

Cause was loss of non-saftied bolt attaching cyclic fore/aft push-pull tube to fore/aft cyclic control level.Ī/C was flying approx 20' AGL at 1000 hours, struck a powerline and careened along the road for 380' before it stopped on the side of Hwy 190 near Copperas Cove and burned. The A/C was demonstrating an autorotation from approx 100' AGL and 80 KIAS when A/C went into an extreme nose-high attitude, entered into a partial hammerhead stall, falling back on its tail and into an inverted attitude, M/R blades sheared the tailboom and fuselage dropped to the ground on the mast and bubble and burst into flames. Right skid sank into the snow and A/C rolled on right side causing M/R blades to strike the ground and caught on fire.Ī/C crashed at Ft Devens during a demonstration before 1000 ROTC cadets. Eyewitness saw A/C tilt to one side, crash and burn immediately upon impact.Ī/C crashed and burned at field CP near Schweinfurt on snow. Cause due to missing bolt which connects the flight control scissor arm assy to the swashplate link fork assy.Ī/C crashed 2 mi south of Clinton along SR 72, while participating in Swift Strike III manuevers. A/C was flying from Ft Irwin to to Needles.

Pilot was flying below minimums authorized.Ī/C struck a power line and crashed in flames into a car on US 270 while on a routine training flight from Seminole Airport to Shawnee.Ī/C crashed and burned while on a routine flight between Karlsruhe and Stuttgart, 8 mi W of Leonberg.Ī/C crashed in a dry lake bed 10 miles S of Baker near Soda Lake during a desert training exercise. One A/C crashed in a pasture and the other came down in a pine thicket and were approx 425 yds apart.Ī/C clipped a power line and crashed into a river during a routine training flight from Ft Benning with a student pilot. Mid-air collision near Clio while flying over a beacon during advanced instrument training at Ft Rucker. A/C crashed near the intersection of Hwy 51 and 167, approx 6 mi north of Enterprise. IP's were employed with Ross Aviation.Ī/C was performing instrument training "under the hood" when it was involved in a mid-air crash at Ft Rucker. Mid-air collision at approx 2000' AGL about 5 mi SW of Elba while on a training mission. A/C had been flying in support of tactical maneuvers at Camp Hill for the two-week summer training of the 28th Infantry. After loss of power, A/C descended and struck 12' oak trees, tearing left skid off, pitched A/C down with fwd section of cabin striking a stump in a nose low, slightly left side low attitude.Ī/C crashed on a farm in Shrewsbury at approx 1615 hours while enroute to New Cumberland Army Depot from Camp A.P. Mid-air crash 12 miles NE of Ozark during an instrument training flight from Ft Rucker.Ī/C crashed in a wooded area 15 miles NE of Erlangen while on a flight from Bamberg during Exercise Large Play due to engine failure. Budd was in the Vermont Army National Guard.Ī/C collided with an AH-1 and crashed near Burroughs while on a flight from Ft Stewart. Mid-air crash with TH-55A near the Holiday Inn in Mineral Wells during training at Ft Wolters.Ī/C crashed in a wooded area just north of the Baumholder training range after departing Coleman Barracks in heavy fog.Ī/C crashed near New Brockton on a training flight from Ft Rucker. Upon landing at Headland, 2 PAX boarded A/C and soon after departure the A/C struck a power line and plunged into a wooded area. Pilot checked out A/C from Napier Air Service at Dothan airport and flew to Headland. Vomacka died on 26APR71 of injuries sustained in the accident.Ī/C crashed on the outskirts of San Antonio, east of IH35 and Judson Rd enroute to Ft Hood from Ft Sam Houston in flight of 4.Ĭrew was practicing takeoffs and landings at New Orleans Lakefront Airport when witnesses stated that the tail section snapped off while A/C was approx 15' AGL, went into a spin, crashed 20 yds from runway, bounced and then burst into flames upon impact. Mid-air with a UH-1 #69-15187 3 miles N of Hanchey AHP during either a practice instrument approach or transitioning through heliport area at Ft Rucker.Ī/C struck telephone wires and crashed on the highway median of IH-10 at 1458 hrs approx 3 miles W of Desert Center, CA on a routine training flight from Van Nuys to Phoenix. Please Help to Keep This Website Operational!
