ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163301
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 January 2014 |
| Time: | 23:24 LT |
| Type: |  Sikorsky MH-60M Black Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | US Army |
| Registration: | 05-20005 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, GA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hunter Army Airfield (HAAF) |
| Hunter Army Airfield (HAAF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The helicopter sustained a hard landing during a night training exercise and toppled on its side.
The helicopter is used by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR).
According to a U.S. military spokesman one crew member died and two received minor injuries in the mishap.
An Army investigation completed this summer pinned the crash on a failure in the helicopter's tail rotor. The aircraft was missing a small cotter safety pin used to hold a nut in place, and that nut came loose — disconnecting pilots' controls from the rotor, said Maj. Allen Hill, a spokesman for the Army helicopter unit.
Sources:
http://www.wjcl.com/news/local/nightstalkers-hard-landing-at-haaf
https://kf4lmt.com/2014/01/16/update-3-160-soar-helicopter-makes-hard-landing-at-hunter-aaf/
http://www.courierislander.com/news/international-news/military-1-killed-2-injured-aboard-army-helicopter-in-hard-landing-at-us-airfield-1.791653
http://www.soc.mil/UNS/Releases/2014/January/140116-03.html
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/makers-army-helicopter-sued-fatal-ga-crash-25356688
http://www.scramble.nl/?option=com_sb&view=default&day=15&month=01&year=2014&sbm=Search&serial=&type=&unit=&status=&Itemid=66
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2014 15:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Jan-2014 15:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2014 19:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2014 07:21 | MarkStep | Updated [Source] |
| 18-Jan-2014 07:21 | Hans Gruber | Updated [Total occupants, Source] |
| 09-Sep-2014 20:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2016 09:48 | el_serj | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 23-Sep-2016 18:32 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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