard-says.html
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/five-missing-after-u-s-army-helicopter-goes-down-off-hawaii-1.3548115
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hawaii-plane-crash-idUSKCN1AW1JD
https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-report-downed-army-helicopter-off-hawaii/story?id=49247820
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/army-black-hawk-helicopter-crews-search-suspended-hawaii/
2018:
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/black-hawk-crew-became-disoriented-before-hawaii-crash-army-report-says-1.546494
Scramble
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Media:
HONOLULU. Pilot's Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the ocean off Kaena Point on an Aug. 15, 2017, during a night training flight experienced “spatial disorientation”, hit the water nose down and banked to the right, according investigations.https://t.co/FrTQCuHAKV
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 7 septembre 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2017 14:21 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 16-Aug-2017 14:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2017 14:24 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Aug-2017 14:28 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 16-Aug-2017 14:29 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Date] |
| 16-Aug-2017 14:56 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2017 15:01 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2017 14:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2017 11:26 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2017 08:14 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2018 19:24 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 14-Mar-2020 12:35 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source, Embed code] |
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