ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 148650
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 September 2012 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: |  Bell OH-58D Kiowa Warrior |
| Owner/operator: | Troop F, 1-17 Air Cavalry Regiment, US Army/ISAF |
| Registration: | 92-00572 |
| MSN: | 43287 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1971 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Babus, near Puli Alam, Logar Province -
 Afghanistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft went down in Babus area, Puli Alam district of Logar province while performing aerial support to ground troops in contact. While on a 2-ship SWT at approx 13:20 hrs, aircrsaft was at 538 feet AGL and 33 Knots IAS when a complete loss of Tail Rotor thrust and went into a rapid, uncontrollable right yaw with vertical descent rate of 4000 Feet Per Minute impacting the ground. Suspect cause was materiel failure of the splined steel trunnion in Tail Rotor assembly. According to contemporary press reports:
"A NATO helicopter crashed today in Eastern Afghanistan, killing two U.S. troops, the third time in 10 days that a coalition helicopter has come down. A helicopter crash last week in Afghanistan claimed the lives of two Texans, including the first woman from San Antonio to die in combat operations in that war.
Army Chief Warrant Officers 2 Thalia S. Ramirez, 28, of San Antonio and Jose L. Montenegro Jr., 31, of San Juan, in the Rio Grande Valley, died Wednesday while flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior, a Defense Department news release stated. The aircraft carries a two-person crew, according to a military website".
Sources:
1. https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/320344-japan-shoot-pakistan-down-3-1-in-ordos
2. http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/casualty-report/isaf-helicopter-crash.html
3. http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/52476-2-nato-killed-in-afghanistan-helicopter-crash
4. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/military/article/First-woman-from-S-A-dies-in-Afghanistan-combat-3854339.php
5. https://abcnews.go.com/International/nato-helicopter-crashes-afghanistan-troops-dead/story?id=17157930
6. https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-troops-die-helicopter-crash-afghanistan/story?id=17157930
7. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1992.html
8. http://www.armyaircrews.com/kiowa.html
9. photo of wreckage: http://www.armyaircrews.com/images/footage/090512_oh58.jpg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2012 05:27 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Sep-2012 09:40 | krasatpi | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Sep-2012 21:00 | Black Typhoon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2015 00:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2016 20:14 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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